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Jirga likely to elect Zahir as head of state
SAN FRANCISCO, May 27: When 1,500 Afghans gather in Kabul next month to plan the country’s future, the former king, Mohammad Zahir Shah is likely to be elected as head of... 
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Polanski wins top prize at Cannes
CANNES, May 27: Franco-Polish director Roman Polanski won the Cannes film festival’s coveted Palme d’Or (Golden Palm) award on Sunday for “The Pianist”, the story of one man’s survival in the...
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Motorists drown as US barge hits bridge
 WASHINGTON, May 27: Emergency authorities held out few hopes for survivors after a barge knocked a 180-metre section out of an interstate highway bridge in eastern Oklahoma on Sunday, sending around...
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Iran allows N-plant inspection
LONDON, May 27: Iran said on Monday that international inspectors would monitor the construction of a Russian-designed nuclear power plant, which the United States believes is the biggest nuclear proliferation threat...
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Two Israelis killed in suicide blast
PETAH TIQVAH (Israel), May 27: Two Israelis, including a three-year-old girl, were killed on Monday when a Palestinian suicide bomber struck a shopping mall in the Tel Aviv suburb of Petah...
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Underground ice detected on Mars
WASHINGTON, May 27: NASA’s Mars Odyssey spacecraft has reportedly detected water ice under the surface of the red planet, according to scientific papers to be published this week, a finding that...
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Eating fish made man brainier, say scientists
LONDON: Scientists have uncovered the secret of mankind’s soaring intellect — fish. Thanks to our predilection for cockles and mussels, shrimps and the odd bit of cod, our chimp-brained ancestors were...
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Bush wary of confronting Putin
ST. PETERSBURG: President Bush, facing television cameras at a news conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday, announced that the two would meet with media representatives as part of his...
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Fear factor turning EU against Muslims
BRUSSELS: Fear of Islam led to increased hostilities against Muslims in the European Union after the terrorist attacks on the United States, a new report shows....
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Palestinian film wins accolades at Cannes
PARIS: Elia Suleiman, the Nazareth-born author of ‘Divine Intervention’, has been awarded the International Critics Prize for his masterwork, one of the shining lights of this year’s 55th annual Cannes Film...
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White House split over Arafat
LOS ANGELES: A dispute between leading figures in the Bush administration over whether to push for the removal of the Palestinian leader, Yasser Arafat, is stalling the peace process, a report...
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Illegal immigrants find treacherous new sea route into Europe
LAAYOUNE (Western Sahara): The last sight Mercy Stewin had of her native Africa she was standing knee-deep in water, keeping herself steady against the Atlantic waves as they rolled up the...
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