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27 injured in Afghan explosions
KABUL, July 1: One man died on Wednesday and a further twenty- seven people, including children, were injured following two explosions that rocked a city in eastern Afghanistan, officials said. ... 
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Bush 'pleased' Saddam being tried
WASHINGTON, July 1: US President George W. Bush welcomed deposed Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein's appearance in an Iraqi court on Thursday, White House spokesman Scott McClellan said ...
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Handover won't end uprising
LONDON: The much-vaunted handover, when it came, was a secret hole-in-the-corner affair. There were no celebrations as the US proconsul Paul Bremer signed over technical authority to his green zone government of Iraqi quislings two days early to beat the expected resistance onslaught. ...
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UN withholds genocide label for Darfur crisis
UNITED NATIONS: The humanitarian crisis in the Darfur region in Sudan has reached deadly proportions: thousands killed, one million people displaced, over 150,000 refugees fleeing into neighbouring Chad and entire villages wiped out by marauding militia groups. ...
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Israeli troops move into Jericho; 2 killed in Gaza
GAZA CITY, July 1: Two Palestinians, including a nine-year-old boy, were killed by Israeli troops in the Gaza Strip on Thursday as 35 suspected militants were detained in a major operation in the West Bank town of Jericho. ...
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Israel develops radar to see through walls
AL QUDS, July 1: Israeli scientists have developed revolutionary new radar technology that will allow people to see through walls, Haaretz newspaper reported on Thursday. ...
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Sri Lanka peace talks end in deadlock
COLOMBO, July 1: A top Norwegian envoy rounded off talks with Sri Lankan leaders on Thursday but his second mission in a month to salvage the island's peace bid ended without results, officials said. ...
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Germany loosens immigration curbs
BERLIN, July 1: The German parliament passed a bill on Thursday overhauling the country's immigration policy to attract skilled foreigners and drive out extremists. ...
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Thousands may die in Darfur: WHO
GENEVA, July 1: About 10,000 more people are likely to die over the coming month in Sudan's strife-ridden Darfur region unless a massive international aid operation with military backing gets off the ground swiftly, a global health official said on Thursday. ...
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Powell for reforms in Myanmar
JAKARTA, July 1: US Secretary of State Colin Powell said on Thursday he was concerned about the slow pace of democratic reform in military-ruled Myanmar and the ongoing detention of democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi. ...
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Russia gets $35m to fight AIDS
MOSCOW, July 1: Russia will receive $34.6 million from a leading AIDS fund to treat its growing number of cases of HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis, US Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy G. Thompson said on Thursday. ...
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Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan in border row
TASHKENT, July 1: Uzbekistan has asked neighbouring Turkmenistan to look into reports that Turkmen guards have killed an Uzbek citizen on the countries' common border, an Uzbek foreign ministry official said on Thursday. ...
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First Saturn pictures show sharp rings
PASADENAt, July 1: Hours after it completed a journey of nearly seven years to Saturn, the spacecraft Cassini sent its first pictures back to Earth on Thursday, showing sharp edges and ripples of energy in the planet's enormous rings. ...
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Corruption still rampant in Africa, but the tide is changing
NAIROBI, July 1: From the bribe-extracting traffic cop to the state coffer-raiding president, Africa is still blighted by corruption, but the tide is changing thanks to pressure from both within and without the world's poorest continent. ...
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