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Iran invites IAEA chief for talks
TEHRAN, June 30: International Atomic Energy Agency chief Mohammed ElBaradei will accept an invitation to visit Iran, a UN official said on Monday, as pressure piled on Tehran to submit its... 
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Shia leader opposes US plans for constitution
BAGHDAD, June 30: A top Iraqi religious authority perceived as a “moderate” has come out against the drafting of a new constitution by a US-named body, dealing a major blow to...
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Indian media slam Gujarat acquittal
NEW DELHI, June 30: Indian newspapers on Monday joined several political parties in slamming the acquittal of 21 Hindus accused of burning a bakery with 12 Muslims inside during sectarian riots...
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Ex-intelligence chief embarks on desert hunt for Saddam
SAMARA, June 30: Saddam Hussein’s former military intelligence chief has left for the desert around Samara north of Baghdad to track down Saddam Hussein, who he alleges is hiding out there....
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Kashmiri leader fears sellout
SRINAGAR, June 30: Occupied Kashmir’s main opposition leader, sharing a rare podium with militants, charged on Monday that New Delhi had “sold” the Tibetan and Palestinian causes and that this did...
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Australia likely to send troops to Solomons
SYDNEY, June 30: South Pacific nations on Monday unanimously backed plans to send a 2,000-strong Australian-led force into the lawless and near-bankrupt Solomon Islands, the largest military deployment in the region...
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EU-linked reforms for Turkey vetoed
ANKARA, June 30: Turkish President Ahmet Necdet Sezer on Monday vetoed a key reform aimed at drawing Ankara closer to the European Union, citing possible risks to the country’s unity....
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Governor of Najaf arrested
BAGHDAD, June 30: The US-led forces on Monday arrested the US-appointed governor of Najaf on charges of kidnapping and theft, in an embarrassing blow to their efforts to rebuild the country....
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US offers $1bn package to Palestinians
TEL AVIV, June 30: US National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice has proposed a one-billion-dollar aid package for Palestinians, the Israeli daily Yediot Aharonot reported on Monday....
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HRW blasts Delhi
NEW YORK, June 30: The ringleaders of massacres committed in 2002 are still roaming free in Gujarat (India), Human Rights Watch charged in a new report released on Monday....
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15 years jail for two newsmen
HANOI, June 30: Two European journalists and their American translator, arrested on June 4 in Laos while reporting on the Hmong minority people were sentenced on Monday to 15 years in...
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Multiple groups fighting US troops in Iraq
BAGHDAD: Facing a marked increase in the frequency and brazenness of attacks on US-led forces in Iraq in the past two weeks, military officials are for the first time speaking more...
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Palestinians, Israelis not celebrating
AL QUDS: Within minutes of the long-awaited declaration of a ceasefire in what Israelis call the “thousand day war”, both sides were wondering if this was as far as the US-led road map to peace would go. ...
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US plans to purge Iraqi curriculum of Saddam: Demilitarizing education
BAGHDAD: After removing Saddam Hussein from power, the United States is now expunging him from Iraqi school textbooks and purging Baath Party ideology from the curriculum....
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Barghouthi plays key role in truce
AL QUDS: Marwan Barghouthi, a leader of the Palestinian uprising accused of masterminding attacks on Israelis, and on trial in Israel, turned the tables on his jailers by successfully convincing militants...
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Berlusconi’s credibility questioned
ROME: Silvio Berlusconi, premier and media-mogul of Italy, was being forced to defend himself on Monday after much of the European press cast serious doubt on his credibility, hours before he...
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A struggling Lankan town
CHAVAKACHCHERI (Sri Lanka): Chavakachcheri was reduced to rubble when Sri Lankan soldiers and Tamil Tiger rebels fought over it with rocket launchers, an infamous example of the price civilians paid for...
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Straw’s visit to Tehran yields nothing new
TEHRAN: The visit to Tehran by British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw was supposed to be a political turning point for Iran, but after two days of talks, nothing new seems to...
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