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Iraqis pick interim national assembly
BAGHDAD, Aug 18: Iraqi political and religious leaders picked an interim national assembly on Wednesday, choosing a list of candidates backed by the government after four days of often heated debate. ... 
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US troops not to storm holy places: Rumsfeld
WASHINGTON, Aug 18: The United States pulled its punch in Iraq again on Tuesday as Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld announced US forces arrayed in Najaf were "unlikely" to storm the town's holy places to deal the militia a fatal blow. ...
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Mosque sting based on weak evidence, say prosecutors
NEW YORK, Aug 18: The US government's case against two Muslim men arrested in a fake terror plot in Albany, New York, may be unravelling as federal prosecutors acknowledged on Tuesday that a crucial evidence against them might be flawed, the New York Times said on Wednesday. ...
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Smallest-ever baby is now 14 and healthy
WASHINGTON, Aug 18: The tiniest baby ever to survive at birth is now a 14-year-old high achiever, the doctors who delivered her reported on Wednesday. But they denied that Madeline Mann was a miracle baby, saying instead that parents and doctors need to think carefully about "saving" extremely small and premature babies....
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Saudi govt urged to release reformists
RIYADH, Aug 18: Ninety-five Saudis, including 12 women, have submitted a petition to Crown Prince Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz, urging release of three Saudi reformists jailed for advocating a constitutional monarchy. ...
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Arafat acknowledges mistakes
RAMALLAH, Aug 18: Palestinian President Yasser Arafat made a rare acknowledgment of mistakes under his rule on Wednesday and urged reforms to end corruption after an unprecedented wave of turmoil. ...
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Olympics return to ancient stadium after 1,600 years
ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Aug 18: The Olympics came home on Wednesday to its birthplace and some of the spectators who turned out to sit on a grass field under a burning hot sun in a 4th century BC stadium swore that here was an event to please the Gods of ancient Greece. ...
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Maoists isolate Kathmandu
NAGDHUNGA, Aug 18: Nepal's capital was cut off from the rest of the country on Wednesday and the supply of food and goods disrupted as Maoist rebels enforced a blockade of the city of 1.5 million people with threats to attack vehicles. ...
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Mock train crash drill sparks alarm in India
KOLKATA, Aug 18: A drill to test the preparedeness of emergency staff of Indian railways sparked panic and forced officials to issue a public apology on Wednesday after they reported a head-on collision between two trains near Kolkata. ...
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Gujarat govt gave free hand to VHP: Policeman testifies on massacre
AHMEDABAD, Aug 18: A top police official has testified that anti-Muslim riots that raged in Gujarat two years ago were backed by the state's government, it was revealed on Wednesday. ...
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India may see end of capital punishment
NEW DELHI: While Dhananjoy Chatterjee was hanged on the weekend for the rape and murder of a 14-year-old schoolgirl, the storm of protests and public debates generated by his case might see the end of capital punishment in India. ...
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'Silicon Valley' loses its lustre
BANGALORE: The success of India's hi-tech and outsourcing industry was built on Bangalore, but the southern city where the boom began has now become a victim of its own success. ...
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Retelling people's history of Sri Lanka
COLOMBO: Nearly five centuries later and the memories are still hard to erase. The day was November 15, 1505, when Dom Lourenco de Almeida arrived off the harbour of Colombo in nine ships quite by accident after being caught in a storm. ...
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30,000 live in fear of losing homes
DHAKA: About 30,000 people at Basila Dhaka City Corporation have been living in fear of losing their homestead to the erosion of the river Buriganga. ...
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