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Doctors suspect Israel is using chemical weapons
BEIRUT, July 26: Lebanon is investigating reports from doctors that Israel has used weapons in its 15-day-old bombardment of southern Lebanon that have caused wounds they have never seen before.... 
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Annan terms attack on UN post deliberate: Statement ‘shocks’ Israel
ROME, July 26: UN Secretary General Kofi Annan on Wednesday said he was ‘shocked’ at Israel’s ‘apparently deliberate targeting’ of a UN post in Lebanon, in which four UN observers were killed....
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Iraq resolute in the face of terror, says Maliki
WASHINGTON, July 26: Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki vowed on Wednesday that his country will remain resolute in the face of violent sectarianism ripping apart his country, calling Iraq the ‘front line’ in the ‘war against terror’....
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Shelling continues: UN official
UNITED NATIONS, July 26: Israel kept up attacks on the UN post in Lebanon where four observers were killed despite high-level protests, and more shells fell close to UN positions on Wednesday, a top UN official told the Security Council....
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US claims killing 25 Taliban in clashes
KANDAHAR, July 26: Twenty-five militants were killed by US-led forces in Afghanistan, officials said on Wednesday, as the US military prepares to hand over security responsibilities in the violent south....
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Mystery plane lands in Somalia
MOGADISHU, July 26: A mystery cargo plane landed in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Wednesday and the interim government said it was carrying Eritrean weapon supplies for rival Islamists....
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Democrats for fresh intel on Iraq
WASHINGTON, July 26: Senate Democrats on Wednesday called on US Director of National Intelligence John Negroponte to provide fresh intelligence on Iraq, calling existing analyses dated....
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Donation campaign in S. Arabia
RIYADH, July 26: A campaign began in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday to collect donations for Lebanon’s war victims....
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24 Palestinians killed in Gaza
GAZA, July 26: Israeli forces killed 24 Palestinians in fighting across the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, including at least nine militants, three children and a handicapped man, medics and witnesses said....
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China seeks apology from Israel
UNITED NATIONS, July 26: China on Wednesday pressed the UN Security Council to make a strong condemnation of Israel’s attack on the UN base in Lebanon....
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Saddam prefers firing squad to hanging
BAGHDAD, July 26: Saddam Hussein told his judge on Wednesday he would rather be shot than hanged if found guilty of crimes against humanity and complained of being forced to attend his controversial trial....
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India condemns Israeli blitz
NEW DELHI, July 26: India on Wednesday condemned Israel’s ‘disproportionate and excessive use of force’ in Lebanon but at the same time criticised Hezbollah for kidnapping two Israeli soldiers....
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Tamil Tiger positions bombarded
COLOMBO, July 26: Sri Lanka’s military carried out air attacks against suspected Tamil Tiger positions in north-eastern Sri Lanka on Wednesday, military officials said....
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Heavy rain kills 11 in China
BEIJING, July 26: Eleven people were killed and 26 others left missing when torrential rains from Typhoon Kaemi caused widespread flooding in southeastern China on Wednesday, as about 750,000 evacuees remained in shelters....
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Water supply disrupted
TRINCOMALEE, July 26: The Tamil Tiger rebels have blocked the water supply to villages in Trincomalee district, creating a crisis situation among civilians and farmers in the area....
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Discontent sows seeds of alienation among Indian Muslims
MUMBAI: These are bad times, says the chief priest of a small mosque in the heart of the Muslim quarter of Asia’s largest slum in India’s biggest city....
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Killings, horror rise in Sri Lanka’s war zone
THIRAIMADU: Bodies dumped in wells, dead children hung from rafters and underage boys abducted to fight....
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Starvation threat in Nepal
KATHMANDU: Scepticism among potential donors could ground a United Nations plan to deliver emergency food aid to villagers in Nepal’s drought-hit northwest....
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Teachers on indefinite strike in BD
DHAKA: Across Bangladesh, millions of students are being forced to study from home after their teachers went on strike three weeks ago demanding higher wages....
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S. Koreans to hold festival in Afghanistan
SEOUL: Some 2,000 South Korean Christians will gather in Afghanistan next month despite a Kabul government ban on their plans to hold a four-day festival there, organizers said on Wednesday....
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