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Australia’s intervention may last 10 years
SYDNEY: The grass-skirted dancers who greet foreign dignitaries in the Solomon Islands present a choreographed version of war. The foreign troops they met on the tarmac of Henderson airport in the... 
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UN remains the best hope for Iraqis: Roots of resistance lie in present
BAGHDAD: The young cleric called several thousand on to the streets of Najaf last week. The deaths of three American soldiers on Thursday, men from the same division which killed Saddam...
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Iran under pressure to identify suspects
LONDON: Iran has finally acknowledged what Western intelligence sources have been saying for months: that it is holding senior Al Qaeda officials who fled after the fall of the Taliban in...
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Berlusconi has put himself above the law
LONDON: We are starting to learn the true meaning of “immunity” in the Italy of Silvio Berlusconi. Last month, the Italian parliament approved a hugely controversial law that granted immunity from...
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US slams expulsion of RSF
WASHINGTON: The United States on Friday slammed a UN decision to bar media watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) from taking part in United Nations meetings for one year, calling the Cuban-backed...
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Koreans to celebrate Armistice anniversary
PANMUNJOM: Former US president Bill Clinton called this the “scariest place on earth”. The South-North Korean border — the planet’s most militarised frontier — also boasts the “World’s Scariest Golf Course.”...
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UK crisis is about a political elite that made it
LONDON: The British political class is in deep crisis. Its promises are not trusted, its words are not believed. The people who are meant to be our leaders no longer get...
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Seven die in Assam as police fire on crowd
GUWAHATI, July 26: Seven people were killed and a dozen injured when police opened fire on a crowd in Assam state during a strike to protest the creation of a tribal...
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7 killed in Monrovia as bombs slam into church
MONROVIA, July 26: Mortar bombs slammed into and around a church packed with some 2,000 terrified refugees in Monrovia on Saturday, killing seven people as US forces sailed to take up...
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420 injured after quakes jolt Japan
NANGO (Japan), July 26: More than 420 people were injured when three strong earthquakes jolted northeastern Japan on Saturday, destroying several houses, cutting power supplies and triggering mudslides, police said....
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Parallel spy body alarms Khatami
TEHRAN, July 26: Iranian President Mohammad Khatami has expressed alarm over the treatment of political activists by unofficial intelligence agencies, the country’s main reformist party told state media on Saturday....
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Spanish, Bulgarian troops leave for Iraq
SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA (Spain), July 26: Spain and Bulgaria on Saturday waved off the first contingents of soldiers for duty in Iraq....
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Arroyo orders arrest of 70 army officers: Coup threat in Philippines
MANILA, July 26: The Philippine army went on high alert on Saturday as President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo ordered the capture of up to 70 rogue junior officers and armed deserters after...
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Demolition of Mosul house begins
MOSUL, July 26: US army engineers and Iraqi workers on Saturday started demolishing the mansion where Saddam Hussein’s sons Uday and Qusay were killed in a massive assault four days earlier....
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BD gunbattle claims three lives
DHAKA, July 26: At least three people were killed and another was wounded in a shootout on Saturday morning between rival political groups claiming to represent ethnic minorities in the Chittagong...
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Iran protests to Canada over citizen’s death
TEHRAN, July 26: A Canadian embassy official was summoned to the Iranian foreign ministry on Saturday to hear a protest about the “murder” of a young Iranian near Vancouver, the news...
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Turkey stops 250 would-be immigrants
ANKARA, July 26: Turkish coastguards on Saturday stopped a small fishing boat loaded with 257 would-be Turkish immigrants attempting to illegally enter Europe, a local official said....
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Iraq, economy handicap Bush, say experts
NEW YORK, July 26: With US soldiers being killed in Iraq almost every day, President Bush’s re-election manager for next year’s elections warned on Saturday the elections would be tough for...
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