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GCC set for full integration: officials
RIYADH, May 25: The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) said on Saturday its six member states were well on the way to full economic integration following their decision to set up a... 
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Pro-US coverage declared crime
TEHRAN, May 25: Iran’s judiciary declared on Saturday any pro- American press coverage will be regarded as a crime, the official news agency IRNA reported....
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Tamil Tigers accused of recruiting children
JAFFNA, May 25: Human rights activists in Sri Lanka’s northeast have accused the LTTE of going back on its pledge of not recruiting children....
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Russia-Iran nuclear link a problem, says Powell
SAINT PETERSBURG, May 25: US Secretary of State Colin Powell said on Saturday his government remained concerned that Russian support for Iranian civil nuclear projects could be seen as helping Iran...
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Israeli troops again enter Bethlehem: Jihad leader’s house blown up
BETHLEHEM, May 25: Israeli troops entered the autonomous Palestinian region of Bethlehem on Saturday night, while helicopters buzzed overhead, Palestinian witnesses said....
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Morocco to hold film festival in September
PARIS, May 25: Morocco’s King Mohamed has sent his personal adviser to Cannes to announce the holding of a film festival in his country in September....
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A robot that sings lullabies, delivers drinks
LOS ANGELES, May 25: Imagine having your laptop fetch a beer from the refrigerator and then roll over to the baby’s room to sing a lullaby while e-mailing snapshots to grandma...
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Awami League undecided over budget session
DHAKA, May 25: Bangladesh’s opposition party, Awami League, which has been boycotting the house since October 1 general elections, is yet undecided over its role in the forthcoming budget session....
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60 killed as bus drives into cable in India
LUCKNOW, May 25: At least 60 people were killed on Saturday when a passenger bus drove into a power cable in Uttar Pradesh, police said....
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France in 180-degree turn as Bush visits: Chirac’s govt reviews relations
PARIS: According to President Chirac’s diplomatic advisers at the Elysee Palace, the days are finished when Socialist Foreign Minister Hubert Vedrine could refer to US foreign policy as “simplistic,” indeed openly...
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Effect of the new US-Russian arms pact
MOSCOW: Thirty years ago almost to the day, a US Republican president came to Moscow to sign an arms control treaty which laid the basis of the world’s security architecture for...
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EU leads charge at WTO against US wall of steel
GENEVA: The United States has fuelled the steel trade debate by blocking the European Union’s legal moves at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) that challenge the tariff hikes Washington imposed on...
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Rambling Clinton fails to impress Chinese audience
SHANGHAI: A rambling and expensive speech by the former US president Bill Clinton in southern China has gone down spectacularly badly, according to the Chinese press....
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China’s legendary ‘clean official’
KAIFENG: Crowds flock to a temple in this former imperial capital, where they offer food and incense and kneel before the statue of a man who lived 1,000 years ago: Judge...
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Palestinians in dire straits
ABU DHABI: A leading United Arab Emirates (UAE) English language daily has blamed Israel for the depressing situation in the occupied territories and the miserable life ordinary Palestinians are leading....
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Languages around the world facing a meltdown
LONDON: The linguistic equivalent of an ecological disaster is looming according to researchers from the University of Manchester, England, who say that 90 per cent of the world’s languages are likely...
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