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West’s alliance with Israel to be resisted, says Haniya
RAFAH (Gaza Strip), May 15: Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniya, whose Hamas-led government is saddled with economic sanctions, vowed on Monday not to be pressured by an unholy alliance of Israel and the West.... 
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Annan demands end to Iran, N. Korea crises
SEOUL, May 15: United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan called on Monday for urgent action to end the nuclear standoff with Iran and for an early return to negotiations with North Korea....
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EU pledges ‘bold’ nuclear offer for Iran
BRUSSELS, May 15: The European Union is preparing to make a “bold” offer to Iran, including possible security guarantees, to persuade Tehran to curb its atomic plans, the bloc’s foreign policy chief claimed on Monday....
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N-enrichment halt not acceptable, says Iran
TEHRAN, May 15: Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki told the ambassadors of Britain, France and Germany on Monday that any halt to uranium enrichment was unacceptable, the official IRNA news agency reported....
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Tehran not seeking N-arms: Chavez
LONDON, May 15: Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez said on Monday that he does not believe that Iran’s nuclear programme is a front for secret efforts to produce an atomic bomb....
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Saddam charged with crimes against humanity
BAGHDAD, May 15: Iraq’s former military dictator Saddam Hussein refused to enter a plea after he was charged with crimes against humanity on Monday. Formally charging Saddam with crimes against humanity...
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Criminal cases Saddam Hussein could face
BAGHDAD, May 15: Former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein returned to court on Monday and refused to enter a plea after he was formally charged with ordering the killing and torture of hundreds of Shia villagers....
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11 Taliban killed in Afghanistan
KANDAHAR, May 15: Three Taliban commanders were among 11 insurgents killed in a battle near the southern Afghan town of Kandahar in which five policemen were also killed, Afghan authorities said on Monday....
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10 militants killed
TEHRAN, May 15: Iranian security forces have killed 10 suspected Sunni militants following the roadside murders of a dozen civilians in the restive southeast of the county, state television said on Monday....
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Christians, Muslims unite against ‘Da Vinci’
MUMBAI, May 15: A powerful organisation of Indian Islamic clerics promised on Monday to help Christian groups launch protests if the authorities did not ban the screening of the controversial film, “The Da Vinci Code”....
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Doctors’ strike in India spreads
NEW DELHI, May 15: Hospital patients waited hours and some were forced to cancel surgery as emergency rooms in New Delhi struggled with skeletal staff during a strike protesting expanded quotas for disadvantaged students....
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US imposes sanctions on Venezuela
WASHINGTON, May 15: The United States imposed sanctions on Venezuela on Monday, banning all arms sales to a major oil supplier for what it believes is a lack of help in Washington’s “war on terrorism”, a State Department official said....
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UK culture compulsory subject for schools
LONDON, May 15: British culture and traditions could be compulsory subjects in secondary schools to help better integrate the nation’s 1.59 million Muslims into society, the government announced on Monday....
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Why is the world silent?: Cruelty against Palestinians
LONDON: Israel is 58 years old today. Israelis have already celebrated with barbecues and parties. And so they should, for they’ve pulled off an amazing stunt: the creation of a state...
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‘Venezuela being opposed on basis of lies’
LONDON: President Hugo Chávez of Venezuela becomes the second head of state — after the Queen — to be welcomed to London’s City Hall. When it comes to the social transformation...
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China island gears up for British tourists
SANYA (China): It’s a toss-up who’s going to suffer more from culture shock: the people of Hainan or the beach-mad Britons who have China’s southernmost island in their sights....
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Bush, Blair have no one to blame but themselves
LONDON: If democracy is supposed to represent the will of the people, then there is either something wrong with the democracies or something wrong with the people on both sides of the Atlantic....
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A finding that could shake 500 years ofhistory
LOS ANGELES: In a scene straight out of the television show CSI, Spanish forensic scientists spent the first few months of this year taking DNA samples from citizens of the Catalan...
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