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Beijing to develop high-tech weapons
BEIJING, May 25: China on Thursday announced a plan to develop ‘new-generation’ weapons, reflecting a growing recognition that it must become self-reliant instead of depending on foreign purchases.... 
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Australia rushes troops as chaos grips E. Timor DILI, May 25: Australian commandos arrived in chaotic East Timor on Thursday as gun battles in the capital, Dili, killed at least three people and forced residents to huddle in their homes....
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East Timor not ready to face future without help
CANBERRA: The return of foreign troops to East Timor to quell deadly clashes between sacked military police and government troops shows the tiny, resource-rich young nation is not ready to stand on its own, analysts said on Thursday....
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Putin links EU energy access with ‘reciprocity’
SOCHI (Russia), May 25: Russian President Vladimir Putin demanded ‘reciprocal steps’ on Thursday from the European Union in exchange for greater access to Russia’s energy resources and infrastructure, the ‘holy of holies’ of the country’s economy....
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Enron executives found guilty
HOUSTON, May 25: Former Enron Corp. chief executives Ken Lay and Jeffrey Skilling were found guilty on Thursday of lying about their company’s troubled finances in one of the biggest US business scandals and could face years in prison....
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Amnesty didn’t help in Saddam case: US
WASHINGTON, May 25: The United States, accused by Amnesty International of committing serious human rights violations, has said that the group failed in its obligations when it did not help Iraqi prosecutors prepare their case against Saddam Hussein....
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Abbas hints at referendum
RAMALLAH (West Bank), May 25: Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas gave Fatah and Hamas a deadline on Thursday to end their deadly rivalry or else he would call a referendum for a consensus on the borders of an independent state....
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Hindus slam switch to secularism in Nepal
KATHMANDU, May 25: Religious activists crippled a Nepalese border town Thursday in protest against the government’s decision to end the nation’s status as the world’s last Hindu kingdom, police said....
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Riyadh curbs powers of anti-vice squad
RIYADH, May 25: Saudi Arabia has announced curbing some powers of the powerful Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (generally referred to locally as Mutawwas or religious police)....
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Power cut stops trains in US
NEW YORK, May 25: A ‘major power outage’ on Thursday severely affected train service between New York and Washington, a key northeast route, and other regional services, rail operator Amtrak said Thursday....
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‘Martyrdom seekers’
TEHRAN, May 25: A hardline Iranian group announced on Thursday the creation of a new ‘battalion’ of ‘martyrdom seekers’ — or suicide attackers — ready to carry out operations against targets including Israel and author Salman Rushdie....
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Myanmar ready to talk: UN
UNITED NATIONS, May 25: The Myanmar government seems willing to engage in a dialogue with the international community, a senior United Nations official just back from three days of talks with the country’s top officials said on Wednesday....
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Montenegro vote emboldens former Soviet territories: Movements for independence
LONDON: The creation of a new country in Europe this week — tiny Montenegro in the Balkans — has inspired a posse of disputed territories in the former Soviet Union in their bids for independence....
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Africa has potential to emulate China, India
LONDON: Africa is on a journey from charity to justice, off the nipple of aid and into an environment in which meeting the 0.7% of GDP target for aid promised at...
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Turkey, Greece face more tests to rapprochement
ANKARA: Disputes over Cyprus and the Aegean will test Turkey’s carefully nurtured rapprochement with Greece in coming months, but the calm handling of a warplane crash this week suggests they can avoid a crisis, analysts said....
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Too early for Asia to unite like EU: Yew
TOKYO: Singapore elder statesman Lee Kuan Yew said on Thursday it was too early for East Asia to follow the EU’s single currency system or borderless flow of people....
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Honesty not the best policy for goat thief
FREETOWN: For a convicted goat thief in Sierra Leone, honesty was not the best policy. He was sentenced to 20 years after volunteering in court that he’d stolen before....
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Koizumi & Chinese wisdom
TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, who has infuriated China by visiting a controversial war shrine, said on Thursday he had learned from Chinese wisdom and so would stay quiet after he retires....
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