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UN calls upon Israel to halt killings: Annan proposes peacekeepers
UNITED NATIONS, June 13: The United Nations urged Israel on Friday to end targeted killings of Palestinian militants and to stop work on the wall separating its territory from the West... 
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Convention adopts draft EU constitution
BRUSSELS, June 13: A landmark Convention on the Future of Europe adopted the first draft constitution for an enlarged European Union by consensus on Friday, 46 years after the founding Treaty...
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EU to consider cutting off Hamas funds
BRUSSELS, June 13: The European Union will consider how to cut off funding for Hamas after this week’s suicide attacks against Israelis by the militant organization, the bloc’s foreign policy chief...
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Ex-BD PM faces probe in Australia
SYDNEY, June 13: A convicted former Bangladeshi prime minister, Qazi Zafar Ahmed, will be investigated in Australia for fraudulently claiming the refugee status in the country....
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40 students hurt in Tehran clashes
TEHRAN, June 13: Anti-government protesters took to Tehran’s streets for a third straight night on Friday, sparking several hours of clashes with police at a university campus, in which about 40...
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Rumsfeld, Franks sued over Iraq attack
RAMADI, June 13: An Iraqi shepherd is seeking 200 million dollars in damages from the US military for the deaths of 17 members of his family as well as 200 sheep...
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Israelis ready to hand over Gaza security to PA
TEL AVIV, June 13: Israeli Defence Minister Shaul Mofaz said on Friday that the Zionist state was ready to hand over responsibility for security in the Gaza Strip to the Palestinian...
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IHT to have new name
PARIS, June 13: When last autumn, the New York Times decided to take over control of the International Herald Tribune, the 115-year-old Paris landmark which it had co-owned with The Washington...
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Opec fears US domination
DOHA: The OPEC oil cartel could be forgiven for feeling a touch of paranoia....
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Will the EU unite?
DUBLIN: Europeans love to argue. But as the European Union starts changing from an economic talking shop into a major world power, the arguments are making history. How united can a...
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Bush aides turn wrath on NGOs
WASHINGTON: Having led the charge to war in Iraq, an influential think tank close to the Bush administration has added a new target: international non-governmental organizations (NGOs)....
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Madness in Blair’s logic here to stay
GLASGOW: Remember those films in which alien pods would appear for no good reason in cellars and massage parlours and the like and one unsuspecting night almost everyone goes to sleep...
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Africa needs globalization or risks being left out in the cold
DURBAN: The losers in this world are those who are excluded from globalization and Africa stands the risk of being left out, Norway’s Minister of International Development, Hilde Frafjord Johnson warned...
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Bush likely to lose Muslims’ vote: paper
WASHINGTON: The American Muslim community, which was influential in President George W. Bush’s electoral victory in 2000, is threatening to desert him next year, says a report published in the Strait...
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