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US opposes EU plan for security guarantees: Iran nuclear crisis
BERLIN/BRUSSELS, May 18: European nations want to offer Iran security guarantees as a key incentive to freeze its nuclear enrichment programme, but US officials say Tehran can expect no non-aggression pledge from Washington.... 
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S. Arabia slams move to isolate Hamas
WASHINGTON, May 18: US-led efforts to isolate the Hamas-led Palestinian government could radicalise the Arab world’s most educated population and increased contact could foster peace with Israel, Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister said on Wednesday....
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Iran using Chinese feedstock: officials
VIENNA, May 18: Iran used stocks of high-quality uranium gas from China in order to hasten a breakthrough in enrichment for a programme the West fears could be hiding nuclear weapons work, diplomats said on Thursday....
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Religious groups call for boycott of ‘Da Vinci Code’
PARIS, May 18: Outraged religious groups called on Thursday for boycotts of ‘The Da Vinci Code’ as the blockbuster began its worldwide rollout, ramping up the money-making fuss despite grim reviews by critics....
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US considering U-turn on N. Korea: paper
NEW YORK, May 18: The US is considering a major U-turn in its approach to North Korea that would see a push for regime change replaced by peace talks....
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US proposes ban on fissile material
GENEVA, May 18: The United States on Thursday presented a draft global treaty aimed at banning future production of nuclear bomb-making fissile material, but leaving existing stockpiles untouched....
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US installs blinding devices in Iraq
WASHINGTON, May 18: The US military has given troops in Iraq a laser device to temporarily blind vehicle drivers who ignore warnings at checkpoints, the Pentagon said on Thursday....
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Cross-border love woos Bollywood
MUMBAI, May 18: The story of forbidden love between two young couples from India and Pakistan has inspired a new Bollywood project about their plight, according to a newspaper report on Thursday....
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China invitation for Hamas FM angers Israel
JERUSALEM, May 18: Israel summoned China’s ambassador to Tel Aviv on Thursday to protest an invitation for the Hamas-led Palestinian government’s foreign minister to attend a conference in Beijing this month....
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Attack on judge sparks secularist backlash in Turkey
ANKARA: Tens of thousands of Turks took to the streets here on Thursday, chanting anti-Islamist slogans and calling on the government to resign as a deadly fundamentalist attack on senior judges landed Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the hot seat....
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Russia-US row to badly hit G8 summit
MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin seems ready to run the risk of staging a fractious affair when he hosts the G8 summit in July, rather than give ground to US criticism and lose face at home....
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Britons hope to succeed where Americans failed
LASHKAR GAH: Toor Yali was within sight of the British base in Lashkar Gah when a motorcycle came alongside his Toyota van and the passenger pulled out a Kalashnikov and started firing....
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sBush speech shatters ‘American idea’
WASHINGTON: President Bush’s nationally televised address on immigration on Monday night was intended as a grand gesture to revive his collapsing presidency, but instead he has plunged the Republicans into a...
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Iraq war was a ‘grave’ mistake, says Prodi
ROME: The incoming Italian prime minister, Romano Prodi, today described the US-led invasion of Iraq as a “grave mistake” that had encouraged “global terrorism.” Mr Prodi, who narrowly won last month’s...
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