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Israeli approval raises eyebrows in ME: Peace plan
CAIRO, May 26: The Middle East reacted with extreme scepticism on Monday to Israel’s equivocal acceptance of the so-called roadmap for peace with the Palestinians.... 
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Demobilized soldiers threaten to form militias
BAGHDAD, May 26: Former Iraqi soldiers have stepped up their protests against the US-led coalition’s decision to demobilize them with at best a single month’s pay....
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Cousins betrayed Saddam: officials
BAGHDAD, May 26: Former Iraqi officials said on Monday that President Saddam Hussein was betrayed by his own family....
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India seeks clarification
NEW DELHI, May 26: India’s security cabinet has decided to seek clarification from the United Nations before considering whether to send troops to Iraq as part of an international force, a...
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Shias to play major role in Iraq: Kharazi
PARIS, May 26: Iran’s foreign minister Kamal Kharazi has said during a visit to Paris that he expected Iraq’s Shias to “play an important role in Iraq,” and that “if the...
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US troops ambushed
BAGHDAD, May 26: One US soldier was killed and four were wounded in ambushes in Iraq on Monday, the US military said....
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VHP women to receive daggers
AHMEDABAD (India) May 26: Radical Hindu group Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP - World Hindu Council) plans to distribute special daggers called Churikas to female volunteers, a VHP leader said on Monday....
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Berlin, Warsaw to work on EU constitution
PARIS, May 26: The European affairs ministers of France, Germany and Poland issued on Monday a declaration in which they affirm their “intention to pursue their close collaboration, through regular trilateral...
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Everest record broken again
KATHMANDU, May 26: Two Nepalese Sherpas set new Everest records Monday — for the fastest time to the top and by reaching the peak for the 13th time, Nepal’s tourist ministry...
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Quake rocks Japan
TOKYO, May 26: Nearly 100 people were injured when a powerful earthquake measuring seven on the Richter scale rocked northern Japan....
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Hu in Russia on first foreign visit
MOSCOW, May 26: New Chinese President Hu Jintao held informal talks with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Monday at the start of a week-long visit to Russia, his first foreign...
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Germany plans to send armed forces abroad
BERLIN: Convinced that Germany has nothing to fear from its neighbours, the government of Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder has decided to task the Bundewehr armed forces with conflict prevention and crisis management....
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Israel shows no regard for ‘roadmap’: Illegal settlements sprouting up
MAALEH ADUMIM (West Bank): On the sandy outskirts of the largest Jewish settlement in the West Bank, apartment buildings are going up so fast that the population is expected to double...
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Karzai needs $15bn to rebuild Afghanistan
KABUL: Afghanistan’s interim President, Hamid Karzai, will issue an extraordinary call this week for an extra $15 billion cash from the West for the reconstruction of his war-shattered country....
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Delhi almost finalizes Hawk deal
LONDON: Defence giant BAE systems is poised to clinch the pounds sterling one billion sale of 66 Hawk trainer jets to the Indian government, ending a 16-year wait to see the...
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Former communist trade unions lose clout
PRAGUE: Once-powerful unions of the former Soviet bloc are struggling to find their place in post-communist societies where the market economy dominates and workers are increasingly divided....
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Protestants, Catholics ‘reunion’
BERLIN: Nearly half a millennium after going their separate theological ways, Germany’s Protestant and Catholic communities will gather in Berlin this week for a historic ecumenical festival....
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India in the grip of Hindu McCarthyism
NEW DELHI: India is undoubtedly a success story as an electoral democracy. Not many Third World countries can match its record in stabilizing democratic structures of governance over half a century....
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