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Beijing urged to ‘demystify’ military spending: SCO formation worries Rumsfeld
SINGAPORE, June 3: US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld urged China on Saturday to explain its increased military spending to the world, saying it was in its interest to demystify actions that others find potentially threatening.... 
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Commanders knew of Haditha killings: NYT: US troops cleared over Ishaqi incident
NEW YORK, June 3: US marine commanders in Iraq learned within two days of the killings in Haditha last November that Iraqi civilians had died from gunfire, not a roadside bomb as initially reported, The New York Times reported on Saturday....
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Congress resists White House pressure on deal with India
WASHINGTON, June 3: A proposed nuclear deal with India that the White House considers one of the most important pillars of President Bush’s foreign policy legacy is in jeopardy because of growing objections in Congress and abroad....
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Dialogue needed with Islam, say Pope, Blair
VATICAN CITY, June 3: Pope Benedict and British Prime Minister Tony Blair agreed on Saturday on the importance of dialogue between faiths and cultures to tackle terrorism....
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Family detained in UK raid complains of police abuse
LONDON, June 3: Members of an east London family alleged on Saturday that they were abused by British police who detained them a day earlier during a raid reportedly aimed at thwarting a chemical or biological attack....
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Iraq turning out to be a quagmire for UK troops LONDON: As British troops went in to Iraq in March 2003, the Iraqi information minister, Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf, provided some unexpected entertainment at a time of great uncertainty....
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UN seeks $20bn to fight AIDS
UNITED NATIONS, June 3: A special three-day United Nations General Assembly session on combating AIDS ended on Friday with a pledge to set ‘ambitious national targets’ this year, including interim targets for 2008....
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Quake aid ‘race against time’: UN
BANTUL (Indonesia), June 3: The United Nations said on Saturday it was in a race against time to help survivors still struggling to get food, shelter and urgent medical care one week after the Indonesian earthquake....
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Germans are not racist: Merkel
BERLIN, June 3: German chancellor Angela Merkel has pleaded with foreign tourists not to believe the hype about racism in Germany. Despite a media frenzy about racism and the possibility of...
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14 states levy tax to make drugs cheaper
UNITED NATIONS, June 3: A group of 14 nations, led by France, announced a new mechanism on Friday to provide a greater access to drugs, funded by a tax on airline tickets that is expected to raise $258.3...
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N-renaissance gathers pace in Kazakh steppe
PV-19 (Kazakhstan): The wind whistles through the empty shell of a Soviet-era building that towers above a southern desert in Kazakhstan....
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Turkey sleepwalking into crisis with EU
ISTANBUL: Turkey is sleepwalking towards a potential crisis with the European Union later this year, as electoral politics take precedence over EU-driven reforms in a mood of mutual disenchantment....
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Japanese women not interested in defence issues
OYAMA (Japan): They swapped their floral blouses for camouflage gear, their running shoes for heavy black boots and the comforts of home for narrow bunk beds and an early morning bugle call....
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Companies snooping on employee e-mail
SAN FRANCISCO: Big Brother is not only watching but he is also reading your e-mail. According to a new study, about a third of big companies in the United States and...
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Iranians see Ahmadinejad as a caring leader
ARAK (Iran): The ordinary Iranians who poured into the local soccer stadium to hear President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad one day last month arrived carrying high hopes and handwritten letters....
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Figs may have been humanity’s first crop
WASHINGTON: Dried-up figs found in what is modern day Israel may have been the first cultivated crop more than 11,000 years ago, researchers say....
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