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Israel to be attacked if US strikes: Iran
TEHRAN, May 2: Iran threatened on Tuesday to attack Israel in response to any “evil” act by the United States and said it had enriched uranium to a level close to the maximum compatible with civilian use in power stations.... 
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Iraqi leaders struggle to form govt
BAGHDAD, May 2: The US military said on Tuesday its troops killed 10 foreign “terrorists”, as Iraq’s dominant Shias and formerly powerful Sunnis neared agreement on the line-up of a long-delayed cabinet....
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Elma Gardner dies at 98
SALT LAKE CITY, May 2: Elma Gardner “Pem” Farnsworth, who helped her husband, Philo T. Farnsworth, develop the television and was among the first people whose images were transmitted on TV, has died at age 98....
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Islamic Jihad won’t halt attacks against Israel
CAIRO, May 2: A delegation of the militant Palestinian Islamic Jihad group negotiating with the Egyptian government will not agree to halt attacks on Israel, a leader of the organization said on Tuesday....
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Beheaded Indian engineer cremated
HYDERABAD, May 2: The body of an Indian engineer abducted and beheaded in Afghanistan by Taliban militants, was cremated on Tuesday as doctors struggled to save the life of his widow, who had tried to commit suicide....
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Last year most lethal for press for decade: RSF PARIS, May 2: Last year was the deadliest for journalists in a decade, with 63 reporters and five media aides killed, the French press freedom body Reporters sans Frontieres (Reporters without Borders, RSF) said on Tuesday....
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Danish paper sues lawyer representing Muslims
COPENHAGEN, May 2: A Danish newspaper said on Tuesday it had filed a defamation lawsuit against a lawyer representing a group of Muslim organizations that sued the daily for publishing holy...
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South Asia has highest number of undernourished children: Unicef
DHAKA, May 2: Nearly half of the children in South Asia under the age of five are underweight, and despite some progress, the impoverished region is far from reaching the goal...
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Give me that old geopolitics
WASHINGTON: However much President George W. Bush’s ‘Freedom Agenda’ asserted itself into US foreign policy in the wake of the Iraq invasion three years ago, traditional geopolitics — and the realpolitik...
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No window to the world
LONDON: Let us be clear: there may be intellectuals in Britain, but there are no British intellectuals — for all Timothy Garton Ash’s protestations on The Guardian pages....
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Hurricane city wary of levees
NEW ORLEANS: As a New Orleans firefighter, Randy Cookmeyer stayed on the job as Hurricane Katrina slammed the city on August 29. It was four days before he could go home,...
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Trade unions to change UAE labour climate
DUBAI: May Day is not observed in the Gulf countries, but the one that just passed by holds special significance because the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is about to grant labourers...
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