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Enlargement of Nato to have ‘colossal’ impact: Russia’s warning to US
MOSCOW, June 7: Russia issued a sharp warning on Wednesday to the United States and ex-Soviet republics looking to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato), saying expansion of the bloc... 
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European states colluded with US on rendition: BBC
LONDON, June 7: European governments collaborated with the United States in the ‘extraordinary rendition’ of security suspects while two secret prisons were or are located in eastern Europe, British media said....
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India deal should not be okayed unconditionally: US body’s advice to Congress
WASHINGTON, June 7: The US Congress should refuse to pass final legislation enabling nuclear cooperation with India until it is satisfied that all its conditions are met, says a new report by the prestigious US Council on Foreign Relations....
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Plot to kill Canada PM: ex-soldier in court
TORONTO, June 7: The suspect who had allegedly plotted to behead the Canadian prime minister had been a Canadian soldier for four years and might have received weapons training, says a newspaper report here....
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Palestinian factions agree to end clashes
GAZA, June 7: The Fatah faction of Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas and the Hamas group agreed on Wednesday to halt their clashes even as they headed for a showdown over Mr Abbas’s threat to hold a referendum on a statehood proposal....
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Security alert in UK parliament
LONDON, June 7: Police declared a brief security alert over at the British parliament on Wednesday after a man threw powder in a public area of the building....
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Senators urge Bush to act on Haditha
WASHINGTON, June 7: Senators said on Tuesday that the Bush administration swiftly establish what happened in Haditha last November, when US Marines are suspected of killing 24 unarmed Iraqis....
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Bush ‘worried’ about Venezuela
OMAHA, June 7: US President George Bush said on Wednesday he was ‘worried’ about Venezuela and suggested that President Hugo Chavez was doing ‘a great disservice’ to his country....
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Senate blocks move to ban gay marriage
WASHINGTON, June 7: A constitutional amendment seeking a national ban on gay marriage, strongly backed by US President George Bush and conservative Christian groups, failed to pass the Senate on Wednesday....
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LTTE blames Lankan govt for blast
COLOMBO, June 7: The Sri Lankan government on Wednesday denied responsibility for a pressure mine explosion in an LTTE-controlled region in the east of the country which killed seven people and injured 10....
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Harvard to clone human embryos
BOSTON, June 7: Medical researchers connected with Harvard University said on Tuesday they had begun work on cloning human embryos to create stem cells, using private funds to avoid a federal financing ban....
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UK — the fall guy for US retreat from Afghanistan?
LONDON: Last week an American military convoy on a road into Kabul crashed in a traffic jam. What happened next is confused. It appears the American soldiers, whose drug consumption is reputedly prodigious, lost their heads and fired into the crowd....
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India, China to reopen Silk Route trade
NATHU-LA (India): As the rain sweeps across the high Himalayan pass, a Chinese soldier arrives at the three strands of barbed wire which separate his country’s territory from that of long-time rival India....
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EU move aimed at pressuring Lanka govt
COLOMBO: With the European Union poised to blacklist the breakaway LTTE faction led by dissident Tamil Tiger militant Karuna, analysts say a ban on the Tiger renegade group would pressure the government which is considered its main protector....
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Indian PM’s reform agenda hits Left’s roadblock
NEW DELHI: Indian premier Manmohan Singh is feeling the coalition blues, besides facing in-house flak. With the hike in fuel prices running into a Red wall and Congress chanting the “rollback”...
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India offers to help Nepal in rebuilding
NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday offered Nepali counterpart Girija Prasad Koirala an aid package to help rebuild his country....
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HRW seeks probe into attacks on Bangladeshi newsmen
DHAKA: A US human rights group on Wednesday called for an investigation of violent attacks on Bangladeshi journalists last week allegedly carried out by supporters of a ruling party lawmaker....
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Bangladesh honey-hunter braves man-eating tigers
DOBAKI (Bangladesh): “We cannot see the tiger but we feel the danger all around us,” says Sawkat Sardar as the vast, silent jungle closes in around him....
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