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Palestinians dismiss proposal as divisive: Israel comes up with ‘security plan’
TEL AVIV, Aug 6: Israel on Monday presented the Palestinians with a security plan to wind down the violence in the first high-level meeting since the latest explosion of Middle East... 
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11 policemen killed in Chechnya explosion
MOSCOW, Aug 6: A landmine explosion killed 11 policemen in Chechnya on Tuesday, local officials said, despite huge security measures on the sixth anniversary of a crucial Chechen success in the...
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Guatemalantwins separated
LOS ANGELES, Aug 6: Teams of surgeons separated a pair of Guatemalan twins joined at the head Tuesday in a 20-hour operation, according to a doctor in the operating room at...
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Marilyn remembered
LOS ANGELES, Aug 6: Fans and old friends had warm words on Monday for Marilyn Monroe, still a complex and powerful image 40 years after her death, whose roles on screen...
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Smaller force for attack on Iraq proposed
WASHINGTON, Aug 6: The commander of US forces in the Gulf briefed US President George W. Bush on a new plan to invade Iraq with significantly fewer than the 250,000 troops...
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British priests oppose Iraq invasion
LONDON, Aug 6: A petition opposing an attack on Iraq, signed by the new Archbishop of Canterbury and other leading clerics of Britain, was handed in to the Downing Street here...
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PM’s party seeks early polls in Lanka
COLOMBO, Aug 6: Sri Lanka’s ruling United National Front on Monday said it would suggest President Chandrika Kumaratunga to call early elections as, according to the Front, it was now “impossible...
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Nepal newsmen are victimized, says RSF
PARIS, Aug 6: The Reporters Sans Frontieres has accused the Nepal government of “misusing powers accorded to it under the state of emergency to mount a witch-hunt” against journalists....
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Cherie suffers miscarriage
LONDON, Aug 6: Cherie Blair, 47, wife of British Prime Minister Tony Blair, was discharged from hospital on Tuesday after suffering a miscarriage, a Downing Street spokesman said....
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Exercises, diet may help prevent brain aging
LONDON: If those ‘senior moments’ — when you can’t remember why you opened the refrigerator door or where you left your keys — are becoming more frequent, mental aerobics and a...
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Washington unlikely to back Taipei : China-Taiwan row
BEIJING: Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian’s support for a referendum on the island’s independence caught its rival Beijing and supporter Washington flat footed and scuttled chances for talks on cross-strait trade ties...
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Landmines plague Iraqi Kurds
DIYANAH (Iraq): The temptation to kick around an empty tin can — why is it so irresistible? That is the question 13-year-old Hawkar Mostafa continues to ask himself as he sits...
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US urges allies to build up oil reserves
LONDON: The United States energy secretary, Spencer Abraham, on Monday urged Britain and other allies to emulate the Americans in building up oil reserves to help prevent global economic disruption in...
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Water: another hot issue in Mideast
LONDON: Doom-laden forecasts that fierce competition for scarce water resources will one day spark armed conflict in the volatile Middle East sound plausible enough....
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