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US to withdraw funds for UNFPA
WASHINGTON, July 14: The United States is poised to announce that it will withdraw millions of dollars in funding for the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) over charges it is promoting abortion... 
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EU tells Rabat to vacate disputed island
MADRID, July 14: The European Union threw its full weight behind member-state Spain in a territorial dispute with Morocco on Sunday, demanding the immediate withdrawal of Moroccan troops from a small...
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Zubaydah being held at Diego Garcia: report
WASHINGTON, July 14: One of Osama bin Laden’s top deputies, Abu Zubaydah, is being held at a US naval facility on the Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia, Time magazine reported...
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Photographer Yousuf Karsh dead at 93
BOSTON, July 14: Canadian photographer Yousuf Karsh, whose pictures of British politician Winston Churchill, scientist Albert Einstein and author Ernest Hemingway earned his widespread recognition around the world, died here Saturday...
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Amid scandals, Bush team rallies to defend credibility
WASHINGTON, July 14: A key member of President George W. Bush’s team scrambled Sunday to safeguard the administration’s credibility, working to try to skirt political fallout from corporate scandals rocking the...
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LTTE holds two foreign monitors
JAFFNA, July 14: Two foreign members of the Sri Lanka monitoring mission (SLMM) observing the truce between the government and the LTTE, were held for a few hours on board an...
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Nine killed in Algerian unrest
ALGIERS, July 14: Nine people were killed by suspected Islamist gunmen in two separate incidents in Algeria overnight, according to reports by local residents on Sunday....
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Neo-Nazi arrested after ‘attempt’ on Chirac
 PARIS, July 14: A neo-Nazi militant was arrested in Paris on Sunday, after firing a rifle near President Jacques Chirac at the traditional Bastille Day parade, in what his wife described...
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Paris decides to shut down fastest sidewalk
PARIS, July 14: After introducing the world’s fastest aeroplane, the Concorde, and the speediest train, the TGV, the French thought they had come up with a worthy successor, the TRR, or...
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5 found dead in burnt out London car
LONDON, July 14: A father and his four children were found dead in a burnt-out car in London early on Sunday....
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US in a fix over ‘oust Saddam’ strategy: What do Pentagon leaks imply?
LONDON/NEW YORK: In London a Jordanian prince attends a meeting of Iraqi army defectors who are discussing what to do with their country once Saddam is dead and gone. In northern...
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Turks patrol Kabul streets to win friends
KABUL, July 14: Turkish troops are building a close rapport with local police and the citizens of Kabul by adopting a deliberately low-key and friendly approach as they patrol the streets...
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Watson’s stories come alive
KABUL: When Dr Watson gets nostalgic, he tells Sherlock Holmes how army service in Afghanistan toughened him up for those moment’s-notice calls to pack his bags and leave London for the...
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Astronauts go deaf on ISS
LONDON: In space, no one can hear you scream. The clanging air conditioners, thumping compressors, overworked pumps and whining motors create so much noise that they drown out most of what...
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Nepalese pay in blood as Maoists sow their revolution
NEPALGUNJ (Nepal): Comrade Sunil is caressing the steel blade of his kukri-knife, showing it off in front of farmer Khaika Singh Gharti. Sunil says he is 18. He looks 14. In...
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Barcelona brings hope to AIDS victims
BARCELONA: Delegates to the 14th International AIDS Conference departed for their 194 home countries this weekend with the first glimmers of belief that the world may finally be ready to take...
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