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52 killed in bomb blasts across Iraq
BAGHDAD, May 29: Fifty-two people were killed in a bloody explosion of violence across Iraq on Monday, including a spate of bombings against buses carrying people to work.... 
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‘Guarantees’ for Iran under study: Russia
MOSCOW, May 29: World powers are ready to guarantee Iran’s right to develop nuclear energy provided Tehran alleviates international concern over its nuclear intentions and cooperates fully with the UN nuclear monitoring agency, Russia said on Monday....
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Hamas rejects referendum
PUTRAJAYA (Malaysia), May 29: Palestinian Foreign Minister Mahmoud Al-Zahar on Monday rejected as a waste of time and money a referendum President Mahmoud Abbas has threatened to call unless Hamas changes its policy toward Israel....
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Dispute over representation
KUALA LUMPUR, May 29: Palestinian rivalries were laid bare at Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) talks on Monday as the Hamas foreign minister walked out in protest over the arrival of the rival Fatah faction leader....
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Indonesia quake toll tops 5,000
YOGYAKARTA, May 29: Aid trickled in on Monday for survivors of an earthquake that killed more than 5,000 people on Indonesia’s Java island, but tens of thousands of homeless still foraged on their own for food and shelter....
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China, India to deepen military exchanges
BEIJING, May 29: China and India pledged on Monday to deepen military exchanges during a visit by Indian Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee, the latest sign of warming relations between the one-time foes....
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Tehran may have slowed N-research: NYT
NEW YORK, May 29: Iran appears to have slowed its drive to produce nuclear fuel, following assertions last month that it had joined the ‘nuclear club’ by successfully enriching uranium on...
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LTTE asks Muslims to vacate region
COLOMBO, May 29: The LTTE on Monday morning gave three days notice to Muslims to vacate the eastern region of Muttur describing the move as one to ‘save the Tamil Eelam nation’....
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OIC chief to visit Iran
RIYADH, May 29: The Secretary-General of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference, Professor Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, will be undertaking an official two-day visit to Iran from Wednesday to discuss the ongoing nuclear crisis between Iran and the West....
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Pentagon seeks funds for new weapon
NEW YORK, May 29: The Pentagon has asked the US Congress to approve the development of a new weapon that would enable the United States to carry out non-nuclear missile strikes...
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Israel to take part in Nato exercise
JERUSALEM, May 29: Israel announced on Monday it would fully participate in a Nato naval exercise for the first time, bolstering defence ties with the western military alliance in the face of arch-foe Iran’s nuclear programme....
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Haniyeh’s daughter detained
JERUSALEM, May 29: Israeli police briefly detained and later released a daughter of the Palestinian prime minister on Monday after she tried to visit an inmate at an Israeli prison using a fake identity, a police spokesman said....
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Bush’s ME policies threaten a big crisis
PATIENTS with chronic kidney disease dying for lack of their routine dialysis; 165,000 employees of the Palestine Authority unpaid for two and a half months; women selling jewellery for fuel or food ......
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Eastwood attacks Japan war myths
TOKYO: More than 60 years after it became one of the bloodiest battlefields of the Second World War, Iwo Jima’s tragic history retains the power to overwhelm....
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Past wars give clue to Iraq crisis, says Loach
CANNES: British director Ken Loach believes that reclaiming the past holds the key to understanding the present, drawing parallels between Ireland in the 1920s and today’s occupation of Iraq....
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Iraq poised to become Iran’s main ally
TEHRAN: To Iran’s west lies a natural ally and perhaps its most potent — if so far underused — weapon in the international fray over its nuclear programme....
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Earthquakes & volcanoes Indonesia’s nightmares
JAKARTA: The Indonesian region devastated by a violent earthquake is also facing the threat of an imminent eruption by the Mount Merapi volcano, two incidents that are closely linked, according to experts....
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Harry Potter’s invisibility within reach: experts
WASHINGTON: The invisibility cloak worn by Harry Potter in a series of books by J.K. Rowling is theoretically possible, US and British researchers say. Researchers at Duke University and Imperial College...
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End to drive against Maoists sought
NEW DELHI: A group of prominent Indians called on Monday for peace talks with Maoist rebels who control huge swathes of the countryside, and said the government must stop a controversial armed campaign against the rebels....
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