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Africa deserves a hand up
LONDON: We thought the time of Africa had come in the 1960s, when many of the nations colonized by Britain, France and Portugal gained independence.... 
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Melting glaciers may cause water crisis: WWF
GENEVA, March 13: Global warming is causing Himalayan glaciers to rapidly retreat, threatening to cause water shortages for hundreds of millions of people who rely on glacier-dependent rivers in China, India...
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Beirut on the brink of an abyss
BEIRUT: A new way of calculating the escalating crisis that has engulfed Lebanon since former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri was assassinated has emerged on the streets of Beirut....
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Kidnappings a business in Iraq
KIRKUK: Whatever the circumstances, Italian journalist Giuliana Sgrena is free at last. But questions remain at what price....
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To sell an image in crisis
NEW YORK: It must be the toughest job in PR trying to make a sceptical and frequently hostile world learn to love its only superpower....
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Opposition to war hitting US military recruitment
NEW YORK: A couple of months ago, Kim Rosario found an improbable e-mail message in her Monster.com inbox....
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Sharon vows to scrap West Bank outposts
TEL AVIV, March 13: Israel’s cabinet adopted a report on Sunday charting state complicity in the building of scores of unauthorised settler outposts in the West Bank but set no timetable...
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Iraqi Kurds dent hopes for deal on government
SALAHADDIN (Iraq), March 13: Kurdish leaders deflated hopes on Sunday for the rapid formation of a national government in Iraq as they refused to compromise their demands for joining a coalition...
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US not discouraged by Iran’s rejection, says official
WASHINGTON, March 13: Negotiations over Iran’s nuclear programme remain on track, despite Tehran’s coolness to a package of financial incentives put on the table by the United States and the European...
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Hezbollah rallies against foreign meddling
NABATIYEH, March 13: Hundreds of thousands of people turned out for a Hezbollah rally against foreign meddling in Lebanon on Sunday, even as a UN envoy met the country’s president to...
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Nepal parties to protest today
KATHMANDU, March 13: Activists from five Nepalese political parties will risk arrest and hold nationwide protests on Monday (today) against King Gyanendra’s seizure of power last month, a spokesman for one...
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Zarqawi planning ‘targets’ in US
WASHINGTON, March 13: Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is planning attacks on “soft targets” in the United States, including “movie theatres, restaurants and schools,” Time magazine reported Sunday, citing ...
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