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China, Russia refuse to back Iran sanctions statement: NAM defends Tehran
VIENNA, June 13: China and Russia refused on Tuesday to join with other big powers in threatening sanctions over Iran’s nuclear programme during diplomatic jostling at the UN nuclear watchdog.... 
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Iran in focus at SCO summit in Shanghai
SHANGHAI: China will this week host leaders from Russia and Central Asian states for a regional club touted as a growing power, with the added presence of Iran’s president expected to draw global attention....
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Strike against fuel prices halts transport in India
NEW DELHI, June 13: Trucks, buses and some train services ground to a halt in India on Tuesday as part of a nationwide one-day strike against a government decision to raise fuel prices....
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Progress made in border talks with China: India
NEW DELHI, June 13: Talks between India and China to resolve a decades-old border dispute are ‘moving forward’ and the two nations do not see each other as a threat, Indian Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee said on Tuesday....
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Suicide attacks biggest threat to US: experts
WASHINGTON: Suicide bombs rather than chemical, biological or nuclear weapons are the most serious threat to the United States, according to a survey of top American foreign policy and terrorism experts....
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500 million Indians lack access to electricity
LEH: The Tibetan monk fingers his beads as he climbs up the stone steps of a 1,000-year-old monastery perched on a hilltop spur overlooking the Himalayas....
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Olmert okays arms for Abbas force
LONDON, June 13: Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Tuesday he has given a green light to a transfer of weapons to Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas’s personal security force so it can tackle Hamas....
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Human race must reach for the stars: Hawking
HONG KONG, June 13: British physicist and mathematician Stephen Hawking said on Tuesday that the human race should reach for the stars in order to survive....
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US troops in Iraq a threat to peace: poll
WASHINGTON, June 13: People in many European and predominantly Muslim countries are more likely to cite the presence of US troops in Iraq than to mention Iran as a danger to...
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Video shows marine glorifying Iraq killing
WASHINGTON, June 13: An Internet video purporting to show a marine singing a song that glorifies the killing of Iraqi civilians was denounced on Tuesday by the US Marine Corps as ‘clearly inappropriate’....
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US accuses 4 Chinese firms of helping Iran
WASHINGTON, June 13: The United States on Tuesday cited four Chinese companies and one US firm as ‘proliferators of weapons of mass destruction’, for allegedly helping Iran’s missile program....
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Rove cleared of charges in CIA scandal
WASHINGTON, June 13: President George W. Bush’s top political adviser Karl Rove will escape charges in a CIA leak scandal which battered the White House and toppled another top aide, his lawyer said on Tuesday....
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US Congress to debate pullout
WASHINGTON, June 13: Top Republican lawmakers in Washington have said they will submit a resolution to the House of Representatives on Thursday that would reject a timetable for a US troop withdrawal from Iraq....
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Green tea may help explain ‘Asian paradox’
NEW YORK: While smoking is a well-known cause of heart disease and lung cancer, the rates of these diseases have remained inexplicably low in Asian countries where smoking is common....
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Afghan football girls watching the boys from Brazil
KABUL: When the boys of Brazil take to the field this World Cup, the few football-playing girls in Afghanistan will be cheering them on. For these passionate pioneers of women’s football...
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Afghan plan to arm villagers alarms West
KABUL: Western diplomats and disarmament experts have reacted with alarm to Afghan government plans to arm hundreds of southern villagers against resurgent Taliban fighters. “There is considerable disquiet,” said Peter Babbington,...
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