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President authorised leak, says US official: CIA agent’s identity
WASHINGTON, April 6: President George Bush authorised Iraq intelligence leaks ahead of the invasion, indicted former top White House aide I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby said in court papers obtained on Thursday.... 
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Hamas govt unveils austerity package
RAMALLAH, April 6: The Hamas-led government, bankrupt and boycotted by the West, called for emergency aid on Thursday to pay last month’s salaries, introducing austerity measures to slash public spending....
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UK inquiry accuses Israelis of murder: Cameraman’s death
LONDON, April 6: An award-winning British cameraman shot dead in the Gaza Strip by an Israeli soldier was murdered, a London inquest found on Thursday. James Miller was shot by a...
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69 die in Djibouti boat accident
DJIBOUTI, April 6: At least 69 people drowned, 20 were missing and 36 injured after a boat carrying more than 200 capsized as it left the main harbour of the Red Sea state of Djibouti on Thursday, hospital sources said....
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Zarqawi aide caught: US
BAGHDAD, April 6: The US military announced on Thursday it had caught a top aide to Al Qaeda’s Iraq front man Abu Musab al-Zarqawi wanted over the kidnapping of Italian journalist Guiliana Sgrena last year....
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S. Arabia, Japan call for N-free Mideast
TOKYO, April 6: Saudi Arabia and Japan called on Thursday for a Middle East free of nuclear weapons and urged diplomacy to end the row over Iran’s atomic ambitions....
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Palestinian minister detained
RAMALLAH, April 6: In a sign of Israel’s tough stance towards the new Hamas-led government, Israeli forces detained Palestinian minister Khaled Abu Araf at a roadblock in the occupied West Bank....
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Ex-French minister under probe in Iraq scam
PARIS, April 6: Former French interior minister Charles Pasqua said on Thursday he had been placed under investigation for influence peddling as part of a probe into the UN scandal-tainted oil-for-food programme in Iraq....
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Trial resumes without Saddam
BAGHDAD, April 6: The trial of Saddam Hussein on charges of crimes against humanity resumed on Thursday without the deposed Iraqi leader, but the ex-head of his revolutionary court took the stand....
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22 killed as Maoists attack Nepal town
KATHMANDU, April 6: A fierce attack on a town by Nepal’s Maoist rebels left 22 people dead on Wednesday night. The Maoists’ attack on Malangwa town, 350kms southeast of Kathmandu, took the security forces by surprise....
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US not to seek seat on HRC
UNITED NATIONS, April 6: After being virtually alone in its opposition to the newly created Human Rights Council, the United States has decided not to seek a seat on the council for now, news reports quoting US officials said....
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War games important: Iran official
TEHRAN, April 6: The head of Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards played up on Thursday the significance of its war games in the narrow neck in the Gulf through which two-fifths of the world’s oil trade passes....
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Monkeys told to forget about phones
LONDON, April 6: A troop of mischievous monkeys at London Zoo has had to be retrained after showing too much interest in visitors’ mobile phones, officials said on Wednesday....
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A replay of Iraq awaits Western forces in Darfur
LONDON: If there is a world journalism record for being arrested by Sudan’s government, I probably hold it: I was detained on the first morning of my first visit....
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UK arms sales to Israel record big jump
THE number of arms export licences granted for countries the government accuses of human rights abuses increased significantly over the past year, the latest official figures show....
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EU’s blunt warning to Turkey
BRUSSELS/ISTANBUL: Turkey has been given a blunt warning by Brussels that it is jeopardising its 40-year dream of joining the European Union by “failing to negotiate in good faith.”...
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Castro’s novel idea to beat the heat
HAVANA: Cuba is racing to install thousands of container-sized diesel generators across the island to avoid another situation like the one last summer when widespread blackouts fanned popular unrest....
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Hamas will allow cinemas but not bellydancing
GAZA CITY: ‘If I need to cut it I will cut it’ ... the new Palestinian culture minister gives a very cautious welcome to suicide-bomber drama Paradise Now Attallah Abu al-Sibbah is keen to demonstrate that Hamas is not the Taliban....
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Why Western leaders admire Indonesia’s president
LONDON: If the number of prominent statespeople beating a path to his door is anything to go by, Indonesia’s president, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, can arguably claim to be the pin-up of...
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China boom may retard Hong Kong growth
HONG KONG: China’s economic boom is taking Hong Kong’s economy along with it for now, but the rapid development of infrastructure and services on the mainland could undercut the city’s longer-term competitiveness....
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