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Mayors defy Israel’s bid to bypass Arafat
TEL AVIV, July 4: In a test of wills over Israel’s reoccupation of the West Bank, two Palestinian mayors said on Thursday they had rejected Israeli moves to undercut Yasser Arafat’s... 
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Unprecedented security as US marks July 4
WASHINGTON, July 4: Amid unprecedented security, Americans marked the first Independence Day holiday since the Sept 11 suicide hijack attacks, waving flags and marching in parades on Thursday as President George...
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Informers misled US pilots, says governor
ISLAMABAD, July 4: The governor of the central Afghan province where scores of villagers were reportedly killed by a US air raid on Sunday has blamed “informants” for feeding the US...
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Washington fails to get exemption for troops
UNITED NATIONS, July 4: The United States on Wednesday failed to persuade the UN Security Council to give its peacekeeping troops exemption from the new International Criminal Court (ICC) instead agreed...
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Lawsuit planned against McDonalds
LOS ANGELES, July 4: Citing a recent Swedish study showing that deep fried foods could be a cause of cancer, two California environmental groups are planning to sue McDonalds and Burger...
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Shooting at Israeli airline office in LA
LOS ANGELES, July 4: At least two people were shot and killed on Thursday in what officials described as a “multiple victim” shooting at the El Al ticket desk at Los...
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Floods leave 8,500 homeless in India
 PATNA, July 4: At least two people were swept away by floods in eastern India’s...
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Bush’s business record questioned
WASHINGTON, July 4: President George W. Bush’s own past business record was under public scrutiny Thursday just days before he was to issue a stern warning to Wall Street on the...
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Hacker defrauds 21 account holders
SINGAPORE, July 4: A Chinese hacker broke into the Singapore computers of 21 Internet banking customers and fled to Malaysia with their money, a newspaper reported Thursday....
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Julia Roberts marries cameraman
TAOS (New Mexico), July 4: Oscar-winning actress Julia Roberts began her Fourth of July celebration with fireworks, marrying movie cameraman Daniel Moder on Thursday in a star-studded midnight ceremony at her...
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Bush’s ‘shoot and bomb first’ policy flouting law: writer
LONDON, July 4: Prominent British-based journalist John Pilger took a front-page swipe at Washington on Thursday, labelling the US a “rogue state” and charging that its bombs have claimed more Afghan...
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US policy strengthens Arafat’s image: Call for new Palestinian leadership
GAZA: US calls for Yasser Arafat’s removal have prompted even Palestinians critical of their leader to rally behind him and could discourage some potential rivals from posing a challenge, political analysts...
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Australia’s ‘immigrant’ crisis deepens
CANBERRA: It now seems it was all a mistake that 353 men, women and children drowned trying to reach Australia from Indonesia in a leaking people-smuggling boat, but that no-one really...
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Africa seeks big cash flow to fight poverty
LONDON: An enormous amount of words have been expended on the poor and hungry of the world in recent weeks....
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Cholesterol drugs may help heart patients
LONDON: A type of drug designed to lower cholesterol levels could help protect hundreds of millions of people worldwide from suffering a heart attack or stroke, scientists said on Friday....
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Paris to have Dumas ashes
PARIS: The French city of Villers-Cotterets has decided to withdraw its lawsuit before the country’s highest administrative court seeking to block the transfer to Paris of the ashes of one of...
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US stance on ICC risky
WASHINGTON: The United States risks criticism for its showdown with the United Nations over the International Criminal Court, but fears more the idea its enemies might use the court against its...
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Kids’ conference on Kashmir spurs smiles in Singapore
SINGAPORE: A standoff between an Indian soldier and a Pakistani ends in laughter and applause when a Microsoft investor threatens to pull funding for a documentary about the Kashmir dispute....
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