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PLO okays plan for referendum despite Hamas opposition
RAMALLAH, June 6: Palestinian Authority president Mahmud Abbas was headed for a showdown with the Hamas government after winning the green light on Tuesday to hold a referendum on implicitly recognising Israel.... 
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Iran offered access to aircraft parts
PARIS, June 6: Incentives being offered to Iran as part of negotiations to end a nuclear standoff with the West include access to spare parts needed to renovate its aging airliner fleet, Iranian officials said on Tuesday....
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Tamil Tigers attack navy camp
COLOMBO, June 6: Sri Lanka saw a marked escalation in violence that killed four persons and injured five as a five-member LTTE delegation arrived in Oslo for two-day talks with the Sri Lankan government....
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Devilish debate across Net on ‘666’
PARIS, June 6: Satanists celebrated with rock concerts, Christian groups prayed against evil, betting shops cashed in and the Internet hosted a devilish debate on Tuesday, 6-6-6, the reputed Biblical reference to the devil....
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Pro-US Somali warlords reject surrender call
MOGADISHU, June 6: Heavily armed Islamists and fighters loyal to a US-backed warlord alliance faced each other in a tense standoff in Somalia on Tuesday after Muslim militia claimed control of the lawless capital....
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Afghanistan’s south ‘in state of war’: UK study
LONDON, June 6: A state of war is gripping southern Afghanistan and may spread as Taliban fighters learn the bombing skills of guerillas in Iraq and gain public support, a security think tank warned on Tuesday....
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Indonesia terms US approach overbearing
JAKARTA, June 6: Indonesia’s defence minister bluntly warned US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld on Tuesday that an overbearing US approach on the war on terrorism has led many in the world to view US power as a threat....
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Canada plot: six suspects indicted
TORONTO, June 6: Six of the 17 people arrested in and around Toronto last week have been formally charged with ‘planning to cause a deadly explosion’, court sources said on Tuesday....
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Iran, Syria included in US list of human traffickers
WASHINGTON, June 6: Iran and Syria were added to a US blacklist of countries trafficking in people, a State Department report said on Monday, while raising concerns over an influx of sex workers to Germany for the World Cup soccer tournament....
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New Delhi dismisses report
NEW DELHI, June 6: India on Tuesday rejected a US report on global human trafficking in which New Delhi has been placed on a damning watch list....
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Can Bush hold alliance on Iran together?
WASHINGTON: Under pressure from other countries, weakened politically and short on options, US President George W. Bush dropped longstanding demands and rhetoric to unite world powers on Iran....
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Asia views US efforts with scepticism
HONG KONG: After years of praise for its humanitarian efforts in Asia, the United States faces resentment from Asian Muslims, angry about a string of controversies in Afghanistan and Iraq....
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Extinct species of frog found
OSLO: Two frog species feared extinct have been rediscovered in Colombia, a boost for scientists battling to save rare amphibians threatened by a deadly disease. “These finds show there is still hope...a...
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Refugees from Myanmar want to be settled in BD
KUTUPALONG: Zafar Alam, like thousands of other Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar living in Bangladesh refugee camps, says he will never go home. He is one of more than 21,000 Rohingyas living...
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World’s largest solar power plant
LISBON: Construction of the world’s largest solar energy plant has started in Portugal’s southern Alentejo region, General Electric said. General Electric will invest $75 million to build the photovoltaic power plant,...
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Europe may impose curbs on Cuba to please US
LONDON: Faced with a loss of influence in Latin America as a result of the shift to the left, the US government has been furiously lobbying sympathetic European states to create political leverage on Washington’s behalf....
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