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Coup bid put down in Mauritania
NOUAKCHOTT, June 8: Sporadic gunfire rang through the Mauritanian capital on Sunday, where looters were on the rampage after the government of this northwest African Islamic republic claimed to have put... 
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Islam forbids use of nukes, says Kharazi
TEHRAN, June 8: The use of nuclear, chemical or biological arms is “haram,” or strictly forbidden by Islam, Foreign Minister Kamal Kharazi said on Sunday in Iran’s strongest rejection yet of...
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Monsoon hits India’s southern coast
NEW DELHI, June 8: India’s annual monsoon rains hit the southern coast in Kerala state on Sunday, bringing respite from a three-week heat wave that has killed more than 1,300 people....
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ISAF warned of attack
KABUL, June 8: Peacekeepers were warned of an attack before the deadly suicide bombing which killed four German soldiers, a spokesman for the International Security Assistance Force said on Sunday....
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Hamas not persuaded to go back to talks
GAZA, June 8: Palestinian efforts to persuade the Hamas resistance movement to reconsider its decision to end ceasefire talks with Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas failed on Saturday, a well- informed Palestinian...
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Dumping of ‘Taliban’ bodies irks Afghans: UN
KABUL, June 8: The dumping at the Pakistan border of 20 bodies of suspected Taliban killed fighting Afghan pro-government troops has heightened the fears of refugees hoping to return to Afghanistan,...
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US troops shoot dead gunshop owner
BAGHDAD, June 8: An Iraqi gunshop owner was shot dead by US troops on patrol in the tense western town of Fallujah Sunday when they mistook him for an armed assailant,...
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19 sick from Monkeypox virus
WASHINGTON, June 8: US health authorities on Sunday urged the public to be vigilant about an outbreak of a potentially fatal smallpox-like virus that has infected at least 19 people in...
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Iraq had secret WMD labs, but no arms: report
LOS ANGELES, June 8: Saddam Hussein had a network of small labs that conducted research on chemical and biological weapons, but did not have any such weapons, the Los Angeles Times...
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Sharon plans to drive down another road
OXFORD: The peace summit hosted by King Abdullah II of Jordan in Aqaba may have been a turning point in the conflict between Jews and Arabs....
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Mugabe buys time in grim endgame
HARARE: Resorting to a surreal mix of charm, bluff and terror, President Robert Mugabe is fighting this weekend to buy himself time to save his regime....
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Suspicion mars Russia, US defence cooperation
MOSCOW: Moscow and Washington have set joint missile defence cooperation as a priority, but US misgivings about Russia’s nuclear cooperation with Iran and Moscow’s reluctance to share military secrets may get...
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Japan better prepared for quakes
TOKYO: People were preparing their midday meals, many on charcoal braziers, when the Great Kanto earthquake struck Tokyo and surrounding areas on September 1, 1923....
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US, Israel to help Abbas crush ‘Intifada’
PARIS: A senior Israeli political figure, Yossi Beilin, one of the architects of the Oslo peace accords, has said that both the United States and Israel have accepted “in a few...
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