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Graham Bell did not invent the telephone: US House
ROME, June 17: Italy hailed the redress of a historic injustice on Sunday, after the US Congress recognised an impoverished Florentine immigrant as the inventor of the telephone rather than Alexander... 
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EU fails to agree on sanctions: Illegal immigration
LUXEMBOURG, June 17: European Union foreign ministers failed to agree on Monday on whether to threaten sanctions against countries that refuse to cooperate with the wealthy bloc’s fight against illegal immigration....
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Swiss, US banks face apartheid lawsuits
 ZURICH, June 17: A US lawyer who helped force Swiss banks into a $1.25 billion settlement for Nazi victims said on Monday he would file suit against top Swiss and US...
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US trying to curtail reach of global court
UNITED NATIONS, June 17: Passionate in its opposition against a new global criminal court, the Bush administration wants the UN Security Council to exclude all peacekeeping operations from the tribunal’s jurisdiction,...
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Karadzic in no mood to surrender: wife
SARAJEVO, June 17: Radovan Karadzic is not considering giving himself up for trial before a UN war crimes court, according to the wife of the Bosnian Serb wartime leader who has...
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Clashes erupt in Madagascar
ANTANANARIVO, June 17: At least one soldier was killed in fighting between rival forces in northwestern Madagascar at the weekend, witnesses and military sources said Monday as clashes continued in the...
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Garbage landslide kills 10 in China
BEIJING, June 17: Heavy rain caused a landslide of garbage that engulfed a workers’ dormitory and factory in a mountainous area of southwestern China, killing 10 and injuring at least four...
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Mandela deplores song against Indians
 JOHANNESBURG, June 17: Nelson Mandela raised the alarm on Monday about a song portraying South Africa’s Indians as oppressors of black people, saying it pandered to the same prejudices that underpinned...
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Israelis resorting to racism: Arab League: Construction of fence
 CAIRO, June 17: Arab League chief Amr Moussa on Monday slammed a security fence that Israel began building this week to seal off Palestinian areas as “racism against a defenceless people”...
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Teleportation is now a reality, claim experts
CANBERRA, June 17: In a world breakthrough out of the realms of Star Trek, scientists in Australia have successfully teleported a laser beam of light from one spot to another in...
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State within eight weeks, claims Peres
SOFIA, June 17: Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres said Monday he prepared an accord with the Palestinians on the creation within eight weeks of a Palestinian state with provisional borders....
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Malaysia is an Islamic fundamentalist state: PM
KUALA LUMPUR, June 17: Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on Monday described his country as an “Islamic fundamentalist state” whose policies abided with the fundamental teachings of Islam....
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Gujarat Muslims protest govt apathy
AHMEDABAD, June 17: Homeless Muslim victims in riot-hit Gujarat protested on Monday, the government’s apathy to their plight, as Home Minister L.K Advani was wrapping up a two-day visit to the...
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Researchers pin hopes on insulin pills, sprays
LOS ANGELES, June 17: Insulin shots may go the way of blood-letting leeches as medical science closes in on ways for diabetes patients to simply swallow or inhale the human protein,...
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US soldiers shot at on Philippine island
ZAMBOANGA, Philippines, June 17: Unknown gunmen opened fire at US troops on Monday on an island stronghold of Muslim rebels in the southern Philippines, but no one was injured, Philippine military...
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Israel admits move to sideline Arafat
AL QUDS, June 17: Israel’s military operations in the West Bank are aimed at sidelining Yasser Arafat to allow the emergence of a new Palestinian leadership, a defence ministry adviser said...
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Moderate Tamil party consults LTTE on setup
COLOMBO, June 17: A fortnight after the demise of Tamil United Liberation Front’s chief Sivasithambaram, the senior vice- president of the party, Anandashangari has embarked on a journey to the LTTE-controlled...
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Afghans strive to put up a united face
KABUL: In a country lacking a postal system, paved roads and a telephone network, the newly empowered authorities in this capital couldn’t exert their influence over the far-flung regions and rebellious...
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Lankan refugees return home to landmines
SARASALI (Sri Lanka): Refugees from Sri Lanka’s northern Jaffna peninsula are looking forward to working their land once again after almost two decades of ethnic war....
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Mafia ferry kids to Italy
TRICARICO (Italy): Aghim arrived in Italy four years ago aged 14, leaving behind the family farm in southern Albania in search of a better future. His verdict on his gamble? Mission...
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