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Israel warned of consequences
LONDON, July 23: A British government minister called on Israel on Sunday to consider the political consequences of its military offensive against Lebanon.... 
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EU against banning Hezbollah
BERLIN: The European Union has long resisted US calls to ban Hezbollah as a terrorist organisation and is not about to change that stance in the throes of a Middle East war, diplomats and analysts say....
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Hezbollah men in charge of Beirut’s bombed areas
BEIRUT: They don’t wear uniforms or identity badges, but the bearded men patrolling Hezbollah’s Beirut stronghold leave no doubt about who is in charge....
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US clears soldier of killing Iraqi
BAGHDAD, July 23: The US military has cleared a soldier of unlawfully killing an Iraqi civilian after investigators concluded Specialist Nathan Lynn had reason to believe the man was carrying a gun when he opened fire....
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Torture against detainees in Iraq authorised: HRW
NEW YORK, July 23: Torture and other abuses against detainees in US custody in Iraq were authorized and routine, even after the 2004 Abu Ghraib scandal, according to new accounts from soldiers, a new Human Rights Watch report said on Sunday....
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Saudi FM in US for talks on crisis
WASHINGTON, July 23: Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister arrived at the White on Sunday to hold talks with President George W. Bush and US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on the Lebanon crisis, ahead of Rice’s departure to the Middle East....
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Brothers stuck in hotel: Anti-terror raid in London
LONDON, July 23: Two London brothers who were wrongly arrested in an anti-terror raid have been stuck in a hotel since the British police released them without charge last month, their lawyer said on Sunday....
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Blair quitting ‘very shortly’: Prescott
LONDON, July 23: Britain’s deputy prime minister hinted on Sunday that Tony Blair may ‘very shortly’ step down as prime minister and leader of the Labour Party, triggering a party election to replace him....
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Fear wrath of God, church tells Jewish state
ATHENS, July 23: The leader of Greece’s Orthodox Church accused Israel on Sunday of ‘sacrificing innocent civilians’ in its bombardment of Lebanon....
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Condition of Sharon gets worse: doctors
JERUSALEM, July 23: The condition of former Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon, who has been in a coma since January, has deteriorated in the past two days, doctors caring for him said on Sunday....
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Four killed in held Kashmir
SRINAGAR, July 23: Four people were killed in three separate incidents in held Kashmir on Sunday, an Indian army spokesman said....
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Europe gets respite
PARIS, July 23: Much of Europe enjoyed a respite on Sunday from the heatwave which has killed more than 30 people over recent days, but forecasters warned that scorching temperatures are set for a comeback in the week ahead....
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Perseverance and defiance in face of Israeli aggression
THE minute Umm Ali hears the Israeli fighter jet engines overhead, she stops looking through the rubble of her destroyed Haret Hreik home in Beirut’s southern suburbs, turns her scarf-covered head...
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Saudis turn to ‘Misyar’ marriage to beat inflation
RIYADH: Khaled never thought a form of temporary marriage would open the door to his happily-ever-after. The 25-year-old Saudi security guard opted to marry Zeinab, also a Saudi, through a Misyar...
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Plan to ‘divide’ Baghdad and talk of civil war
BAGHDAD: Iraqi leaders have all but given up on holding the country together and, just two months after forming a national unity government, talk in private of “black days” of civil war ahead....
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