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Israel victimizing bombers’ relatives
TEL AVIV, July 19: Israel changed tactics in its fight against suicide bombings on Friday, destroying the homes of Palestinian guerillas and detaining their relatives for possible exile from the West... 
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UK doctor found guilty of killing 215 patients
MANCHESTER, July 19: British family doctor Harold Shipman murdered at least 215 of his patients, and possibly as many as 260, an official inquiry ruled on Friday....
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Colombian jet forced to land in Spain
MADRID, July 19: A Colombian jet with 148 passengers on board was forced to make an emergency landing in Spain on Friday after a drunken passenger pulled a knife and threatened...
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Iranians hold big anti-Bush rally
TEHRAN, July 19: Tens of thousands of Iranians chanting “Death to America, death to George Bush” took to the streets on Friday in an official demonstration of protest against US interference...
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Washington’s ‘house of spooks’ opening doors to public
WASHINGTON, July 19: A silver lipstick gun called the “Kiss of Death”, a coat with a buttonhole camera, shoes with transmitters in their heels, ring pistols and poison syringes: They read...
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Ten UN troops killed in Uganda
KAMPALA, July 19: Ten foreign peacekeepers were among the 60 people killed when a runaway petrol tanker collided with a bus in western Uganda on Thursday (partly reported in Friday’s Dawn)....
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US tests laser gun to down missiles
WASHINGTON, July 19: A jumbo jet retrofitted to carry a laser gun capable of shooting down enemy missiles has been flight-tested for the first time as part of US efforts to...
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Melodrama and farce for Indian star in NY
 NEW YORK, July 19: Indian film star Samyuktha Verma is used to rapturous receptions. But not when the escorts are F-16 fighter jets, and the welcoming committee is made up of...
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‘Terror war’ threatens rights: UN
VIENNA, July 19: The US “war on terror” is encouraging less democratic countries to roll back human rights in the name of security, the UN human rights chief Mary Robinson said...
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3 Israelis held for selling arms to Palestinians
TEL AVIV, July 19: Three more Israeli soldiers accused of selling stolen ammunition to the Palestinians have been arrested, raising the number of suspects netted to nine, Israel’s public radio said...
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US planning to recruit millions as informers
SAN FRANCISCO, July 19: The US government plans to recruit millions of United States citizens as domestic informants in a programme that has already alarmed the civil liberties groups....
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Moussaoui’s ‘confession’ worries lawyer
PARIS, July 19: Francois Roux, the French attorney for the family of Zacarias Moussaoui, who on September 30 will be tried before a US Federal Court for having taken part in...
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Trainspotting
LONDON, July 19: British television channels on Thursday gave wide publicity to a police video showing three small boys pulling obstacles onto a railway line in a bid to derail a...
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Blair has an eye on electoral politics: Referendum on euro
LONDON: A flurry of hints and clues this week show that the British government still views a referendum next year on joining Europe’s single currency as a live possibility, but the...
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Jordanian prince as Saddam’s successor?
LONDON: As US officials and Iraqi opposition groups squabble over possible successors to Saddam Hussein, Prince Hassan of neighbouring Jordan is emerging as a surprise contender....
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Alaska’s shrinking glaciers
LONDON: Glaciers in Alaska are melting at an “incredible rate” according to US researchers. A report in Friday’s issue of the journal ‘Science’, said that 85 per cent of the glaciers...
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African leaders eager to break with the past
LONDON: The 53-member Organization of African Unity (OAU), having reached the age of 39 years, has decided to go in for a face-lift....
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Family a top priority in Europe: survey
PARIS: A happy family life easily tops the list of personal values cherished in Europe, ahead of work, friendships, leisure or religion, while politics hardly shows up on their radar screens,...
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‘White death’ endures in the lands of Central Asia
KHOROG (Tajikistan): American authorities predicted a sharp decrease in drug trafficking after the eradication of Afghanistan’s Taliban regime — known to feed its activities by selling opiates abroad....
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Drought threatens Afghan irrigation
BABA QASHKHAR (Afghanistan): A drought which has plagued Afghanistan for more than three years is threatening to wreck the traditional karez irrigation systems, as farmers bore ever deeper for water in...
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