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ASEAN extends support to US: ‘Fight against terrorism’
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, July 30: Southeast Asian nations forged a landmark anti-terrorism declaration on Tuesday, and fine-tuned a broader pact with the United States pledging total cooperation on counter-terrorism measures.... 
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Mafia plotting to kill top Indian film star: police
MUMBAI, July 30: Fear has once again gripped Bollywood after police revealed plans by the mafia to kill heartthrob film star Hrithik Roshan....
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China comes up with own plan
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, July 30: China reacted to ASEAN’s expected collaboration with the United States by announcing its own initiative, proposing regular East Asian ministerial meetings to discuss counter-terrorism efforts....
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Four Indian soldiers killed in Assam
GUWAHATI, July 30: At least eight people, including four soldiers and two rebels, were killed in two separate incidents in Assam on Tuesday, police said....
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Saudi prince found dead in desert
RIYADH, July 30: Saudi Prince Fahd bin Turki bin Saud al-Kabir has been found dead in his country’s searing desert, the official SPA news agency said on Tuesday, adding that the...
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Al Qaeda plans to attack US in Aug: paper
RIYADH, July 30: The Al Qaeda network plans a major anti-US attack, possibly next month, after which its leader, Osama bin Laden, will reappear on television, a newspaper said on Tuesday....
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Anti-Saddam leaders invited to Washington
WASHINGTON, July 30: The US State Department said on Monday that it was trying for a change of regime in Baghdad and had invited six Iraqi opposition leaders to Washington for...
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London to Sydney in two hours!
SYDNEY, July 30: Australian scientists were cock-a-hoop on Tuesday after making aviation history by getting a scramjet airborne....
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Russia opposes attack on Iraq
RIYADH, July 30: The idea of overthrowing Iraqi President Saddam Hussein through military strikes was “unacceptable”, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Sultanov, who is touring the region to coordinate response to...
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How a rat can make a good pet
LONDON: Rattus norvegicus, alias the brown rat, is not everyone’s cup of tea when it comes to pets. Rat phobia nestles deep in the collective psyche. The very word “rat” can...
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Iraq attack to spark conflagration in ME: Top mly officials’ warning
LONDON: Military commanders on both sides of the Atlantic are privately expressing deep unease about American plans to invade Iraq, believing they are ill thought out with the strategy to achieve...
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Egypt’s culture takes Paris by storm
PARIS: If Egyptian head of state Hosni Mubarak is a regular visitor to Paris to lunch with President Jacques Chirac and discuss the international peace conference on the Middle East peace,...
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Lobster mystery solved, say experts
LONDON: British scientists have solved one of the world’s great underwater mysteries — why lobsters turn red when cooked....
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Blair risks media’s ‘Americanization’
LONDON: Tony Blair will become engulfed in controversy this week when he tries to overturn the findings of a highly-influential committee that wants Rupert Murdoch to be blocked from extending his...
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AIDS too harsh on Africa’s history
JOHANNESBURG: Infectious diseases shaped the course of European history, shaking the foundations of imperial Rome and bringing the mediaeval world to its knees....
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Western India plunges into darkness
NEW DELHI, July 30: Power supply to the whole of western India was cut off on Tuesday evening due to a collapse of the electricity supply network, the Press Trust of...
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