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Blair calls for new Mideast strategy: ‘Renaissance’ advocated in fight against ‘reactionary Islam’
LOS ANGELES, Aug 1: British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Tuesday called for a ‘complete renaissance of the global approach to tackling extremism, with as much emphasis on ‘soft power as military might.... 
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3 British soldiers killed in Afghanistan ambush
KANDAHAR, Aug 1: Three British NATO soldiers were killed in an ambush by guerillas in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday — a day after the alliance assumed command from the US-led forces in the hostile area....
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Don’t kill Harry Potter, authors urge Rowling
NEW YORK, Aug 1: Two of America’s top authors, John Irving and Stephen King, made a plea to J.K. Rowling on Tuesday not to kill the fictional boy wizard Harry Potter...
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Six more Somali ministers resign
MOGADISHU, Aug 1: Six more Somali government ministers resigned on Tuesday, citing the 18-month-old administration’s “unpopularity”, as hardline Islamists widened their control in the centre of the shattered nation, officials said....
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US sees no thaw in ties with Cuba
WASHINGTON, Aug 1: The United States has no plans for a thaw in US-Cuba relations after President Fidel Castro temporarily handed over power to his brother Raul because of serious illness, the White House said on Tuesday....
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Emergency declared as heat wave bakes NY
NEW YORK, Aug 1: A heat wave that claimed more than 130 lives in California reached the US east coast on Tuesday, settling over the US capital and forcing New York...
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Beirut pleads with UN to end war
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 1: In an emotional address to the 15-member UN Security Council on Monday, Lebanese acting Foreign Minister Tarek Mitri pleaded with it to order ceasefire by Israel in...
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EU drops call for immediate ceasefire
BRUSSELS, Aug 1: European Union foreign ministers called on Tuesday for an immediate end to hostilities in Lebanon but dropped a demand for an instant ceasefire at the insistence of the United States’ closest allies in the bloc....
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Meteor shower lights up western India
NEW DELHI, Aug 1: A meteor shower in the skies over western India prompted a hunt for celestial debris on Tuesday after witnesses spoke of a ‘great flash’....
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US soldier appears in Baghdad court
BAGHDAD, Aug 1: A military court opened a preliminary hearing in Baghdad on Tuesday to determine whether four US soldiers charged over the deaths of three male prisoners in Iraq will face court martials....
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‘Regret’ does not let Israel off the hook
LOS ANGELES: In the west, Qana, a small Lebanese village southeast of Tyre, is believed by some to be the place where Jesus performed his first miracle....
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Democrats urge Bush to begin Iraq pullout
AFTER months of struggling to forge a unified stance on the Iraq war, top congressional Democrats joined voices on Monday to call on President Bush to begin withdrawing US troops by...
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Forgotten Lebanese army sides with guerillas
MARJAAYOUN: “Any Hezbullah in the town?” I asked the Lebanese soldier who had hitched a lift outside this mixed Christian and Shia area just five miles north of the Israeli border....
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Lebanese race to save lives, but find death
BEIRUT: Bassam Mokdad worked for half an hour to separate the bodies of a mother and child so he could pull them from the rubble in the Lebanese village of Qana....
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Castro — last Communist holding power in Americas
HAVANA: Fidel Castro, who temporarily handed power to his brother Raul on Monday, has for four decades defied US attempts to oust him and has clung on as the last Communist leader in Latin America....
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Snub signals Lebanese fury at US
BEIRUT: When Fouad Siniora, Lebanon’s gentle, US-backed prime minister, plucks up the courage to snub Condoleezza Rice, it is clear that anger at American support for Israel’s onslaught has boiled over in Beirut....
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Iranians throng donation camps
TEHRAN: Retired Iranian labourer Mehdi Jokar, 67, did not give a second thought to handing over a third of his monthly pension to those wounded and made homeless by Israel’s offensive against Lebanon’s Hezbollah guerrillas....
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UK to allow transit of US arms for Israel
LONDRES: Britain said on Tuesday that US aircraft carrying weapons to Israel would be allowed to make stopovers at British airports if they observed the correct procedures....
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HRW reproaches Israel
NEW YORK: Responsibility for the Israeli airstrikes that killed 54 civilians in the Lebanese village of Qana rests squarely with the Israeli military, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Monday....
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Gibson urges Jews to forgive him
LOS ANGELES: Actor Mel Gibson on Tuesday apologised for making anti-Semitic remarks in a drunken rant and asked to meet Jewish leaders, but one of them called on the Hollywood superstar to show deeds and not offer words....
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