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UK police call for sweeping powers LONDON, July 22: British police called for sweeping new powers on Thursday — including holding terrorism suspects for up to three months without charge — after a second wave of bombings struck London’s transport system....		Muslims fear police have shoot to kill order LONDON, July 22: Friday’s shooting incident at a rail station has sent shock waves though Britain’s Muslims, who now fear police are operating under a ‘shoot to kill’ policy....
52 Guantanamo detainees on hunger strike WASHINGTON, July 22: Fifty-two prisoners have launched a hunger strike at the US Guantanamo Bay terror suspects camp, apparently in protest at their detention, military authorities said on Thursday....		Iraq’s Sunnis oppose federalism BAGHDAD, July 22: Prominent Sunnis launched an offensive on Friday against federalist ideas put forward for Iraq’s new constitution as negotiations to complete a draft near an August 15 deadline....
Rice in surprise visit to Lebanon BEIRUT, July 22: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made a surprise visit to Lebanon under heavy security on Friday to show US support for the new government, the first to be formed since Syrian forces withdrew in April....		Wedding in Dubai: Indians under watch NEW DELHI, July 22: With even the wedding invitations being investigated by police, few will admit they’re on the guest list let alone boast they’re planning to attend the marriage in Dubai this weekend of an Indian crime don’s daughter....
Witness says he came face-to-face with bomber LONDON, July 22: A businessman described on Friday how he came face-to-face with one of the suspected attackers who exploded bombs in London, telling a newspaper the man seemed to have...		Drivers threaten to stop work LONDON, July 22: Hundreds of London underground drivers could refuse to work if there are more attacks on the rail network, Britain’s largest rail union warned on Friday....
Arson attempt on suspect’s house LONDON, July 22: An area near the home of one of the four men behind the July 7 suicide bomb attacks in London, Germaine Lindsay, has been evacuated after an arson attempt, police said on Friday....		London mosque surrounded LONDON, July 22: Police briefly threw a cordon around a mosque in east London on Friday. The East London Mosque, on Whitechapel Road, one of the biggest and most modern in...
Experts see link between attacks LONDON: Oozing rucksacks, harmless puffs of smoke and the failure of the latest apparent attempted suicide bombings in London suggest a link between this week’s attacks and the July 7 bombings, experts said on Friday....		Blair unscathed, but tests lie ahead LONDON: Prime Minister Tony Blair urged Britons to be calm and resolute after the second spate of bombings in London on Thursday, but further attacks may tarnish his image as a statesman which has won him praise....
Scanned patients risk setting off alarms: scientists LONDON: Millions of people who undergo routine health scans with radioisotopes are unwittingly going radioactive and risk triggering security scares at airports, scientists warned on Friday....		Wait for new laws for N-fuel, US tells India NEW DELHI, July 22: The United States said on Friday India would have to wait for changes in the laws governing the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) before being allowed to buy N-fuel from any one of the members....
Meteor study pours cold water on Mars theory WASHINGTON: A study of meteorites chipped off the surface of Mars suggests the planet has been frozen for 4 billion years and probably never had the warm wet conditions that could have given rise to life, two researchers said on Thursday....		Sheikh Omar predicted more attacks: NYT WASHINGTON, July 22: Just hours before the latest attacks on London’s transport system, one of Britain’s most radical Muslim leaders predicted more violence against the country, The New York Times reported on Friday....
Nigerian governor’s son flogged KANO, July 22: The teenage son of a Nigerian state governor was whipped by religious police after attending a party, officials said Friday, in a rare example of a rich and powerful family falling prey to Islamic law....		US accused of firing at Syrians DAMASCUS, July 22: Syria said on Thursday its border troops had been fired on by US and Iraqi forces and accused Washington, London and Baghdad of lack of cooperation in preventing infiltration into Iraq....
Pakistan urges Israel to stop work on fence UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan on Thursday called on Israel to obey the ruling by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and stop construction of a separation wall in the West Bank as...		Hezbollah to put brakes on disarmament BEIRUT: Hezbollah’s entry into Lebanon’s first government since Syrian forces withdrew complicates UN demands for the entrenched Shia guerrilla group, branded a terrorist group by Washington, to disarm....