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Shia leader suspends council membership: UN considering staff reduction
AMMAN, Aug 30: Senior Shia leader Mohammed Bahr al Ulloum on Saturday said he was “suspending his membership” of the US-appointed Iraq Governing Council “to protest US troops’ inability to ensure... 
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N. Korea says it will boost N-deterrent: Beijing talks termed useless
SEOUL, Aug 30: North Korea, in its first official reaction to six-way nuclear talks, said on Saturday it was not interested in more discussions and had no choice but to strengthen...
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9 killed as Russian sub sinks
MOSCOW, Aug 30: A Russian nuclear-powered submarine sank in stormy Arctic seas on Saturday, killing nine servicemen, as it was being towed into port for scrapping, defence officials said....
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Response to troop call dismays US
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 30: The United States is finding it difficult to solicit troops from other nations to support its military operations in Iraq, as the costs of war kept increasing...
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Myanmar govt pledges ‘free & fair’ elections
YANGON, Aug 30: Myanmar’s new prime minister General Khin Nyunt on Saturday announced a seven-point roadmap towards democracy including “free and fair” elections to be held under a new constitution....
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2.6 million hit by floods in Orissa
BHUBANESWAR, Aug 30: At least eight people have been killed and close to 2.6 million affected by floods caused during the past few days of heavy rainfall in the east Indian...
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Suspect in parliament attack shot dead: BSF
SRINAGAR, Aug 30: Thirteen people were killed in occupied Kashmir on Saturday, including three in a 10-hour gunbattle after Indian troops raided a building they believed housed a mastermind of the...
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UN, US condemn attack in Najaf
 NAJAF, Aug 30: Outrage and condemnation poured forth on Saturday over the death of Ayatollah Hakim and others in the blast in Najaf....
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Hasina gets bail in graft case
DHAKA, Aug 30: Sheikh Hasina, the Awami League president and leader of the opposition in the parliament, was granted bail on Saturday in a corruption case regarding the purchase of South...
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14,000 died in heatwave: French official
PARIS, Aug 30: “Do they realize that we’re facing the most important human catastrophe that France has had to confront since World War II?,” asks Pascal Champvert, a spokesman for the...
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Russia to back US-led force
LA MADDALENA (Italy), Aug 30: Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday Moscow would not oppose the establishment of an international force in Iraq under US command so long as it...
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US detains two Al Jazeera journalists
DOHA, Aug 30: The Arabic television network Al Jazeera said US forces on Friday detained two of its journalists near the Iraqi city of Ramadi while they were interviewing witnesses about...
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US proposal is a non-starter: Washington-led UN force
UNITED NATIONS: Faced with a no-win situation in an increasingly deadly Iraq, the United States is proposing the creation of a new UN-authorized peacekeeping force led by a US military commander....
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Blair gets a chance to recast his image
LONDON: Alastair Campbell’s resignation robs British Prime Minister Tony Blair of his most trusted ally in the midst of political turmoil over Iraq, but offers the chance to shed a damaging...
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Tokyo reminded of ‘borrowed time’
TOKYO: Surprising as it may seem in a country where the earth moves roughly 300 times a day, there is still a need to remind Tokyo residents that their world could...
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Cluster bombs shut out of arms fair
LONDON: Weapons manufacturers have been requested not to display cluster bombs at next month’s military equipment exhibition in the London Docklands because they are considered “inappropriate” for the UK market....
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What if the United States battled a real army?
WASHINGTON: “A swift, sudden military offensive usually by combined air and land force” is how the American Heritage Dictionary defines “blitzkrieg.” This can equally apply to Operation Iraqi Freedom, but it...
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Tibetans hopeful of Dalai Lama’s return
LHASA: Negotiations between Tibet’s government in exile and leaders in Beijing have prompted international speculation that the Dalai Lama may be closer to a return to his homeland. But in the...
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