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EU offers reactors, fuel bank to Iran: Draft proposal
VIENNA, May 19: The European Union (EU) is ready to help Iran build several light-water nuclear reactors and set up a nuclear fuel bank if Tehran stops enriching uranium, according to a copy of a draft proposal seen on Friday.... 
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ElBaradei favours moderation
VIENNA, May 19: The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency plans next week to urge the US administration to ease its push for tough UN Security Council action against Iran, diplomats said on Friday....
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US plans to encircle Iran, say diplomats
RIYADH, May 19: The US is trying to encircle Iran by increasing its intelligence, psychological warfare and surveillance in southern Iran, media reports quoting western diplomats said on Friday....
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Hamas man caught with cash
RAFAH, May 19: A Hamas luminary was caught on Friday trying to smuggle hundreds of thousands of euros into Gaza, prompting a fresh showdown with Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas, who demanded a swift inquiry....
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US schools to adopt 4-day week
SALMON (US): After homework and household chores, Bianca Sozzi intends to spend most Fridays next school year pursuing the pastimes of the average American adolescent: listening to music, talking to friends on the phone or playing computer games....
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Israeli apartheid worse than S. Africa’s
LONDON: Never in the long struggle for freedom in apartheid South Africa was there a situation as dramatic as in Palestine today....
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Turkish general backs anti-govt protests
ISTANBUL, May 19: Turkey’s military, guardian of the secular state, has called on Turks to keep up their protests in defence of secularism after a suspected gunman shot dead a judge....
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Indian govt promises more seats to quell stir
NEW DELHI, May 19: Indian officials promised more university places for all on Friday as a medical strike against a new affirmative action plan entered its second week with fresh clashes between police and students....
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Non-Muslims to be tagged in Iran: daily
OTTAWA, May 19: The Canadian and Australian prime ministers expressed concern Friday at unconfirmed reports that said Iran may force non-Muslims to wear colored badges in public so they can be identified....
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15 Saudis return from Guantanamo
RIYADH, May 19: Fifteen Saudi nationals released from the Guantanamo Bay prison camp last week, arrived here on Friday aboard a Royal Saudi 747....
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Saudis no more interested in US hospitals: paper
NEW YORK, May 19: The hospitals in Boston (Massachusetts) area are feeling the economic pain as the patients from Saudi Arabia and other gulf states have stopped seeking treatment in the city’s famous medical institutions....
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N. Korea may fire long-range missile: Japan
TOKYO, May 19: North Korea may be preparing to test-fire a long-range ballistic missile that could one day be developed to hit the US West Coast, Japanese ministers said on Friday....
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Venezuela fears US invasion
WASHINGTON, May 19: Recent actions by the United States against Venezuela appear to be part of a recurring pattern that in previous cases involving other countries has led to a military invasion, Venezuelan Ambassador Bernardo Alvarez said on Thursday....
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Blair missed his best chance: Withdrawing troops from Iraq
LONDON: Tony Blair’s folly in taking Britain to war in Iraq is blood under the bridge, a blunder that cannot be reversed. But Blair made a second mistake that is less often discussed....
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‘Dead’ fight for life in UP
LUCKNOW: Lal Bihari made countless rounds of police and government offices, but to no avail. Finally he decided to contest elections to draw attention to his problem: he had been declared officially dead....
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Watching history go by on a Baghdad street
BAGHDAD: Abu Jumaa has watched Iraq’s history play out on the street outside his shop: he remembers the 1930s revellers, a botched assassination attempt that sent passers-by diving for cover and the arrival of US troops....
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