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US report questions utility of aid to Egypt
WASHINGTON, May 13: A congressional report released on Friday raised questions about the value of US military aid to Egypt, fuelling a debate about assistance to one of Washington’s key Middle East allies.... 
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Tariq Aziz quizzed over oil-for-food programme
PARIS, May 13: A French investigating magistrate has questioned former Iraqi deputy prime minister Tariq Aziz as part of a probe into the United Nation’s scandal-tainted oil-for-food programme, the daily Le Parisien/Aujourd’hui en France reported on Saturday....
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Americans being watched from space
WASHINGTON, May 13: A little-known spy agency that analyses imagery taken from the skies has been spending significantly more time watching US soil....
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Nepal govt suspends nine of King’s top appointees
KATHMANDU, May 13: Nepal’s new government suspended nine top security officials on Saturday, a day after arresting five former ministers, in a crackdown on King Gyanendra’s old royal regime....
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Thousands told to leave homes: Volcano erupts in Indonesia JAKARTA, May 13: Indonesia raised the alert status of the Mount Merapi volcano to the highest level on Saturday, prompting a compulsory evacuation of thousands of residents living on the slopes....
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US court suspends Saudi’s trial
MIAMI, May 13: A US judge on Friday suspended the Guantanamo war crimes tribunal of a Saudi prisoner until after the Supreme Court rules next month on the tribunals’ legality....
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Australia reluctant to sell uranium to India
WASHINGTON, May 13: Australian Prime Minister John Howard, who is in Washington for a meeting with President George Bush, has said his country is not seeking to change the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) to facilitate uranium sales to India....
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21 killed in attacks on Brazil police
SAO PAULO, May 13: Gang attacks on Brazilian police in and around Sao Paulo left 21 people dead and 32 wounded on Saturday in the worst outbreak of violence in the greater metropolis in years....
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Hamas ready for talks with Israel
CAIRO, May 13: Hamas said on Saturday it was willing to talk to Israel in order to solve a humanitarian crisis in the Palestinian territories after a western aid freeze left the government in severe financial crisis....
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Awkward moments of fame
LONDON, May 13: A London cabbie suffered an awkward few moments of fame when the BBC mistook him for a computer expert and interviewed him live on the flagship News 24 channel, the corporation admitted on Saturday....
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Doctors on strike in New Delhi
NEW DELHI, May 13: Medical services in the Indian capital were hit on Saturday when doctors at state-run hospitals staged a strike against plans to boost places reserved for the poor in education institutes....
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Petrodollars give Putin weight on world stage
MOSCOW/WASHINGTON: In the Kremlin on Thursday a little-known but powerful Russian official held court for the first time before foreign journalists with a very simple message: Russia is great and getting greater by the week....
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Cuba is winning war of ideas
HAVANA: At night, when all Havana seems to be out for an evening stroll, the austere office building that serves as an outpost of US diplomats turns into a billboard....
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Venezuela, Bolivia rebuff EU
VIENNA: The Presidents of Venezuela and Bolivia, Latin America’s most outspoken leaders, have rebuffed demands by the European Union and other leaders at a summit in Vienna to temper their policies...
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Debate on Iraq strategy leaves US military divided
HADITHA (Iraq): In the region around Qaim, a northwestern Iraqi town near the Syrian border, Marines are fanning out from their main base and moving into villages as part of a...
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Direct talks between US & Iran a necessity
WASHINGTON: Even little kids can learn to resolve conflicts. Why can’t the US take a common-sense approach with Tehran? All I need to know about international relations, I learned in kindergarten....
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