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Ecevit seeks delay in polls; allies disagree
ANKARA, July 20: In a stunning about-face, Turkey’s embattled Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit on Saturday said he wanted to delay elections until at least next year, once more throwing the country... 
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24 killed as fire rips through Peru disco
LIMA, July 20: A fire ripped through a packed disco in the Peruvian capital on Saturday after a fire-eater ignited curtains when he blew out a plume of flames, killing at...
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Sudan govt reaches agreement with rebels
NAIROBI, July 20: The Sudanese government and the rebel Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) agreed on Saturday on key issues aimed at ending their 19-year civil war, including temporary self-determination for...
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Mubarak, Abdullah to meet Chirac
PARIS, July 20: Two key players in the Middle East peace negotiations are to be received later next week by French President Jacques Chirac, as Paris continues to let it be...
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Ex-US A-G dances for dollars
MIAMI, July 20: Janet Reno was the star attraction at Miami’s hottest dance party, drawing some 2,000 paying guests to watch the usually prim former US attorney general boogie down into...
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US ends visa scheme for S.Arabia
WASHINGTON, July 20: The United States on Saturday terminated a controversial programme that allowed Saudi citizens to submit applications for US visas through travel agencies, the State Department said....
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Turkey asks US to pay for losses from Iraq strike
ANKARA, July 20: The US should compensate for any damages Turkey would incur in a possible military operation against its neighbour Iraq, Turkish Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit said on Saturday....
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Toy war seen as East-West clash: The view in Morocco
RABAT: The showdown between Morocco and Spain over a tiny island in the Gibraltar strait has come to be seen by political analysts in Morocco as reflection of a wider clash...
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Anti-globalization fuse fizzles out after Genoa
ROME: Through the mist of tear gas and burning cars the story of Genoa seemed as shocking as it was momentous. Police officers tasked with guarding a G8 summit lashed out...
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France’s neo-Nazi breeding ground
PARIS: The experience still gives Gabrielle nightmares. A normal morning at the Tolbiac faculty of Paris university a couple of years ago, a crowded lecture hall, a group of sleepy first-year...
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Search for the perfect blade
LONDON: An “elegant weapon from a more civilised age,” announced Obi-Wan Kenobi, introducing the world to the light sabre. Ever since, millions of children have been waving plastic tubes at each...
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Radical solution to problem of old tyres — build houses
LONDON: A radical solution for dealing with old tyres, already underway in the USA, is now being tried out in the UK — building houses with them....
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Herbal remedy faces ban
LONDON: UK health watchdogs are preparing to ban kava-kava, the popular herbal remedy for anxiety that has been linked to liver damage and death....
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After 27 years of secrecy, Greek terrorist cell is exposed
ATHENS: The secrecy that has kept one of Europe’s deadliest terrorist groups alive for the past 27 years was finally blown away on Thursday as three men, including one of the...
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