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Israel says it has right to demand extradition: 13 ‘most wanted’
ROME, May 10: Israel reserves the right to demand the extradition of the 13 Palestinians who were taken to Cyprus on Friday, Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres said here.... 
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UK proposes ‘new deal’ for poor nations
UNITED NATIONS, May 10: Debt relief for the poorest countries should be speeded up as part of a “new deal” in which they fight corruption in return for more trade and...
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Karachi killing likely to figure in French campaign
PARIS, May 10: The terrorist attack on French naval employees in Karachi is expected to play a central role in France’s legislative elections scheduled for June 9 and 16 in more...
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Florida family gets medical info implants
BOCA RATON, May 10: Doctors implanted microchips containing medical information on Friday in the arms of three members of a Florida family, the first people to get what the manufacturer hopes...
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US, Muslim states in accord at UN summit
UNITED NATIONS, May 10: As the three-day UN summit on children drew to a close on Friday delegates continued to work on a consensus draft of a final document which could...
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Six dead, 60 injured in London derailment
LONDON, May 10: At least six people were killed and 60 others injured after a passenger train derailed as it was speeding through a station in London on Friday afternoon....
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Nepal PM rejects truce offer by Maoists
KATHMANDU, May 10: In what is being viewed as a ploy to buy time for reorganization, a top leader of a Maoist group on Thursday announced a unilateral ceasefire to be...
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LTTE allows reopening of highway
COLOMBO, May 10: The Lankan military’s hierarchy in charge of the government-controlled regions in the northeast met representatives of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elaam (LTTE) met on Friday to discuss...
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US visa fraud leads investigators to Sept 11
WASHINGTON, May 10: US investigators probing visa fraud found a flight manual, a hand-drawn picture of a plane striking the World Trade Center and a datebook with a single entry for...
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Schroeder plane was targeted by missile: radio
BERLIN, May 10: A missile launcher in the Afghan mountains locked on to a plane carrying German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder to Uzbekistan, Germany’s NDR radio said on Friday, although an air...
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Judge favours Al Qaeda man’s extradition
LONDON, May 10: A London judge ruled on Friday that a leading Al Qaeda suspect alleged to have plotted the destruction of Los Angeles airport can be extradited to the US...
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Russian blast toll rises to 41
MOSCOW, May 10: The death toll in Russia’s Victory Day bombing near Chechnya rose to 41 on Friday, and foreign expressions of sympathy seemed likely to fuel Moscow’s case for a...
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Chomsky argues against war in Afghanistan
CAMBRIDGE: The talk is of terrorism and the terrible delusions of the powerful, and of the real bottom line of Sept. 11....
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Terrorism is not Nepal’s only worry
LONDON: When President George Bush promised more military aid to Nepal’s visiting prime minister this week, a White House spokesman justified the extra funds: “Nepal is fighting a Maoist rebellion, and...
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US students flunk history test
WASHINGTON: Nearly six in 10 US senior high school students lack even a basic knowledge of their country’s history, news reports said on Friday....
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Forensic scientist says civilians killed in Jenin
LONDON; In all the confusion following the Israeli attack on the Jenin refugee camp, one voice came out loud, clear and uncompromising. It was the voice of Derrick Pounder from Scotland’s...
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Worms are not as bad as you think
LOS ANGELES: Worms. They are not as bad as you think. My parents didn’t believe in giving their children much candy or snack food, but who can stop a kid? I gleaned far and wide — even picking pre-chewed gum from the filthy playground floor......
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US to build small battlefield N-weapons
WASHINGTON: The House is poised to lend its support to the Bush administration’s revised nuclear arms strategy, which includes controversial proposals to build smaller “battlefield” nuclear bombs and to consider the...
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