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Israel agrees to curb strikes on militants
TEL AVIV, June 18: Israel has agreed to curb its “track-and-kill” operations against Palestinian militants, in a deal struck with US officials to help them salvage a new peace plan torn... 
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170 arrested in Iran crackdown
TEHRAN, June 18: At least 170 people were arrested during sporadic clashes in Tehran on Tuesday night and several other Iranian cities, as anti-government protests went into their eighth consecutive night....
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Race riots erupt in US town
DETROIT, June 18: Police on Wednesday ordered a curfew on the Michigan town of Benton Harbor after two nights of racially-charged rioting....
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ISAF may deploy outside Kabul
MONS (Belgium), June 18: NATO is looking at ways to extend the influence of the international peacekeeping force in Afghanistan beyond Kabul by linking up with provincial reconstruction teams, an alliance...
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Bush says world must not let Iran have nuke
WASHINGTON, June 18: US President George Bush said on Wednesday the international community must make clear to Iran that “we will not tolerate” construction of a nuclear weapon by Tehran....
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EU leaders to discuss security strategy
BRUSSELS, June 18: European Union leaders will get a first peep this week at a proposed security strategy aimed at making an enlarged 25-nation EU a bigger player in world affairs...
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Indian troops can move to Iraq at ‘short notice’
NEW DELHI, June 18: A top Indian army official said on Wednesday that troops could be deployed at “short notice” to Iraq for peacekeeping operations if the government agrees to a...
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Powell meets N. Korean envoy
PHNOM PENH, June 18: US Secretary of State Colin Powell on Wednesday shook hands and met briefly North Korea’s top delegate to an Asian security forum here, impressing upon him the...
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Saudi ulema call for reform
RIYADH, June 18: A select group of Saudi religious leaders and intellectuals concluded a landmark four-day meeting on Wednesday by calling for wide-ranging reforms, sources familiar with the meeting said....
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US forces warned of more attacks
BAGHDAD, June 18: An Iraqi group warned US forces on Wednesday that they would face more hostile acts unless they resolved the “serious” problem of back pay for members of the...
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Riyadh passes law on money laundering
RIYADH, June 18: Saudi Arabia has promulgated laws imposing stiff penalties for money-laundering, the secretary-general of the Saudi Consultative Council (Majlis-e-Shoura) Hamoud Al-Badr told the press here....
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Saddam’s secretary captured
BAGHDAD, June 18: US forces in Iraq have captured Saddam Hussein’s most trusted secretary Abid Hamid Mahmud, US military officials said on Wednesday, in a major boost for their efforts to...
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Decaffeinated coffee plants produced
LONDON, June 18: If you crave the taste of coffee but can’t handle caffeine because it makes you jittery or keeps you awake at night, Japanese scientists may have the answer....
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Moscow looking east to counter US power
NEW DELHI: Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov’s extended trip across Asia — including India, Pakistan and Cambodia — is part of Moscow’s ‘Look East’ policy to counter Washington’s push for global...
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Bloodshed exposes ME roadmap’s flaws
LOS ANGELES: Last week’s tragic exchange of bloodshed between Israelis and Palestinians revealed three things about the prospects for peace: The Aqaba conference didn’t change the parties’ self-defeating propensity for tit-for-tat...
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Iraqi patients pray & wait as health system suffers
BAGHDAD: A long queue of patients waited on Wednesday in the dark corridors of the al-Kindi university clinic in Baghdad....
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HRW takes issue with US over Fallujah killings
WASHINGTON: It is doubtful that the US military’s version of events that led to the April killings of at least 20 Iraqis protesting in the city of Fallujah is correct, says...
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Berlusconi in frequent brushes with law
ROME: Despite the controversies, the immunity bill currently being introduced by Italy’s parliament was being portrayed by political analysts on Wednesday as a much-needed opportunity to herald some kind of truce...
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