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Dozens killed as Iraq PM talks peace: Moscow confirms deaths
BAGHDAD, June 26: Ten Sunni students were kidnapped in Baghdad and at least 32 people killed across Iraq on Monday one day after Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki unveiled a peace plan aimed at easing the violence....
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Wild celebrations as Timorese PM resigns
DILI, June 26: East Timor’s embattled prime minister, Mari Alkatiri, resigned on Monday, saying he would share responsibility for a political crisis that has gripped Asia’s newest nation for over two months....
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Indonesia, Australia make up after row
BATAM (Indonesia), June 26: Australia assured Indonesia on Monday it had no wish to be a staging point for separatists from Papua province, the leaders of both countries said after a meeting to mend strained ties....
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British suspects to be extradited
RABAT, June 26: Morocco will extradite British suspects to the United Kingdom on Tuesday following their arrest in Rabat as part of an investigation into Britain’s biggest cash robbery, a senior security official said on Monday....
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Germany urges Iran to respond to offer
BERLIN, June 26: Germany’s foreign minister said on Monday it was inconceivable that the six powers that made an offer of incentives to Iran to encourage it to give up uranium enrichment would wait another two months for a response....
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Sudan lifts ban on UN mission in Darfur
UNITED NATIONS, June 26: Sudan has lifted a ban it imposed on Sunday on a UN mission working in the violent western Darfur region, a UN spokesman said on Monday....
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Flooding cripples Washington
WASHINGTON, June 26: Floods that ravaged the US capital kept government tax collectors and federal agents away from work on Monday and closed the home of the Declaration of Independence....
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Anti-govt editor jailed in Egypt
CAIRO, June 26: An Egyptian court sentenced a newspaper editor who has repeatedly criticised President Hosni Mubarak to one year in jail on Monday for defaming the head of state, court sources said....
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Bomber dies in raid on US-led convoy
BAGRAM, June 26: A suicide bomber died in Afghanistan on Monday before he could ram his car into a convoy of US-led coalition troops, police said....
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Bodies of nine climbers found
KATHMANDU, June 26: Searchers in Nepal have found the bodies of nine climbers, including two French nationals, more than eight months after they were buried in an avalanche, a hiking official said on Monday....
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Moscow is world’s most costly city
LONDON, June 26: Moscow has surged past Tokyo and London to become the world’s costliest city with a cost of living almost 25 per cent higher than in New York, Mercer Human Resource Consulting said on Monday in its annual survey....
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Iraqis find fault with plan
BAGHDAD, June 26: The Iraqi prime minister’s plan for national reconciliation came in for criticism from both sides of the sectarian divide on Monday, a day after parliament accepted a compromise strategy that is short on crucial detail....
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US confirms withdrawal option
WASHINGTON, June 26: The White House confirmed on Monday that the top US military commander in Iraq has drafted a plan for US troop cuts there, but said the plan was just one option....
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Fear battles hope on the road to Kandahar
WALK out of the gates, past the bored British soldiers in their guardhouse, past the Afghan troops on the outer wall, past razor wire and take the dusty path through the ramshackle cemetery....
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Mind-reading computers coming soon
LONDON: A raised eyebrow, quizzical look or a nod of the head are just a few of the facial expressions computers could soon be using to read people’s minds....
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It’s time for US to leave Iraq
EVERY four years it’s the same. The hand of God, the sending off, the miskick that finds only our net — the fluke that shatters the dream....
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The rise of the Russian racists
ST PETERSBURG: Their heroes were a potpourri of mythic Slavs, Nazis and hell-bent loners like the Oklahoma bomber, Timothy McVeigh. The eight young men from St Petersburg — Russia’s former imperial...
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Gazprom set to face US ire over Bolivia deal
GAZPROM has expressed an interest in investing up to $3bn in Bolivia, putting the Russian gas monopoly on a collision course with Washington. The deal would be Gazprom’s first investment in...
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