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GCC seeks assurance from Iran on N-arms
RIYADH, May 6: US-allied Gulf Arab leaders called on Iran on Saturday to do more to show it was not trying to obtain an atom bomb, thereby saving the region from another war.... 
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Blair asked to set date for stepping down: Reshuffle fails to silence opponents
LONDON, May 6: British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s swift overhaul of his government after dismal local election results failed to reassure critics within his Labour Party who called for him to make clear when he will step down....
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ME quartet to meet on 9th
UNITED NATIONS, May 6: As the situation in the Israeli occupied Palestinian territories continues to deteriorate, the diplomatic quartet — US, European Union, Russia and the United Nations — will meet...
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Sudan govt, rebels sign peace deal
ABUJA, May 6: Hopes rose for peace in the devastated Sudanese region of Darfur on Friday when the government and the main rebel faction signed a peace deal for the region, although other rebel groups still refused....
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Let reasons for resignation remain a mystery: Goss
WASHINGTON, May 6: Porter Goss said on Saturday his reasons for abruptly resigning as CIA chief after less than two years would remain a mystery, while the White House denied that US President George W....
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Japan steps in to resolve Lanka crisis
COLOMBO, May 6: A Japanese peace envoy arrived in Sri Lanka Saturday for talks aimed at saving the island’s troubled peace process as Scandinavian truce monitors said violence was getting out of control....
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Five Chinese freed from Guantanamo
WASHINGTON, May 6: The United States freed on Friday five Chinese Uighur Muslims from the Guantanamo Bay prison camp and sent them to Albania for resettlement, brushing aside Beijing’s demand they be sent home....
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Sunstroke kills 33 in India
NEW DELHI, May 6: Twenty-seven people have died of sunstroke in Orissa state, a state official said, taking the heat-related death toll in India to 33 as temperatures soared on Saturday....
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UN protests to Israel over closure
UNITED NATIONS, May 6: The United Nations agency entrusted to help Palestinians refugees lodged a protest on Friday with the Israeli government over closing of access to West Bank and barring its staff from crossing over to Israeli-occupied Al Quds....
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Hayden to lead CIA: Time
WASHINGTON, May 6: US President George Bush plans to name Air Force General Michael Hayden to run the CIA after the abrupt resignation of the spy agency’s director Porter Goss, Time Magazine reported on Friday....
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Cheney’s speech opening shot in new Cold War
MOSCOW: Russian media described Vice President Dick Cheney’s harsh criticism of the Kremlin as the start of a new Cold War and a reprise of Winston Churchill’s famous “Iron Curtain” speech, reflecting deepening distrust between Washington and Moscow....
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British secret service in search of agents
LONDON: Last week, British secret intelligence service (MI6) took the unprecedented step of advertising a variety of positions in the Times and the Economist. The world’s second oldest profession had finally...
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Danish Muslims look forward to better days
COPENHAGEN: Danish Muslims were taken aback by the violence the cartoon controversy triggered around the world. But now many of them are looking to better days ahead — because of the controversy....
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Goss departure raises questions about CIA
WASHINGTON: The abrupt resignation of CIA Director Porter Goss raises disturbing questions about the US flagship intelligence agency’s health, amid growing concerns about a nuclear Iran, turmoil in Iraq and the Al Qaeda threat....
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The Chavez effect and the reshaping of a continent
CARACAS: The “Chávez effect”, which started when Hugo Chávez was elected as Venezuelan President in 1998, has made waves across the continent, with the “pink tide” now lapping as far as Mexico to the north and Brazil to the south....
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Iraq kills good news, says Bush
WASHINGTON: President George Bush, battling a slump in his poll ratings, expressed frustration on Friday that bad news from Iraq is drowning out what he called good news on the US economy....
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Turkish army build-up pressures Iraq, US
ISTANBUL: Turkey has massed troops along its Iraqi border to increase pressure on the United States and the new government in Baghdad to act against a growing threat from Kurdish rebels based in northern Iraq....
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Israelis shell Gaza Strip
GAZA: Israel killed a Palestinian and wounded two others on Saturday, medics said, in artillery fire at Gaza that followed a series of rocket attacks on Israel....
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‘Stillborn’ Indian infant comes alive
NEW DELH: A baby declared stillborn by Indian doctors started to move his limbs and cry just before his father was to bury him....
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Blair, Merkel best paid leaders: study
BERLIN: British Prime Minister Tony Blair and German Chancellor Angela Merkel are Europe’s best paid leaders, each earning more than 260,000 euros ($329,800) a year, according to a new study....
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