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250 Iraqis killed, 700 hurt since hand over: US general's interview
BAGHDAD, July 28: Nearly 1,000 Iraqi civilians and security personnel have been killed or wounded in guerilla attacks since US-led occupiers handed power to an interim government on June 28 ... 
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Powell sounds out Saudis on Muslim force for Iraq
JEDDAH, July 28: The United States and Saudi Arabia discussed the possibility of deploying troops from Arab and other Muslim nations in Iraq, Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al Faisal said on Wednesday. ...
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UK troops 'took turns' to beat Iraqis, court told
LONDON, July 28: British troops took turns abusing a group of Iraqi detainees, dousing them in cold water, kickboxing them against a wall and ordering them to "dance like Michael Jackson" ...
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Gaza guerillas block road to Israel
GAZA, July 28: Gunmen and activists from a besieged Gaza border town blocked off the main road leading to Israel on Wednesday, shooting in the air to stop vehicles and vowing not to let any Palestinian Authority officials through. ...
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Bush govt has burned its bridges: Kennedy
BOSTON, July 28: Democrats mixed new attacks on US President George Bush at their national convention on Tuesday with a first effort to sell their own presidential candidate John Kerry to a still undecided US electorate. ...
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Arab states oppose US move against Sudan
KHARTOUM, July 28: Egypt and the Arab League tried to put the brakes on the campaign for sanctions against Sudan on Wednesday as the Khartoum government blamed rebels in the western region of Darfur for the humanitarian crisis there. ...
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Turkish PM hopes for Iran's help over Kurds
TEHRAN, July 28: Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan was in Tehran on Wednesday for talks he hoped would boost cooperation in the fight against Kurdish rebels and smooth over a series of bitter business disputes. ...
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Iran seeking nuke 'booster': diplomats
VIENNA, July 28: Iranian agents are negotiating with a Russian company to buy a substance that can boost nuclear explosions in atomic weapons, according to an intelligence agency report being circulated by diplomats. ...
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Guantanamo men quizzed without lawyer
PARIS, July 28: A lawyer for two Frenchmen held for over two years by the US military in Guantanamo Bay said on Wednesday he had not been allowed to speak to the two since they were returned to France and taken into custody on Tuesday. ...
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Democrats to push for peace in S. Asia
WASHINGTON: If the Democratic challenger to George W. Bush is elected America's president in November, the White House will increase pressure on India and Pakistan to resolve their differences peacefully. ...
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Curse of the women of K2
SKARDU: When Spain's Edurne Pasaban became the sixth woman to stand atop the "king of mountains" K2 during this week's 50th anniversary festivities, she entered an exclusive but tragic gallery of female mountaineers. ...
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India's ancient system of medicine survives despite odds
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Reviving 'Siddha', the world's oldest known system of medicine, is not easy especially when many of its prescriptions smack of alchemy and depend heavily on concoctions prepared from toxic metals such as lead and mercury. ...
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Sri Lanka peace bid at low point, says Norway
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's peace process is at its lowest point since the government and Tamil Tigers signed a truce early in 2002, a Norwegian envoy said on Wednesday, adding that renewed violence in the east was eroding trust. ...
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Floods, stench ravage Dhaka
DHAKA: Mufazzal Hussain measures the water level in the bedroom of his flooded home less than a kilometre from Dhaka's main business district. "A few more centimetres higher and I will have to move my family to some other place," said the 45-year old taxi driver. ...
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