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Abbas, West seek ways to stem flow of Hamas cash
AL QUDS, June 15: Hamas is challenging a US-led economic boycott of the Palestinian government by hand-carrying millions of dollars into Gaza, but Western pressure could stem the flow of funds, diplomats said on Thursday.... 
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Iran has right to nuclear technology, says Putin SHANGHAI, June 15: Iran has the right to nuclear technology but it should not cause concern to the rest of the world, Russian President Vladimir Putin said here on Thursday as he met the Iranian president....
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Khamenei rejects N-suspension
TEHRAN, June 15: Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Thursday his country would not bow to pressure over its atomic programme, implicitly rejecting international calls to suspend nuclear enrichment....
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US condemns bus attack, blames Tamil Tigers
WASHINGTON, June 15: The United States on Thursday blamed Tamil Tiger rebels for a bus attack that left 64 passengers, including 15 children, dead in Sri Lanka, saying it was a clear violation of a ceasefire agreement....
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Civilians main victim of Sri Lanka carnage
KEBITIGOLLEWA (Sri Lanka), June 15: The crowded bus was ferrying mothers and children to a free medical clinic in central Sri Lanka, but many ended up in a make-shift morgue after a landmine blast by Tamil rebels....
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Serbian govt recognises Montenegro
BELGRADE, June 15: The Serbian government recognised newly independent Montenegro on Thursday, and said it would establish diplomatic ties with its former partner in the now defunct Serbia-Montenegro union....
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Iran, Syria sign defence agreement
TEHRAN, June 15: Defence ministers from close allies Iran and Syria on Thursday signed an agreement for military cooperation against the “common threats” presented by Israel and the United States....
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Somali militias overrun towns in northward push
MOGADISHU, June 15: Islamic militias now controlling swathes of southern Somalia on Thursday rode north into Hiraan region, easily overrunning several trading posts en route to a key town near the Ethiopian border....
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US death toll in Iraq hits 2,500
WASHINGTON, June 15: The number of US military deaths in the Iraq war has reached 2,500, the Pentagon said on Thursday, showing that more than three years into a conflict the...
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Hamas seeks ceasefire
GAZA, June 15: The Hamas government wants a ceasefire with Israel and is willing to ask Palestinian militants to stop firing rockets from Gaza into the Jewish state, a spokesman said on Thursday....
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Indian floods hit 250,000
GUWAHATI, June 15: More than 250,000 people have been displaced by floodwaters in India’s northeast where at least 13 people have died since the monsoon hit a fortnight ago, officials said on Thursday....
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No welcome mat for the blue helmets
NAIROBI: The Sudanese government appears to be taking a hardline on the deployment of a United Nations peacekeeping force to help protect civilians in the war-torn region of Darfur, in western Sudan....
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US flag and the right of free speech
WASHINGTON: With campaigns at full tilt and the Fourth of July just around the corner, the Senate’s new priority is to debate and vote on yet another resolution to amend our remarkable Constitution....
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Teenager’s death exposes gaps in Kenyan Aids help network
WANDUMBI (Kenya): After losing his parents to Aids, Isaiah Gakuyo spent most of his short life shuttled among relatives who said the boy had only himself to blame for the beatings and abuse they heaped upon him....
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Liberals should check the record: Truman’s foreign policy
WASHINGTON: When he delivered the West Point commencement address last month, President Bush compared his efforts to stand up to terrorists to Harry Truman’s efforts to stand up to communists during the early years of the Cold War....
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