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Lake receding as flood rolls towards Wuhan
 BEIJING, Aug 25: The level of Dongting Lake, China’s second largest, was lowering early on Sunday morning after reaching its crest a day earlier, providing some relief to workers mobilized to...
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Russia says America is double-faced: Trade with Iraq
MOSCOW, Aug 25: Moscow accused Washington on Sunday of being double-faced about trade with Iraq, charging that US companies were also dealing with Baghdad for commercial gain, though both sides were...
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Minister apologises to UK Muslims
LONDON, Aug 25: The British Home Secretary David Blunkett in an unprecedented move, has sent an apology to Muslims living in Britain after complaints of harassment by the UK security agencies....
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Task force on Palestine meets in Paris
PARIS, Aug 25: An international task force on Palestine is presently meeting in Paris under the auspices the French Foreign Ministry to discuss institutional reform of the Palestinian Authority, and notably...
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Georgia sends troops to Pankisi
MOSCOW, Aug 25: The unsolved death of eight Russian border soldiers, whose bodies were found in the Caucasas mountains on Saturday, raised tensions in the border area between Russia and Georgia...
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Aliyev cements power in referendum
BAKU/MOSCOW, Aug 25: President Haidar Aliyev cemented his power in Azerbaijan through 39 constitutional changes adopted on Sunday in a controversial referendum which, the opposition says, was rigged on a massive...
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New Iranian law allows women to file for divorce
TEHRAN, Aug 25: The Iranian parliament on Sunday approved a new divorce law allowing women to file for divorce for the first time, the state-run television network IRIB reported....
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Iraq throws ‘failure’ taunt at US
BAGHDAD, Aug 25: Iraq taunted Washington on Sunday for failing to win world backing for war and having to resort to the black arts as even a key ally of George...
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India to sell 20,000 Altos in Europe
NEW DELHI, Aug 25: India’s largest carmaker, Maruti Udyog Ltd., on Sunday said it hopes to sell 20,000 units of its latest model abroad this fiscal year, raising the annual export...
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Saudi-US ties come under stress
RIYADH: For almost a year now, since the Sept 11 events in New York and Washington, the Saudi-US special relations are increasingly under the spotlight, all around. Almost on a daily...
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Youth-led uprising on the horizon?: Iran may be lurching into unknown
TEHRAN: It is Friday prayers at Tehran University. A wizened, elderly mullah is preaching to thousands about the need for Muslim unity. Beside him is a Kalashnikov rifle and in front,...
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‘Royals’ downplay Diana’s legacy
PARIS: The gilded Flame of Freedom overlooking the tunnel where Diana, Princess of Wales, died in a car crash five years ago has been barricaded off, preventing Di-worshippers from covering the...
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Many doubt success of Earth Summit
LONDON: It isn’t altogether surprising that President George Bush is reluctant to attend the Johannesburg summit next week. It can’t be a lot of fun to be berated by your own...
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Excesses leave UK Muslims saddened
LONDON: UK Home Secretary David Blunkett has sent an unprecedented apology to Muslims living in Britain after its counter-intelligence (MI5) and security services were accused of engaging in indiscriminate ‘fishing expeditions’...
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Secret court slams US govt
WASHINGTON: The most secretive court in the United States, which considers requests to allow surveillance of terrorist and espionage suspects, has made an unprecedented attack on the government....
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Bush to step up war of words with Iraq
WASHINGTON: The Bush administration has drawn up plans to escalate the war of words against Iraq this fall, with new campaigns to step up pressure on Baghdad and rally world opinion...
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