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Use of ‘new weapon’ by Israel: Palestinians call for inquiry
GAZA CITY: “When the bomb exploded from the plane. I felt I was in hell. Real hell,” shouts 31-year-old Ghassan stabbing the air with his finger and straining over the side of his grubby hospital bed....
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US ME stand to harm diplomacy on Iran: China UNITED NATIONS, July 27: China on Thursday warned the United States that its opposition to a statement condemning a deadly attack on a UN post in Lebanon could have a ‘negative impact’ on UN talks on Iran’s nuclear ambitions....
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Al Qaeda not to ‘stand by and watch’, says Zawahri
DUBAI, July 27: Ayman Al Zawahri, deputy leader of Al Qaeda organisation, said his group would not “stand by and watch” Israel bombard Lebanon and Palestinians, calling on Muslims in a...
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Saudis raise $29m
RIYADH, July 27: A one-day long Saudi telethon to raise funds for Lebanon’s war victims raised $29 million on Thursday....
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Resistance formidable, admit Israelis: Limits of Tel Aviv’s modern arms exposed
JERUSALEM: After weeks of aerial bombardment and artillery fire, Israel’s army finds itself in a bruising ground war just across its border against an opponent employing the classic tactics of guerrilla warfare....
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Lebanon: a graveyard for foreign troops
BEIRUT: As world powers on Wednesday weighed a peacekeeping force for conflict-hit Lebanon, recent history shows that the region has often proved a graveyard or a quagmire for foreign troops....
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Missiles for Israel: US use of base angers UK
LONDON, July 27: British Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett is planning to make a formal complaint to the United States over the alleged use of a Scottish airport as a staging post for the transport of missiles to Israel....
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Foreign fighters a threat in Afghanistan: UN
UNITED NATIONS, July 27: The UN envoy for Afghanistan warned on Wednesday that foreign fighters had again become a major threat as the country fights off a mounting Taliban-inspired insurgency....
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Venezuela seals arms deal with Russia
MOSCOW, July 27: Venezue-lan President Hugo Chavez has sealed a massive arms deal to buy Russian fighter jets, officials said on Thursday as the Venezuelan leader met President Vladimir Putin on...
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Indian PM’s security breached
NEW DELHI, July 27: Three people drove into the heavily fortified residence of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the heart of New Delhi on Thursday, an official said, breaching its outer layer of security....
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Saddam verdict on Oct 16
BAGHDAD, July 27: Iraqi judges will give their verdict in ousted president Saddam Hussein’s trial on crimes against humanity charges on Oct 16, court officials said on Thursday as the trial came to a close....
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16 killed in Afghan copter crash
KABUL, July 27: All 16 people, including two Dutch soldiers, were killed when their helicopter crashed in bad weather conditions in southeast Afghanistan on Wednesday, military officials said on Thursday....
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Heat wave
PARIS, July 27: France and Italy on Thursday reported new victims of a lethal heat wave that has engulfed Europe for the last two weeks, bringing the total death toll to more than 80 people.—AFP...
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As world warms, legal battles loom
OSLO: Heatwaves, droughts and rising seas are likely to spur a spate of hard-to-prove lawsuits in the 21st century as victims seek to blame governments and companies for global warming, experts say....
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