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Russia faces threat from ‘fortress’ US, says Putin
MOSCOW, May 10: Russia faces a growing arms race against a ‘fortress’ United States which cares more about its own interests than democracy or human rights, President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday in his annual state of the nation speech.... 
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UK court okays hacker’s extradition to US
LONDON, May 10: A court on Wednesday recommended that a British computer hacker be extradited to the United States to face charges of causing hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage to Pentagon and other computers....
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Nato advises Europe to build missile shield
BRUSSELS, May 10: Europe faces an increasing threat from attacks with long-range missiles and could help avert the danger by building a missile defence network, a senior official of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato) warned on Wednesday....
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Population drop termed alarming
MOSCOW, May 10: In his speech President Vladimir Putin laid out measures to encourage Russians to have more babies, calling the unrelenting drop in population the country’s most serious problem....
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Phone fight mars Iraqi parliament session
BAGHDAD, May 10: Feuding among Iraq’s sectarian factions erupted in parliament on Wednesday, as a scuffle over a mobile phone and an attack on the speaker’s bodyguard served to highlight the violence lurking behind talks on a new government....
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Temporary mechanism for aid to Palestinians
UNITED NATIONS, May 10: The international partners in the Middle East peace process on Tuesday endorsed a temporary mechanism to funnel assistance directly to the Palestinian people....
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No talks with PA after ’06: Israel
JERUSALEM, May 10: Israel put the Palestinians on notice on Wednesday to become negotiating partners by the end of the year or else the government will move ahead with a plan to fix the borders on its own terms....
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Bush poll rating hits new low
WASHINGTON, May 10: President George Bush has hit a new low in US public opinion, with just 31 per cent of respondents approving of his job performance — one of the...
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Indian PM tipped as UN chief
NEW DELHI, May 10: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has been unofficially sounded out to succeed UN Secretary Gneral Kofi Annan at the end of the year, but he has apparently reserved comment, The Asian Age said on Wednesday....
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Slum tours: an idea taken too far: Delhi’s street children
NEW DELHI: Clearing his throat theatrically as he gets ready to reveal a highlight of the tour, group leader Javed stops halfway up the staircase to platform one and points through...
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South Asian offenders in UK getting legal help
LONDON: Oldham-born Iqbal had glossed over the cultural issues underlying his criminal activities since 1995. Whether on probation for motoring offences at 16 or serving four-and-a-half years for rioting in 2001,...
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Mineral rights behind ‘greatest internal security challenge’: Naxalites not to exchange bullet for the ballot
BHANUPRATAPUR (India): Forty young men and women in ill-fitting army fatigues, clutching flintlocks and pistols, stand in the shade of a mango tree. Beside them flaps a red flag emblazoned with a hammer and sickle....
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Spectre of war haunts Lanka
KILINOCHCHI (Sri Lanka): In rebel Tamil Tiger-held Sri Lanka, residents already scarred by decades of war are putting rebuilding on hold as they brace for a new conflict they say is now inevitable....
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Jakarta makes mediation offer to Tehran
JAKARTA: Indonesia, which has good relations with Iran and its critics, has offered to help mediate the stand-off with the United States and other countries over its nuclear programme....
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1,000 killed in Baghdad in April
BAGHDAD: Iraqi President Jalal Talabani on Wednesday said 1,091 people had been killed last month in sectarian violence in Baghdad alone....
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3 Lashkar men held in Mumbai
MUMBAI: Police have arrested three suspected militants in western India and recovered a cache of weapons and explosives, an officer said on Wednesday....
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LTTE’s warning to Lankan govt
COLOMBO: The Tamil Tigers, which came under attack early this week from its dissident faction, has threatened to launch a full-scale attack on the military. The LTTE threat is based on...
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Five Iraqis escape US military prison
BAGHDAD: Five suspected guerillas have escaped from a US military prison in Kurdish northern Iraq, a US military spokesman said on Wednesday....
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