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Religious groups take lead in Bahrain polls
MANAMA, May 11: Religious groups emerged the major winners and women the losers in Bahrain’s first local elections since 1957, an indication of the likely outcome of the vote to restore... 
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Palestinians to leave Cyprus as free men: EU on fate of ‘the 13’
LARNACA (Cyprus), May 11: The EU Middle East envoy said on Saturday that 13 Palestinian guerillas flown to Cyprus in a deal to end a five-week standoff in Bethlehem’s Church of...
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Israelis put off Gaza strike
TEL AVIV, May 11: Israel held off on Saturday from a threatened strike on the Gaza Strip, leading analysts to speculate on the factors behind Prime Minister Sharon’s about-face....
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US, UK at odds over Afghan war
BAGRAM AIR BASE, May 11: The US military says it is committed to hanging on in Afghanistan for the long run, but its British allies seem less certain....
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French daily deplores anti-Muslim sentiment
PARIS, May 11: In a front page special report that appears in its latest issue, France’s leading intellectual daily Le Monde has condemned the growing phenomenon of anti-Islamic feeling in France,...
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Rally seeks pullout from held areas
TEL AVIV, May 11: More than 50,000 demonstrators turned out in Tel Aviv on Saturday for a massive peace rally and to demand Israel withdraw from the Palestinian territories....
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UN mulls forcing journalist to testify
THE HAGUE, May 11: The UN war crimes tribunal is deciding whether to force a reporter to testify at the trial of a Bosnian Serb leader in a case that could...
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Afghan boat people have no love lost for Australia
KABUL, May 11: The first group of Afghan boat people, stranded in Indonesia for up to two years when Australia denied them entry as refugees, returned home on Saturday, with many...
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Iraq sends minister to S. Arabia
BAGHDAD, May 11: Iraq sent its industry and minerals minister to Saudi Arabia on Saturday in another sign of thawing relations between the two countries, Iraqi newspapers reported....
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Pre-opening piracy of blockbusters worries Hollywood
LOS ANGELES, May 11: The countdown has begun to next week’s opening of the latest “Star Wars” instalment, but digital pirates have already launched their own clone attack by swapping bootleg...
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Missile launcher found outside base: Pentagon
WASHINGTON, May 11: Saudi security forces found an empty launcher for a shoulder-fired antiaircraft missile outside a desert air base used by US air forces in Saudi Arabia, a Pentagon spokesman...
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Saudi, 6 others feared dead as jets disappear
TAMPA (USA), May 11: US Coast Guard and Navy ships and helicopters have called off a search after two navy jets vanished over the Gulf of Mexico and the seven missing...
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India traders make a killing, as people starve
NEW DELHI: In India’s continuing paradox of overflowing granaries and starving populations, the only smiling faces these days are of those of traders. At the moment private traders are slavering over...
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Indecision hampers US policy on ME
WASHINGTON: For an administration long accused of an overly unilateralist approach to the world, the Bush White House has taken consultation with international players on the Mideast conflict into overdrive....
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War crimes court becomes reality despite US boycott
GENEVA: The International Criminal Court for trying cases of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide will begin to operate within a year, in spite of the opposition of the US,...
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Saudi Arabia urges end to suicide bombings
CAIRO: In an effort to bolster new US peace initiatives, Saudi Arabia and other Arab states have begun pressing Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat to stop suicide bombings and other attacks against...
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Aceh rebels opt for negotiations
GENEVA: Delegates from the government of Indonesia and from the separatist Free Aceh Movement (GAM) have agreed to negotiate an and to hostilities and a process for electing democratic authorities for...
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Pakistan pulled into French mudslinging
PARIS: As revelations are made in Paris, notably in French Socialist mouthpiece Le Monde, it appears increasingly likely that Wednesday’s terrorist attack on French naval employees in Karachi will play a...
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