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EU rejects hardliners call for sanctions: Illegal immigrants
SEVILLE, June 21: European Union leaders rejected on Friday hardline calls to punish poor countries that fail to cooperate in the fight against illegal immigration into the wealthy 15-nation bloc.... 
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Diplomats’ attitude puts US foreign policy at risk: Report sent to Congress
WASHINGTON, June 21: The reluctance of US diplomats to serve in difficult posts abroad, combined with a lack of qualified State Department personnel, has put the practice of US foreign policy...
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FBI fears attacks with fuel tanker trucks
WASHINGTON, June 21: The FBI warned on Friday that terrorists may be interested in using fuel tanker trucks for attacks in the United States or against US interests overseas....
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Thailand to host Lanka talks
COLOMBO, June 21: Thailand’s ambassador to Sri Lanka, Jerm Tivayanond, said on Wednesday that all is set for peace talks in his country between the Colombo government and the LTTE....
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F-16s were too late to guard White House: officials
WASHINGTON, June 21: US Air National Guard fighter jets were scrambled into the air too late from nearby Andrews Air Force Base on Wednesday night to protect the White House from...
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Lakshmi files papers to contest elections
 NEW DELHI, June 21: Eighty-seven-year-old feminist and freedom fighter Lakshmi Sahgal on Friday filed nomination papers to contest next month’s presidential polls in India against hot favourite Abdul Kalam....
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Top Abu Sayyaf leader killed in Philippines
ZAMBOANGA (Philippines) June 21: A senior leader of Abu Sayyaf rebels who kidnapped three Americans, was killed on Friday during a high seas shootout, the Philippines military said....
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US newsman interrogated in India
NEW DELHI, June 21: The Indian foreign immigration office on Friday pulled up Time magazine journalist Alex Perry for apparently possessing two British passports, days after he wrote an article questioning...
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Plot against Madagascar govt foiled
PARIS, June 21: Twelve French mercenaries, on their way to Africa with an apparent intention of overthrowing — and perhaps assassinating — Madagascar’s new head of state, Marc Ravalomanana, have seen...
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Colombo urged to be cautious in negotiations
COLOMBO, June 21: A former Lankan foreign minister, Mr Lakshman Kadiragamar, on Thursday cautioned the United National Front government regarding their peace efforts with the LTTE....
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Kim apologizes over sons’ behaviour
SEOUL, June 21: Prosecutors arrested another son of South Korean President Kim Dae-Jung on charges of corruption Friday, forcing the leader to lower his head in apology to the public....
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EU to pressure ME countries : Illegal immigrants
CAIRO: Middle Eastern nations are coming under pressure from the EU to stem the tide of illegal migration from their shores into the bloc — but the pressures of runaway population...
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Bush’s Palestine plan unwelcome at home
WASHINGTON: As the Bush administration continues debating a proposal to create an provisional Palestinian state, signs are mounting that the idea could face a rocky domestic reception....
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Film-maker reveals excesses on Aborigines
SYDNEY: “Rabbit-Proof Fence”, a low-budget film by A-list Hollywood director Phillip Noyce, is set to expose world cinemagoers to Australia’s most shameful secret — a government scheme to kidnap Aboriginal children....
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Climate change causing diseases
LONDON: Climate change is favouring pests and parasites and triggering widespread outbreaks of disease in wildlife, according to US scientists....
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New cells found in adults
WASHINGTON: A Minnesota researcher says she has found a previously unknown class of cells in the adult body that act much like the highly versatile stem cells from human embryos, that...
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E.German assets luring thieves
HALBERSTADT (Germany): German workmen are hauling Communist cash out of a Nazi-era tunnel network in a bizarre operation that could serve as a crash course in the country’s turbulent history....
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Loya Jirga leaves Afghans in a confused mind
KABUL: As delegates from a week-long political assembly streamed out of Kabul’s technical university campus on Thursday, lugging satchels and overnight bags toward buses that would take them back to villages...
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