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Iraq seeks end to US soldiers’ immunity
BAGHDAD, July 10: Iraq will ask the United Nations to end immunity from local law for US troops, the human rights minister said on Monday, as the military named five soldiers charged in a rape-murder case that has outraged Iraqis.... 
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Russia claims killing Chechen leader
MOSCOW, July 10: Chechen guerilla leader Shamil Basayev, Russia’s most wanted man, was killed on Monday, handing a huge boost to President Vladimir Putin as he prepared to host a Group of Eight summit....
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More UK troops for Afghanistan
LONDON, July 10: Britain said on Monday it would send nearly 900 more troops to southern Afghanistan between now and October to grapple with Taliban insurgents, bringing its total deployment in the area to 4,400....
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India’s space rocket breaks up
BANGALORE, July 10: A deep space rocket carrying India’s heaviest satellite disintegrated in a fiery plume of smoke and flames seconds after lift-off Monday, dealing a crippling blow to the country’s ambitious space programme....
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President names twin as Polish premier
WARSAW, July 10: Polish President Lech Kaczynski on Monday nominated his brother Jaroslaw as prime minister, paving the way for a world-unique double act which would see identical twins holding the top two government posts....
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Sri Lankan govt convenes APC
COLOMBO, July 10: In a bid to lure the LTTE back to the negotiation process, a meeting of a multi-ethnic advisory board, tasked by President Mahinda Rajapakse to formulate political peace proposals, will be held on Tuesday....
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Conference on small arms
UNITED NATIONS, July 10: UN chief Kofi Annan on Monday expressed disappointment over the failure of last week’s United Nations conference on stemming the illegal trade in light weapons that kill an estimated 1,000 people every day....
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Civilians flee as clashes intensify in Mogadishu
MOGADISHU, July 10: Heavy fighting resumed on Monday in Mogadishu as Islamic militia attacked to dislodge gunmen loyal to warlord Abdi Hassan Awale Qeydiid, who repositioned his fighters after fleeing deadly weekend clashes, witnesses and militia said....
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Da Vinci case historians plan appeal
LONDON, July 10: Two historians who lost a plagiarism case against the British publishers of Dan Brown’s bestseller “The Da Vinci Code” plan to appeal against the verdict, court officials said on Monday....
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Building collapses in Manhattan
NEW YORK, July 10: At least 11 people were injured on Monday as a building in Manhattan’s upper east side was brought down by an explosion that sparked a blazing inferno...
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US to spend $80m for Cuba ‘democracy’
WASHINGTON, July 10: US President George Bush on Monday approved 80 million dollars over two years to help foster democracy in Cuba, and enable citizens of the Communist island free themselves ‘from the repressive control of the Castro regime’....
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CIA group accused of undermining policies: Congressman writes to Bush
WASHINGTON, July 10: There’s a dissident faction within the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) that ‘intentionally undermines’ the policies of US President George Bush, says a high-ranking Republican Congressman....
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UN vote on N. Korea put off
UNITED NATIONS, July 10: The UN Security Council on Monday put off a vote on a draft resolution that would slap sanctions on North Korea over its missile tests, to allow more time for Chinese diplomatic efforts to defuse the crisis....
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US redefines ‘pre-emption’
WASHINGTON, July 10: The United States tried on Monday to redefine its controversial policy of pre-emption, saying that the strike-first strategy made famous by the Iraq invasion did not necessarily imply military action....
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Leadership row rocks Australia
SYDNEY, July 10: A dramatic public confrontation erupted between Australia’s prime minister and his ambitious treasurer on Monday over an alleged promise to hand over power....
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‘Six weeks is long enough,’ US tells Iran
WASHINGTON, July 10: The United States said on Monday that the six weeks in the run-up to the G8 summit this weekend was ‘quite long enough’ for Iran to consider an international offer to defuse a nuclear standoff....
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Rumsfeld to explore access to bases in Tajikistan
DUSHANBE, July 10: US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld was expected to sound out leaders of Tajikistan on Monday on prospects for expanded access to bases in Central Asia to support US forces in neighbouring Afghanistan, US defence officials said....
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‘Axis of evil’ haunts Bush in final years
WASHINGTON: More than four years ago, US President George W. Bush branded them charter members of the “axis of evil.” Now the three countries he targeted, Iraq, Iran and North Korea,...
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Apaches and Land Rovers vs a guy with a detonator
CAMP BASTION: Little seems to frighten Taliban fighters in their relentlessly bold and bloody attacks on British bases across Helmand. Little, that is, except the menacing throb of an approaching Apache....
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Foreign media scramble to win over Arab viewers
BEIRUT: Rarely have Western news organisations wooed Arab hearts and minds so avidly — or with so little certainty of political or commercial reward. Freed by satellite television and the Internet...
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