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Labour gets drubbing in UK's local elections
LONDON, June 11: Britons angry over Iraq have punished Prime Minister Tony Blair in local elections, relegating his Labour Party to an unprecedented third place. ... 
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Brahimi hopeful of reconciliation
UNITED NATIONS, June 11: UN Special envoy to Iraq Lakhdar Brahimi has expressed hope that Shias and the Kurds would find common ground to settle their differences. ...
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America bids emotional farewell to Reagan
WASHINGTON, June 11: America bade farewell to Ronald Reagan on Friday in a majestic state funeral at Washington's National Cathedral where past and present world leaders lauded the former president ...
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High-ups okayed use of dogs: paper - Abuse at Iraqi jail WASHINGTON, June 11: High-ranking US intelligence officers authorized the use of ferocious dogs to intimidate prisoners at Iraq's notorious Abu Gharib prison, newspaper reports said on Friday. ...
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Bush-Chirac meeting fails to resolve discord over Nato role
SEA ISLAND, June 11: A Group of Eight summit meant to enshrine a new era of trans-Atlantic unity ended with fresh cracks over Iraq, but new on-paper pledges to fight poverty, terrorism and revive global trade talks. ...
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From Iraq, Reagan doesn't look so freedom-loving
BAGHDAD: It would be odd for Iraqis to watch TV on Friday (power cuts permitting) and hear the eulogies to freedom-loving Ronald Reagan at his state funeral. ...
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America's next 9/11 paranoia
BUFFALO: On May 10 Steven Kurtz went to bed a married art professor. On May 11 he woke up a widower. By the afternoon he was under federal investigation for bio terrorism. ...
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Makkah imam leads prayers in London
LONDON, June 11: The imam of Makkah's Grand Mosque led prayers for inter-faith peace and harmony in London on Friday, part of the inauguration of Western Europe's largest Islamic cultural centre. ...
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Ankara cracks down on Kurds after attack
TUNCELI, June 11: Three Turkish security personnel were killed on Friday in the heaviest day of fighting since Kurdish separatists called off a unilateral ceasefire. ...
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'School' of stealing
NEW DELHI, June 11: Delhi police busted a gang of thieves last week and unwittingly unearthed a "school" that taught young boys the art of picking pockets and snatching mobile phones, a newspaper said on Friday. ...
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BBC reporter struggling for life
RIYADH, June 11: Frank Gardener, the BBC correspondent who was critically injured in a shootout in Riyadh last week, is fighting for his life. The wife of the BBC correspondent said after flying into Riyadh from London that he was fighting hard for his life ...
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Riyadh to cede border posts to Sana'a
RIYADH, June 11: Saudi Arabia will hand over to Yemen next month a number of installations in border areas designated as Yemeni territory under the 2000 Jeddah treaty, sources said on Thursday. ...
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