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Zawahiri calls for boycotting vote: Palestinian referendum
DUBAI, June 9: Al-Qaeda number-two Ayman al-Zawahiri on Friday urged Palestinians to reject a referendum called by Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas.... 
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Danish PM confronts Bush over Iraq killing
CAMP DAVID, June 9: Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen on Friday became the first foreign leader to publicly confront President George Bush over allegations of civilian killings in the Iraqi town of Haditha....
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Zarqawi family distributes sweets
ZARQA (Jordan), June 9: The family of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has asked the United States to hand over the body for burial according to Muslim tradition, his brother said on Friday....
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Muslim women don’t feel oppressed: poll
NEW YORK, June 9: Muslim women do not mind the veil but want to vote as they wish, according to a survey released on Thursday, in which respondents did not feel oppression in Muslim countries....
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European, Russian firms to build N-reactors in Iran
WASHINGTON, June 9: The package of incentives and penalties offered by major powers to end the Iran nuclear crisis has not been officially revealed. But details from interviews with western diplomats...
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Exit to change nothing: NYT
NEW YORK, June 9: Reflecting over the consequences of Mr Zarqawi’s death, the New York Times observed on Friday ‘as Americans discovered earlier, after Saddam Hussein’s two sons were killed and...
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Norway may end mediation in Lanka
COLOMBO, June 9: Norway and the European observers monitoring the ceasefire between the Sri Lankan government and the Tamil Tigers (LTTE) are considering disengaging themselves from the process, sources said....
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AL threatens to launch agitation
DHAKA, June 9: The Awami League on Friday threatened to launch an agitation against the government on June 12 if it did not accept the opposition’s proposal for reforming electoral laws....
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‘Contact group’
WASHINGTON, June 9: The United States on Friday proposed the creation of an international ‘contact group’ on Somalia as an Islamic militia cemented its grip over the lawless country after months of clashes with a US-backed warlord alliance....
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Zarqawi gone but legacy survives: Experts divided on impact in Iraq
WASHINGTON: While the achievement of both long-sought objectives may bolster, at least temporarily, his rock-bottom approval ratings, the Bush administration and its allies in Baghdad still face an uphill fight in...
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How far up will Haditha fallout reach?
WASHINGTON: Military investigations into alleged US atrocities in Iraq, including the killings of 24 civilians at Haditha, shine the spotlight anew on a question raised by the abuses of Iraqi prisoners...
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Putin’s political machine digs in
KURSK (Russia): With aggressive recruiting and laws that could further sideline opponents, the United Russia party that underpins President Vladimir Putin is consolidating its power to a level that critics compare to the Communists’ political monopoly in Soviet days....
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Assad’s record mixed
DAMASCUS: When Bashar Al-Assad succeeded his late father as president of Syria six years ago, he was 34, lacked experience and looked uncomfortable at the helm....
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‘In the shadow of the knife’
LONDON: A teenager lies in a pool of blood in the street after he is stabbed in a dawn attack. A day later, a father of three is knifed to death...
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