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Berlin moots compromise on Tehran’s nuclear plan: Washington denies rift
BERLIN, June 28: Iran should be allowed to enrich uranium for power generation provided there is close monitoring by UN inspectors to ensure that it is not trying to develop atomic weapons, Germany’s defence minister said.... 
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Court quashes British govt’s ‘control orders’
LONDON, June 28: Britain’s High Court ruled on Wednesday that ‘control orders’ confining six terrorism suspects to partial house arrest breached their human rights, throwing out a key plank of Prime Minister Tony Blair’s security policy....
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Iraqi govt says shrine bomber captured
BAGHDAD, June 28: The Iraqi government said on Wednesday it has captured a Tunisian Al-Qaeda militant allegedly behind the February bombing of a shrine that unleashed a massive wave of sectarian violence....
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Delhi scorns LTTE statement on Rajiv’s slaying
NEW DELHI, June 28: India said on Wednesday it was not ready to forgive Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tigers after they came the closest yet to admitting killing former Indian prime minister...
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US blocks Russia’s move at UN
UNITED NATIONS, June 28: Russia ran into a roadblock on Wednesday in a plea to the Security Council to condemn the killing of four of its diplomats in Iraq and to...
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Tel Aviv threatens to kill Hamas leaders
JERUSALEM, June 28: Israel threatened to kill exiled Syrian-based leaders of the ruling Palestinian Hamas movement on Wednesday, blaming them for the kidnapping of a soldier by militants in the Gaza Strip....
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Musician faces album controversy
LONDON, June 28: A Muslim musician living in Britain said on Wednesday that two directors at his record label had threatened to resign if he released a new album describing suicide bombers and the West’s immorality....
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EU puts Croatia ahead of Turkey
BRUSSELS, June 28: The European Union decided for the first time on Wednesday to press ahead faster in accession talks with Croatia than with Turkey because of Ankara’s refusal to open its ports and airports to traffic from Cyprus....
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23 acquitted in BD blast case
DHAKA, June 28: A court here on Wednesday acquitted all the 23 accused in two cases relating to the much talked about bomb attack on a cultural gathering that left 10 people dead and dozens injured seven years ago....
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Annan urges Iran to ‘speed up’ response
UNITED NATIONS, June 28: UN Secretary General Kofi Annan on Wednesday reiterated his call that Iran speed up its response to recent international proposals on ending the impasse over its nuclear...
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Pharaonic tomb unveiled
LUXOR, June 28: Archaeologists on Wednesday fully unveiled the first tomb discovered in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings in over 80 years, and cracked open the last of seven sarcophagi inside to reveal embalming materials and jewellery....
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Montenegro is 192nd UN member
UNITED NATIONS, June 28: The small Balkan nation of Montenegro, with a population of 650,000 people, has become the 192nd member state of the United Nations....
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Anglican leader foresees church split over gay bishops
LONDON, June 28: The worldwide Anglican Communion looked set on Wednesday for a slow-burning schism after its leader proposed a two-tier membership that would exclude the US church for consecrating a gay bishop....
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Karzai’s authority eroding fast
KABUL: The grumbling men gathered in Maiwand, a southern town of slouching shops, greasy truck stops and alarming violence. Days earlier a roadside bomb killed four police, they said....
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Parliament sworn in in Nepal
KATHMANDU: Nepal’s parliament and ministers were sworn in on Wednesday at a ceremony which for the first time did not include the king but ill-health forced the prime minister to skip the event....
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US bill sets strict terms for India
NEW DELHI: The Hyde-Lantos Bill to “exempt from certain requirements of the (US) Atomic Energy Act of 1954 a proposed nuclear agreement for cooperation with India” has laid out very stringent...
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Women call the shots in Meghalaya
SHILLONG (India): It’s not that Rosanna Lyngdoh Mawphlang isn’t grateful that under her Khasi tribe’s matrilineal system she, rather than her brothers, will inherit the family’s sprawling 21-roomed home....
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Norway meeting to discuss Sri Lanka’s ceasefire
COLOMBO: Norwegian peace facilitators and the Nordic truce monitors will meet on Thursday in Oslo to discuss their future role in Sri Lanka’s unravelling peace process, Norwegian embassy sources said....
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