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Mideast peace, Iraq dominate WEF moot
 SHUNEH (Jordan) June 22: Efforts to secure peace in the Middle East and the future of war-battered Iraq dominated the second day Sunday of an extraordinary meeting here of the...
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Saudi leader vows to crush extremists: 44 arrested
RIYADH, June 22: Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah has urged the Saudi citizens “to fulfil their religious and national duty” by informing authorities about members of militant groups or those who support...
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Israeli troops kill Hamas leader
RAMALLAH, June 22: Israeli soldiers shot to death the leader of the Hamas movement’s military wing on Saturday night in Al Khalil, residents reported....
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IAEA urges Iran to cooperate more
SHUNEH (Jordan) June 22: The head of the US’s nuclear watchdog urged Iran on Sunday to cooperate more to ease global concerns about its nuclear programme, and said it would take...
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Taj Mahal may loose heritage status
NEW DELHI, June 22: The Indian government has abruptly halted work on a massive entertainment complex near the Taj Mahal amid concerns the country’s top tourist attraction could lose its World...
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MILF leader denies link to JI
MANILA, June 22: The chairman of the Philippines’ largest Muslim separatist group on Sunday denied for the first time any links to the regional terror group Jemaah Islamiyah as rebel and...
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Jose Bove jailed
MONTPELLIER (France), June 22: Police roused France’s anti-globalisation hero Jose Bove from his bed at dawn on Sunday and whisked him away to prison to begin a 10-month sentence for helping...
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William’s party gate-crashed
LONDON, June 22: Britain’s interior minister on Sunday ordered an urgent inquiry into a bizarre incident in which a man believed to be a budding stand-up comedian gate-crashed Prince William’s 21st...
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US soldier killed in Iraq
BAGHDAD, June 22: A grenade attack killed a US soldier in Iraq on Sunday....
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Hundreds held
TEHRAN, June 22: Iranian student leaders on Sunday said hundreds of students had been arrested following a wave of protests, and warned the crackdown could make them adopt more radical and...
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France wary of Italy leading European Union
PARIS: French diplomats, indeed head of state Jacques Chirac, are still hoping they can quietly defuse the issue, but France’s relations with Italy have recently taken another turn for the worse,...
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US runs DNA tests on human remains: Saddam convoy hit?
BAGHDAD: American specialists were carrying out DNA tests the other day on human remains believed by US military sources to be those of Saddam Hussein and one of his sons, The...
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Jordan, Israel, Palestinians agree to save Dead Sea
SHUNEH (Jordan): Jordan, Israel and the Palestinians are hoping that world leaders gathered on the shores of the Dead Sea this weekend will back their efforts to help save the lowest...
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Conflicts, poverty low on AU agenda
JOHANNESBURG: The second summit of the African Union is likely to be marked by political wrangling as the continent’s leaders try to reach agreement on the functioning and final structures of...
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Myanmar’s stance on Suu Kyi annoys Asean states
BANGKOK: International outrage continues to mount over the continued detention of Myanmar’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, with Yangon’s neighbours in Southeast Asia fidgeting at the political — and perhaps...
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Dangerous encounters with US troops
LONDON: There was a picture last week in London’s Evening Standard newspaper of a group of young American soldiers. It brought me up short. I had turned inside from the front...
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