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Sharon has offered nothing ‘tangible’, says Arafat
TEL AVIV, June 5: The afterglow of a US-led Middle East summit faded on Thursday, with Palestinian President Yasser Arafat saying Israel had offered nothing “tangible” and hardliners on both sides... 
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Europeans to talk to Arafat, US told
DOHA, June 5: European representatives have told the United States they will maintain contact with Palestinian President Yasser Arafat despite objections from Washington, a senior US official said on Thursday....
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S. Arabia scraps $15bn gas deal with Exxon
DUBAI, June 5: Saudi Arabia told Exxon Mobil on Thursday that it had closed talks on a 15-billion dollar gas project, the biggest Saudi energy opening in nearly 30 years, oil...
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Bush flies over Baghdad
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE, June 5: US President George Bush’s Air Force One flew for an hour on Thursday over Iraq, escorted by four fighter jets, on his way back to...
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2bn ‘dying for water’, says UN
 BEIRUT, June 5: Seeking to ease a water crisis threatening a third of humanity, the United Nations marked world environment day on Thursday with calls for governments to double aid to...
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Ex-German minister dies in accident
 BERLIN, June 5: A former German economics minister and deputy chancellor, Juergen Moellemann, jumped from a plane to his death on Thursday, 30 minutes after federal deputies in Berlin had suspended...
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Monica refuses to review Hillary’s book
NEW YORK, June 5: Former President Bill Clinton’s nemesis Monica Lewinsky has turned down offers to review Hillary Clinton’s book “Living History” and even avoided reading the excerpts that were leaked...
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US soldier Killed in attack
BAGHDAD, June 5: One US soldier was killed and five were wounded when an assailant fired a rocket-propelled grenade at them in the Iraqi town of Falluja on Thursday, the US...
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Moscow to give N-fuel to Tehran
MOSCOW, June 5: A foreign ministry official said Russia would supply Iran with fuel for a nuclear reactor, whether or not Tehran signs an additional protocol with the UN nuclear watchdog,...
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Resolution tabled in US House on Iran’s nuclear facilities
WASHINGTON, June 5: A bipartisan resolution brought before the US House of Representatives on Thursday demands that Iran allow international inspections of all its nuclear facilities whenever stipulated....
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NYT editors resign
NEW YORK, June 5: The embattled New York Times was rocked on Thursday by the resignation of executive editor Howell Raines and managing editor Gerald Boyd, following a major investigation into...
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WMD claims: Blair faces bigger threat than Bush
LONDON: Probes on both sides of the Atlantic into claims Washington and London hyped evidence of Iraq’s weapons to justify war spell more political risk for UK leader Tony Blair than...
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Sharon backtracks over roadmap
AQABA: Israel’s Prime Minister Ariel Sharon spent months trying to avoid the June 4 summit with George Bush to launch the US-led “roadmap” to the creation of a Palestinian state. The...
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Turkish army in a fix over EU
ANKARA: Turkey’s powerful generals are living through anxious times, distrustful of a government with pro-religious roots and wary of liberal reforms it plans to open the gates of the EU....
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US considers Russia as part of west’s family
LONDON: Vladimir Putin is a happy man. He is back in the Kremlin after the three most dazzling days in Russia’s zigzag post-communist journey. First he persuaded 40 world leaders to...
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Cosmetic surgery catching on with men
NEW YORK: What looks good on the goose looks good on the gander too, a new survey shows....
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