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Abbas overturns Hamas decision: Creation of special force
GAZA CITY, April 21: Palestinian Authority president Mahmud Abbas was locked in a battle of wills with the Hamas government on Friday, revoking its decision to create a new security force of armed militants.... 
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Israel threatens to target official
JERUSALEM, April 21: Israel threatened on Friday to target a top wanted Palestinian militant appointed to oversee security in the new Hamas-led government, as a top general raised the prospect of reoccupying parts of Gaza....
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US calls for ban on arms sale to Iran
WASHINGTON, April 21: The United States, seeking to step up pressure on Iran, on Friday called for an embargo on the sales of arms and sensitive equipment to Tehran unless it gives up its alleged nuclear arms ambitions....
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Tehran accused of shelling Kurd bases in Iraq
ZAKHU (Iraq), April 21: Iranian forces shelled Iranian Kurdish rebel positions inside northern Iraq on Friday to repel an attack, wounding four civilians, Iraqi Kurdish officials said....
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Bush fails to get commitment from Hu over surplus
WASHINGTON, April 21: China’s President Hu Jintao predicted stronger relations with the United States following a summit on Thursday with US leader George Bush, despite the lack of clear progress on major international problems and trade tensions between the powers....
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Deal with US erodes sovereignty, says BJP
NEW DELHI, April 21: The Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday slammed the government’s recent nuclear deal with the United States as untenable, saying it erodes India’s diplomatic independence and strategic space....
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Maliki poised to become Iraq PM
BAGHDAD, April 21: Jawad al Maliki, an aide to embattled Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari, was named on Friday to take over as premier by Iraq’s dominant Shia coalition, in a move which could pave the way to forming a new government....
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Queen Elizabeth turns 80
WINDSOR, April 21: Queen Elizabeth, her fortunes revived after a tumultuous decade for the monarchy, was given a rousing reception by 20,000 cheering fans when she went on a walkabout on Friday to celebrate her 80th birthday....
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Delhi hails Gyanendra’s overture
NEW DELHI, April 21: India welcomed King Gyanendra’s decision on Friday to hand over power in Nepal to a seven-party umbrella organisation. Human rights groups however noted that New Delhi had...
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Iran moots dual pricing scheme for oil
TEHRAN, Iran, April 21: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad repeated his view on Friday that only rich countries should pay the ‘real price’ of crude oil and that poorer nations should get it more cheaply....
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LTTE pulls out from talks
COLOMBO, April 21: The Tamil Tigers on Thursday declared they would indefinitely withdraw from talks with the Sri Lankan government. The formal announcement came soon after the Tigers (LTTE) leaders met...
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Anti-theft unit loses car
MUMBAI, April 21: An Indian police unit responsible for tackling the hardest theft cases in Mumbai was left embarrassed after one of its own patrol cars was stolen....
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Revolt of the generals
WASHINGTON: The analogy between Iraq and Vietnam has proved to be most compelling to the generals who planned and conducted the Iraq invasion. They kept to themselves their profound disquiet about...
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The ‘green scare’ and ‘an inconvenient truth’
WASHINGTON: Meet Al Gore, scaremonger. In 2004, Gore denounced President Bush for ‘playing on our fears’. Today, he is at the forefront of a ‘green scare’ about global warming intended to terrify Americans into submitting to his environmental policies....
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Labour has abandoned working class values
LONDON: Labour’s long retreat from class politics — marked by the marginalisation of trade unions, privatisation, the abandonment of council housing and the helter-skelter of billionaires queuing up to fill the...
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Workers: Philippines’ most successful export
MANILA: They nurse the sick in California, drive fuel trucks in Iraq, sail cargo ships through the Panama Canal and cruise ships through the Gulf of Alaska....
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US must fix the mess
WASHINGTON: For the US intelligence community, the warning lights are blinking red. A reorganization that was supposed to bring greater coordination has instead produced a layering of responsibilities and bureaucratic confusion....
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Bringing history to life
ALBANY (USA): A party of four wearing buckskin, bonnets and tricorn hats might turn heads at most restaurants. But at the Wagon Wheel in Ticonderoga, it just means there’s something going on up at Fort Ticonderoga....
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