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600,000 evacuated from danger zone: Chinese lake untamed
CHANGSHA (China), Aug 23: Chinese authorities have evacuated 600,000 people from around the dangerously swollen Dongting Lake as it threatens to engulf millions more, a local official said on Friday.... 
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US imposes sanctions on North Korea
WASHINGTON, Aug 23: The United States has imposed symbolic sanctions on a North Korean company and the North Korean government for exporting medium or long-range missile components, the government said on...
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Early mobile phones pose brain tumour risk: study
STOCKHOLM, Aug 23: Long-term users of some first generation mobile phones face an up to 80 percent greater risk of developing brain tumours than those who did not use the phones,...
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EU calls for punishing Afghan war criminals
KABUL, Aug 23: The European Union’s special envoy for Afghanistan said on Friday anyone guilty of war crimes in the north of the country after the fall of the Taliban must...
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Body formed to combat ‘Hindutva fascism’
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 23: Three major Indian Muslim organizations in the United States have formed an organization, the Indian Muslim Council, to work for freeing India from the clutches of the...
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Lankan govt amending constitution
COLOMBO, Aug 23: Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has sought “suggestions and advice” from the People’s Alliance (PA) of President Kumaratunga for proposed amendments to the constitution which envisage the...
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Kabul condemns aid process
HONG KONG, Aug 23: Afghan Planning Minister Mohamed Mohaqeq has launched a bitter attack on the way international aid is being spent in his country, saying much of the process had...
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Sharon puts off US visit amid opposition
TEL AVIV, Aug 23: Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has postponed a planned visit to the United States amid press reports of opposition from US Democrats to the timing of a...
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Pakhtoons make easy target in Afghanistan’s north
BALKH (Afghanistan): At first, it was partly about revenge. These days it is about money and the power that comes with a gun....
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Palestiniansplay ‘cat and mouse’ with Israelis
NABLUS: Clutching their rifles, bored Israeli soldiers gaze dispassionately at the short line of cars queued at the Huwara army roadblock south of Nablus....
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Washington-Riyadh ties turn to worse
DUBAI: A series of recent incidents — ranging from talk of Saudi capital leaving the United States to differences over Iraq — underline how US-Saudi ties have taken a U-turn since...
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US wants removal of Mugabe
JOHANNESBURG: The US government has said it wants to see President Robert Mugabe removed from power and that it is working with the Zimbabwean opposition to bring about a change of...
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Scientist helps African soil bloom
CHICAGO: Dr Pedro Sanchez loves dirt. The prize-winning soil scientist says that poor quality soil is the cause of many of the evils that plague poor countries, from hunger and poverty...
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From Rio to Johannesburg: a lost opportunity for Latin America
BUENOS AIRES: Latin American participants in the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro knew that living up to the pledges assumed there would not be easy. But perhaps they were...
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