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Beijing opens world’s highest rail line: Tibet linked to rest of China
GOLMUD (China), July 1: China opened the world’s highest railway on Saturday, linking the remote Himalayan region of Tibet with the rest of the country in a symbol of power that President Hu Jintao hailed a ‘miracle’....
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Ukraine’s arms sales to China ‘worry’ Japan
KIEV, July 1: Ukraine and Japan will hold consultations on Kiev’s arms sales to Beijing, the nations’ foreign ministers told reporters on Saturday in the Ukrainian capital....
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Palestinians must free soldier, says Bush
WASHINGTON, July 1: US President George Bush said the release of an Israeli soldier being held captive by Palestinian militants would be the ‘key’ first step out of an escalating crisis in Gaza, the White House said on Saturday....
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Iran moves to halt US treasure auction
TEHRAN, July 1: Iran threatened to retaliate on Saturday if the United States moves to auction off invaluable ancient Persian artefacts to compensate victims of a Hamas bombing in Israel....
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Probe begins into three US troops’ death
BAGHDAD, July 1: Three US soldiers killed by guerillas south of Baghdad last month had been left alone at a checkpoint in violation of military procedure, a US military spokeswoman said on Saturday....
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US, Japan at odds with UN assembly
UNITED NATIONS, July 1: The United Nations General Assembly late on Friday night formally lifted a spending cap on budget allocations, averting a possible shutdown of the world body....
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Osama warns Iraqi Shias of ‘retaliation’
DUBAI, July 1: A purported audio tape by Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden warned Iraq’s Shia community on Saturday of retaliation over attacks on Sunnis and that his group would fight the United States anywhere in the world....
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Militants urged to attack US suppliers
PARIS, July 1: The leader of an alliance of armed Iraqi groups called in an audio Internet statement on Saturday for fellow Sunnis in Arab states to attack companies that provision US forces in Iraq and to boycott Iran....
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272 workers killed in BD this year: study
DHAKA, July 1: A total of 272 Bangladeshi workers were killed, 1,505 others injured and 33 were raped over the last six months...
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Enrichment to continue: Ahmadinejad
TEHRAN, July 1: Iran’s hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Tehran will continue its uranium enrichment program despite international calls to halt the sensitive project, state television reported on Saturday....
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BD agencies kill one person daily: survey
DHAKA, July 1: Bangladesh’s security agencies killed one person every day on an average during the last six months. In addition, one person was killed every day in political violence over the same period....
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Power passes to next generation of Myanmar generals
BANGKOK: Myanmar’s military rulers have begun a massive shake-up with eight deputy ministers and a supreme court judge already relieved of their posts. This second revamp in the last few months...
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Immigrants brave insularity in Japan
TOKYO: Because the cramped Mundo de Alegria school in Hamamatsu city offers Spanish and Portuguese curricula, Latin American immigrants in the area regard it as a godsend for their 120 children....
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Turkey’s European dream in danger
HELSINKI: Turkey has been given a blunt warning that its European Union membership talks could be suspended within months unless Ankara resolves a dispute with Greek Cyprus....
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Kyoto pact supporters waver
OSLO: Five years after berating Washington for pulling out, many backers of the UN’s Kyoto Protocol are wavering in the fight against global warming....
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Tough times for Indian call centres
NEW DELHI: Whichever way you look at it, it’s been a difficult few weeks for the Indian off-shoring industry. Two weeks ago the utility company Powergen said it was closing its...
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Job crunch in China
BEIJING: With the trees in bloom and the sun shining, students strolling the grounds of Beijing’s leafy university campuses shouldn’t have a care in the world....
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Where is Radovan Karadzic?
LONDON: Slobodan Milosevic died in custody, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was killed in an air raid and Saddam Hussein is on trial. But on July 19, it will be 10 years since...
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