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UN blasts Arafat for 'lack of will'
UNITED NATIONS, July 13: The United Nations said on Tuesday that the Palestinian Authority was in danger of collapse, blasting Yasser Arafat in a hard-hitting statement that drew Palestinian anger and Israeli praise. ... 
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Palestinians trudge out of besieged Gaza town
GAZA, July 13: Palestinians complaining of food shortages trudged out of a sealed Gaza Strip town on Tuesday for the first time since the Israeli army invaded two weeks ago to stop rocket attacks on southern Israel. ...
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Iran to hold N-talks with EU 'big three'
TEHRAN, July 13: Iran's top national security body said on Tuesday that talks with Britain, France and Germany on the Islamic republic's nuclear programme would resume later this month. ...
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US plans rigorous test for immigrants
WASHINGTON, July 13: The US government plans to introduce by late 2006 more rigorous testing in English language, US history and civics for immigrants hoping to become citizens, the programme director said on Tuesday. ...
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French woman admits making up attack
PARIS, July 13: A French woman who alleged suffering an anti-Semitic attack that shocked France from President Jacques Chirac down told police on Tuesday she made up the incident, a judicial source said. ...
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Greasing up to power
When starving people find food, they don't worry too much about the ingredients. Michael Moore's film is crude and sometimes patronizing. He puts words into people's mouths. ...
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Floods displace 5.7m people in India, BD
NEW DELHI, July 13: Massive flooding in South Asia, being described as the worst ''in recent memory'', has swamped thousands of villages and marooned at least 5.7 million people, officials said on Tuesday. ...
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S. Arabian militant surrenders in Iran
RIYADH, July 13: A suspected Saudi Al Qaeda militant, who had appeared in a videotape with Osama bin Laden, was flown back to the kingdom from Iran after he surrendered under a government amnesty, state television said on Tuesday. ...
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Saudi women won't get right to vote: paper
RIYADH, July 13: Women would not be allowed to contest or vote in the upcoming elections to half of the seats in the municipal bodies of the 13 provinces of Saudi Arabia ...
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Annan urges US to match AIDS fight with 'war on terror'
BANGKOK, July 13: The United States must lead the fight against AIDS with the same commitment it shows in the battle against terrorism, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said on Tuesday. ...
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Turabi bitten by rat in jail
KHARTOUM, July 13: Jailed Sudanese leader Hassan al-Turabi was bitten by a rat and is in very poor health in terrible conditions in his Khartoum prison, his wife said on Tuesday. ...
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China won't bargain on Taiwan with US
WASHINGTON: The Chinese government is fully committed to working with the international community to support economic and political stability in East Asia ...
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CIA has become a political tool
WASHINGTON: The imminent choice by US President George W. Bush of a new director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), blasted on Friday for "groupthink" and incompetence by a key Congressional committee ...
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Zoroastrian fire still flickers in Iran
CHAK CHAK: Zoroastrians say the sacred spring at Chak Chak, a shrine perched beneath a towering cliff face in the searing desert of central Iran, has lost none of its miraculous healing powers. ...
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