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Israel eyes another week of fighting
JERUSALEM, Aug 2: Israel believes it will be able to press ahead with its offensive against Hezbollah for at least another week before major powers finalise terms for a ceasefire and stabilisation force, Israeli officials said on Wednesday.... 
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C-arms used in Qana, says doctor
BEIRUT, Aug 2: The Israeli military may have used chemical weapons against civilians in Sunday’s deadly bombardment of an apartment block in the southern Lebanese city of Qana, a senior local...
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Taliban lose 18 in Helmand
KANDAHAR, Aug 2: Dozens of Afghan police raided Taliban hideouts in southern Afghan-istan, killing 18 militants and injuring four others, police said on Wednesday....
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Marines deliberately killed Iraqis: Pentagon
WASHINGTON, Aug 2: Evidence collected on the deaths of 24 Iraqis in the town of Haditha supports accusations that US Marines deliberately shot the civilians, including unarmed women and children, a Pentagon official said on Wednesday....
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Castro says his health is a ‘state secret’
HAVANA, Aug 2: Fidel Castro said he was in ‘good spirits’ after surgery, according to a statement read out on Cuban television, but he made no public appearance, as Cuban-Americans in Florida celebrated his decline....
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Fossil leads to 10m-year-old bone marrow discovery
DUBLIN, Aug 2: The first fossilised bone marrow has been found in the bones of ten-million-year-old frogs, salamanders and tadpoles by scientists working in north-eastern Spain, the Irish team leader said on Tuesday....
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Coke, Pepsi still contain pesticides: Indian body
NEW DELHI, Aug 2: Soft drinks sold in India by US beverage giants Coca-Cola and PepsiCo still contain high levels of pesticide residue and the government has failed to do anything about it, a new report has found....
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Thousands march in Baghdad
BAGHDAD, Aug 2: Thousands of Shia civilians charged with guarding neighbourhoods in Iraq marched through Baghdad on Wednesday to demand an end to the sectarian violence that is ravaging the country....
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More Somali officials quit
BAIDOA, Aug 2: Somalia’s interim government unravelled further on Wednesday with the resignation of another four top officials who cited as their reason the prime minister’s reluctance to reach out to a rival Islamist movement....
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UK park calls off ‘Muslim fun day’
LONDON, Aug 2: Britain’s biggest theme park has called off the country’s first ‘National Muslim Fun Day’ because of lack of interest, the park said on Wednesday....
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Iran has freed Osama’s son, says German newspaper
BERLIN, Aug 2: Iran has freed a son of Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden from house arrest, a German newspaper reported on Wednesday....
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Test explains evolution of finch beaks
PARIS, Aug 2: Scientists have discovered the reason for a phenomenon that supported Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution — the varied shape of finches’ beaks — according to Thursday’s issue of the journal Nature....
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Oldest Roman Catholic cardinal dies at 96
THE HAGUE, Aug 2: The oldest cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church, Dutchman Johannes Willebrands, one of the chief architects of inter-church dialogue, died on Wednesday at the age of 96....
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Pro-Hezbollah rallies in Saudi Arabia
RIYADH, Aug 2: A number of processions in support of Hezbollah were taken out in eastern Saudi Arabia. The largest of them was taken out on Tuesday evening with about 2,000 people participating in it....
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Annan deputy’s remarks irk US
WASHINGTON, Aug 2: The United States sharply rebuked the No. 2 UN official on Wednesday for criticising Washington anew after he said America should allow other nations to share the lead in Middle East diplomacy....
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Israeli air force’s performance belies assumptions: experts
TEL AVIV, Aug 2: Israel’s failure so far to curb Hezbollah rocket attacks using its arsenal of jets, helicopter gunships and unmanned drones has cast doubt on the theory that heavy...
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US soldiers shot dead detainees, probe told
TIKRIT, Aug 2: A young US army private told a military hearing on Wednesday that fellow soldiers ‘smiled’ then shot dead three Iraqi prisoners and threatened to kill him if he told investigators about the crime....
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US expels Kyrgyz diplomats
WASHINGTON, Aug 2: The United States has expelled two Kyrgyz diplomats in retaliation for the ‘unwarranted’ expulsion last month from the central Asian nation of two American envoys, the State Department said on Wednesday....
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Temperature soars to 40C in NY
NEW YORK, Aug 2: The northeastern US region continued to swelter in record heat as the mercury rose up to 40C and many in New York said they believe that global warming has become a fact of life....
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A ring of truth
ATHENS, Aug 2: An ancient piece of jewellery known as the ‘Theseus ring’, dating from the 15th century BC, has been certified as authentic by Greece’s top archaeological council (KAS), the Greek ministry of culture said on Wednesday....
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