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UN, US at odds over ceasefire in Lebanon
UNITED NATIONS, July 19: Israel and Hezbollah must stop fighting before a broader settlement of the conflict can be reached, a top UN official said on Wednesday, clashing with the United States which said a ceasefire made little sense.... 
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US asks Sunni, Shia leaders to stop attacks
BAGHDAD, July 19: The United States told Iraq’s leaders in stern language on Wednesday they must act swiftly to halt a surge in attacks by both Sunnis and Shias that the United Nations said risks pitching the nation into civil war....
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Indonesia’s latest tsunami ‘very violent’: expert
JAKARTA, July 19: Compared with the giant Asian tsunami of Dec 2004, the walls of water that lashed Indonesia’s Java island this week seemed small but the waves were powerful and fast, an expert said Wednesday....
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Bush vetoes bill on stem cell funding
WASHINGTON, July 19: US President George Bush on Wednesday used his veto for the first time since taking office, blocking a bill that would have expanded federal funding for embryonic stem cell research....
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FBI fears Hezb attack in US
NEW YORK, July 19: The FBI is trying to ferret out possible Hezbollah agents in the United States amid concerns that rising US-Iranian tensions could trigger attacks on American soil, FBI officials said....
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Israel has US green signal, says NYT
NEW YORK, July 19: The Bush administration has given Israel green light to continue to bombard Lebanon for another week or so to degrade Hezbollah militia, The New York Times said on Wednesday quoting officials in Washington and Tel Aviv....
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Israelis kill 14 in Gaza camp
MAGHAZI REFUGEE CAMP (Gaza Strip), July 19: Fourteen Palestinians were killed on Wednesday as Israeli troops moved into a Gaza refugee camp, pushing a campaign to rescue a teenage soldier and stop rocket fire into a fourth week....
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China gets cargo flight from Taiwan
SHANGHAI, July 19: A Boeing 747 arrived in Shanghai early Thursday, the first direct chartered cargo flight between Taiwan and China since they split more than 50 years ago, state media said....
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US extends waiver for S. Arabia
WASHINGTON, July 19: The United States has extended a waiver that avoids imposing sanctions on Saudi Arabia because it has made efforts to improve religious tolerance, U.S. officials said on Wednesday....
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3 die in LTTE ambush
JAFFNA, July 19: Two officers and a soldier were killed and 11 more injured on Wednesday in a claymore mine attack in northern Jaffna....
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Sri Lankan fishermen between devil and deep sea
KALPITIYA (Sri Lanka): Sailing from this strategic Sri Lankan naval base, heavily armed patrols keep a round-the-clock vigil for gunboats manned by Tamil Tiger rebels....
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Political rivalry dogs Nepal’s budget
KATHMANDU: Nepal has begun its new fiscal year with the stated intention of spending nearly two billion US dollars, much of it on boosting social services....
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Nepalese peasants in the Maoist deluge
KATHMANDU: As Nepalese democratic forces struggle to entrench themselves and achieve their main objective of doing away with the monarchy and to set up a democratic rule, their inability to remove...
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Bloggers furious as New Delhi blocks sites
NEW DELHI: Indian censors have blocked access to a number of popular blogging sites on grounds of national security, causing outrage to thousands of bloggers....
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Indian man finds new love for wife
BHUBANESHWAR (India): In a scene which could have come from the Bollywood movie, Hum Dil de Chuke Sanam (I have given you my heart), a husband in the east Indian state...
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BD needs $10bn to ease power woes
DHAKA: Impoverished Bangladesh needs 10 billion dollars in investment over the next 10 years to alleviate its massive power shortage, the World Bank said on Wednesday....
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4 Indian warships in Beirut
NEW DELHI: Even as US, Britain, Canada, France and other nations are deploying warships, chartered ferries, helicopters and even buses for evacuation of their citizens from war-torn Lebanon, India too is gearing up for some action on the high seas....
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BD seeks help for evacuation of nationals
DHAKA: Bangladesh has sought help from the Geneva-based International Organisation for Migration to evacuate more than 10,000 of its nationals from conflict-stricken Lebanon....
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