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Iran wants changes in West’s package
TEHRAN, June 11: Iran made clear on Sunday it wants changes in a Western incentives package aimed at making a breakthrough in the nuclear dispute, saying some parts are acceptable and some parts should be thrown out.... 
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5 civilians killed in Sri Lanka
COLOMBO, June 11: At least five civilians were killed and nine more injured in separate attacks on Sunday, officials said. Military spokesperson Brigadier Prasad Samarasinghe said the military had thwarted two...
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5000 BD people languishing in foreign jails
DHAKA, June 11: Some 5000 Bangladeshis have been languishing in foreign jails, mostly in the Middle Eastern countries, home ministry informed the cabinet committee on jail reforms on Sunday....
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BD to receive oil relief
DHAKA, June 11: Kuwait agreed on Sunday to sell oil to Bangladesh on concessionary terms to help the impoverished country cope with soaring world prices, said Foreign Minister Morshed Khan....
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Jordan arrests four MPs for visiting home of Zarqawi
AMMAN, June 11: Jordanian authorities arrested four Islamist members of parliament who attended the wake of Abu-Musab al-Zarqawi, including one who publicly described the notorious terrorist as a “martyr,” government spokesman Nasser Judeh told The Associated Press....
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Afghan govt to arm community police to fight Taliban
KABUL, June 11: The Afghan government said on Sunday it would arm civilians to serve as community police in the Taliban-infested south as President Hamid Karzai rejected concerns the move would create militias....
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Iraq clinic battles epidemic of missing limbs
BAGHDAD, June 11: Eight-year-old Ghada Tahseen stood silently as the doctor helped her slip on rubber overalls filled with plaster. It felt strange and uncomfortable but she didn’t complain....
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Suu Kyi feeling better, says party
YANGON, June 11: Myanmar’s democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi was feeling better on Sunday after suffering from stomach troubles and remained at home under the care of her personal physician, her party said....
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Illegal parking: Malaysian PM fined
KUALA LUMPUR, June 11: Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi will pay off 11 tickets for illegal parking and speeding on Monday, apparently unaware that the summonses were outstanding, a report said....
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Mexico between the left and the North
LOS ANGELES: Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, long considered the favourite to become Mexico’s next president, is often described as the consummate anti-American, left-wing, populist politician — a characterisation that raises the...
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What’s wrong with the Democrats
WASHINGTON: These are dark days for the Republican Party. Voters are angry at the government over the war in Iraq, the price of gas, Capitol Hill corruption, out-of-control spending, the Dubai port deal — and Republicans control of the government....
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Che’s fans flock to Bolivia
CAMIRI (Bolivia): The spirit of capitalist enterprise is flourishing in the footsteps of Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara, the Argentine-born Cuban revolutionary who died in his unsuccessful attempt to bring communism to Bolivia....
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Japanese director retraces footsteps of Edward Said
TOKYO: Out of Place by veteran Japanese director Makoto Sato — which retraces Edward Said’s steps through Lebanon, Israel, the West Bank, Egypt...
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