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Hamas courting civil war: Fatah
GAZA CITY, April 22: The Fatah party of Mahmud Abbas accused Hamas on Saturday of courting civil war, as relations between the moderate Palestinian leader and the government hit crisis point less than a month after the Islamists took power.... 
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India in damage control move after backing king: Agitation in Nepal
NEW DELHI, April 22: India expressed support on Saturday for Nepal’s seven-party opposition political alliance in what analysts said was a face-saving exercise after New Delhi initially welcomed King Gyanendra’s offer....
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Manmohan fears Nepal may become failed state
NEW DELHI, April 22: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday cautioned against Nepal becoming a failed state, but Nepali parties fighting King Gyanendra’s authoritarian rule described New Delhi’s position on a royal reconciliation as a betrayal....
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UN hails Nepal king’s offer
UNITED NATIONS, April 22: Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Friday welcomed a proclamation issued by King Gyanendra of Nepal affirming that executive power will be returned to the people....
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Al Qaeda men urged to fight in S. Arabia
PARIS, April 22: A purported senior Al Qaeda operative who escaped from a US airbase in Afghanistan last July called on members on Friday in a video statement to move to...
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Terror war alienating Muslims: experts
CEBU (Philippines), April 22: An anti-terrorism drive by Asian governments risks alienating moderate Muslims and pushing them towards extremism, experts warned on Saturday....
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EU looking for correct terminology on Islam
BRUSSELS: It could turn out to be little more than polite words. But European Union policymakers struggling to build stronger relations with Muslim countries have set themselves a new task: hammering...
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UN report on Iran to show no progress
VIENNA, April 22: A pivotal UN report on Iran next week is expected to show little evidence that Tehran is cooperating to defuse the crisis over its nuclear program, diplomats said on Friday....
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CIA warned Bush of no weapons in Iraq: ex-official
WASHINGTON, April 22: The Central Intelligence Agency warned US President George Bush before the Iraq invasion that it had reliable information the government of Saddam Hussein had no weapons of mass destruction, a retired CIA operative disclosed....
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US citizen handed over to FBI by BD
DHAKA/NEW YORK, April 22: Intelligence officials in Dhaka handed over a young US citizen of Bangladeshi descent to the US Federal Bureau of Investigation on charges of links with ‘terrorists plotting to carry out attacks’ in the United States....
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US, India to hold exercises
WASHINGTON, April 22: The United States and India have decided to hold joint counter-terrorism exercises as part of a new strategy to fight extremism across the globe....
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5 US troops killed in Iraq
BAGHDAD, April 22: Two roadside bomb attacks killed five US soldiers in Baghdad on Saturday, the military said. Four died when their combat patrol south of Baghdad was hit by a bomb, the military said in a statement....
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CIA official fired for media leaks
WASHINGTON, April 22: The Central Intelligence Agency has fired an unidentified officer who acknowledged leaking classified information to members of the media, a spokesman for the agency said....
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Taking a stand for democracy in Nepal
KATHMANDU: Kanak Dixit and I began drafting this article three weeks ago to try to draw attention to the disaster unfolding in Nepal, where a corrupt, absolute monarch has spent four...
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Why we need political theatre more than ever
LONDON: It was with some trepidation that I looked again at Borderline, a play I wrote in 1981. The Royal Court Theatre — where it was originally presented — wanted to...
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Interest in UFOs waning
LONDON: Mankind has been spotting strange objects in the sky since biblical times, but it wasn’t until the 1940s that terms such as ‘flying saucer’ regularly appeared in the headlines....
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A man who wants to be an American
THAM HIN CAMP (Thailand): For the past nine years, this ravine 100 miles west of Bangkok has been ‘home’ to 9,325 ethnic Karens from Burma. All of the huts here are...
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Farmers’ suicide in India rising
YAVATMAL (India): Despite failed crops and mounting debts, the family of Indian cotton farmer Chandrakant Gurenule never believed his suicide threats until he set himself alight and fled their home in flames....
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