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Prisoners’ release comes as setback: Palestinians term move theatrical
AL QUDS: It was meant to be a powerful confidence-building measure. But the release of 334 Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails on Wednesday achieved the opposite: it left Palestinians bitter over... 
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UN moot vows to help landlocked countries
UNITED NATIONS: Landlocked developing countries need an extra boost to overcome the challenge of doing business in an era of globalization without sea access, a senior UN official told IPS ahead...
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Liberia refugees flee trouble for trouble
WASHINGTON: Ongoing fighting in Liberia is aggravating a refugee crisis that threatens the fragile stability in West Africa, humanitarian relief groups say....
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Solar panels to light up households in Cuba
HAVANA: Around 500,000 people living in remote mountainous areas of Cuba will finally be able to pack away their oil lamps, listen to radio, and even watch TV, thanks to the...
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Delaware air base gets fallen US soldiers
DOVER AIR FORCE BASE (USA): When the cargo planes land at this air base on the coast of Delaware, people nearby stand at attention to honour the dead....
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New gel to improve aging eyesight
LONDON: Millions of ageing baby-boomers could be spared the need to use reading glasses to see the small print if a new treatment developed by scientists in Australia is proven safe...
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FBI to probe Jordan embassy blast
BAGHDAD, Aug 9: Iraq’s interior ministry has brought in the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to head the probe into the deadly Jordanian embassy bomb blast in Baghdad, a spokesman...
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Rumsfeld admits Iran arms dealer met officials
CRAWFORD, Aug 8: US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld confirmed on Friday that Pentagon officials met Iranian arms dealer Manucher Ghorbanifar — a key figure in the 1980s Iran-Contra arms scandal —...
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UK in favour of new resolution
LONDON, Aug 9: Britain is in favour of a new United Nations resolution endorsing the reconstruction of Iraq, Valerie Amos, British Secretary of State for International Development, indicated in an interview...
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Trailers made hydrogen, not weapons, say experts
NEW YORK, Aug 9: The two laboratory trailers found in Iraq produced hydrogen for weather balloons and not illegal weapons, intelligence analysts told The New York Times in a report published...
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Shatrughan lookalike sparks scare in parliament
NEW DELHI, Aug 9: Indian security officials were in a tizzy on Saturday over how a lookalike of Shipping Minister Shatrughan Sinha managed to gain unfettered access into the heavily guarded...
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US troops attacked in Afghanistan
BAGRAM AIR BASE, Aug 9: US troops returned fire on Saturday after militants fired six rockets at their base in southeastern Afghanistan, but there were no casualties or damage, a military...
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Mahathir calls for UN reforms
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 9: Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad pressed on Saturday for democratic reforms in the United Nations (UN) so that the world would not always live in fear of...
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Flash flood claims 27 lives near Manali
SHIMLA, Aug 9: Rescue personnel on Saturday scoured the hills near an Indian ski resort in a search of survivors after a flash flood claimed at least 27 lives, police said....
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