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Arabs mulling to fund Hamas-led government CAIRO (Egypt), Feb 19: The Arab governments are considering providing the new Hamas-led government in the Palestinian territories with millions of dollars in funding despite a US opposition, the head of the Arab League said on Sunday....		US ME plan backfiring, says Ahmadinejad TEHRAN, Feb 19: Washington’s push for Middle East democracy is resulting in across the board victories for Islamic movements, Iran’s President Dr Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in an interview published On Sunday....
Danish business feels the pain of Muslim boycott COPENHAGEN, Feb 19: Danish businesses that have been targeted in Muslim countries owing to the publication of cartoons of the holy prophet (peace be upon him) now feel the pain of growing boycotts that they are struggling to circumvent....		Holocaust denier’s trial opens today VIENNA (Austria), Feb 19: Right-wing British historian David Irving goes on trial on Monday on charges of denying the Holocaust occurred — a crime punishable by up to 10 years’ imprisonment in this country once run by the Nazis....
Turks hold massive rally against cartoons ISTANBUL, Feb 19: Hundreds of thousands of protesters gathered in Istanbul on Sunday to protest against cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), chanting slogans against Denmark, Israel and the United States....		Nepal’s king offers talks KATHMANDU, Feb 19: Nepal’s King Gyanendra made his first formal approach to the country’s estranged political parties on Sunday, urging them to join talks and try to put democracy back on track....
Sadr rejects constitution BAGHDAD, Feb 19: Influential Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr said he rejects the Iraqi constitution backed by his partners in the biggest parliamentary bloc, threatening to reignite one of the country’s most explosive issues....		Chavez warns Rice CARACAS, Feb 19: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Sunday warned US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice not to “mess with” him days after Rice described Venezuela as a menace to regional...
Iraqi coalition’s bid to oust Al-Jaafari BAGHDAD: A handful of Iraqi political parties have met in recent days to discuss a government that would unite the country’s disparate ethnic and sectarian groups, a step that could result...		‘Belgian option’ helped avert crisis in Haiti PORT-AU-PRINCE (Haiti): When word leaked out in the powder-keg streets of Port-au-Prince that former President Rene Preval’s lead was shrinking, his supporters took to the hills....
Blair’s new laws leave UK at the mercy of tyrants LONDON: Osama Bin Laden’s achievement was not to mastermind the flying of jets into the Twin Towers, not to franchise his brand of terrorism to a lot of young men, not even to inspire the invasion of Iraq...		Severe winter exposes plight of Japan’s frail elders MINAMI UONUMA (Japan): When the harshest winter in two decades heaped five feet of ice and snow onto 71-year-old Takeo Tokozumi’s creaky roof last month, the proud rice farmer and his wife weren’t about to call anyone for help....
Thai PM confronts negative label BANGKOK: During his first five years as Thai prime minister, Thaksin Shinawatra and his pro-business, modernising government enjoyed a smooth ride through everything from bird flu to the tsunami...