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Mumbai police to scrutinise Muslim travellers
NEW DELHI, Aug 8: The government in the Indian state of Maharashtra has issued directives to the state police to thoroughly investigate every Muslim who travels abroad, The Asian Age reported on Tuesday.... 
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AL objects to US-French draft on Lebanon: Moscow proposes ‘humanitarian ceasefire’
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 8: A French-US plan to end fighting between Israel and Hezbollah hit mounting difficulties on Tuesday as Arab ministers took their objections to the UN Security Council....
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Indian army kills six in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, Aug 8: Indian troops have shot dead six militants in the latest wave of separatist violence in Kashmir that has left 39 dead since the start of August, police said on Tuesday....
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Iraqi PM takes exception to US-led raid in Sadr City
BAGHDAD, Aug 8: Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Tuesday said he had not authorised Sunday’s ‘unjustified’ nighttime assault by Iraqi troops and US advisers on a target in the impoverished east Baghdad suburb of Sadr City....
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Tamil Tigers end water blockade
COLOMBO, Aug 8: Tamil Tiger guerillas lifted a water blockade on Tuesday at the root of Sri Lanka’s latest bloodshed, which has officially claimed over 440 lives, as a car bomb killed three people in the capital....
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Congress suspends Natwar
NEW DELHI, Aug 8: India’s former foreign minister Natwar Singh was suspended from the ruling Congress party on Tuesday after a leaked inquiry report found him guilty of misconduct in a UN oil-for-food scam in Iraq....
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Lieberman’s aides allege cyber attack
WASHINGTON, Aug 8: Aides for Democratic Senate incumbent Joe Lieberman alleged on Tuesday that his campaign website had been disabled by a cyber attack, and pointed the finger at supporters backing his rival in the race....
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750,000 homeless in India after floods
HYDERABAD, Aug 8: Rescuers are racing to get food and clean water to more than 750,000 people left homeless in four flooded Indian states, officials said Tuesday, as the death toll...
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Hospitals running out of fuel
BEIRUT, Aug 8: Lebanon’s hospitals could stop functioning in two or three days when they run out of fuel, Health Minister Mohammad Khalifeh said on Tuesday....
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Lebanese spill could rival Exxon Valdez disaster: UN
NAIROBI, Aug 8: An oil spill caused by Israeli raids on a Lebanese power plant could rival the 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster that despoiled the Alaskan coast if not urgently addressed, the United Nations said on Tuesday....
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‘Terrorists’ are using Russian arms: Israel
MOSCOW, Aug 8: Israeli Internal Security Minister Avi Dichter said in an interview published on Tuesday that ‘all the terrorists surrounding Israel’ are using Russian weapons....
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Drug use has doubled in Afghanistan: UN report
WASHINGTON, Aug 8: Drug addiction in Afghanistan has doubled during the last two years and nearly a million people are now using illegal drugs, says a UN report....
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CIA man admits to abusing Afghan
RALEIGH, Aug 8: A CIA contractor accused of beating an Afghan prisoner so badly that he later died told a colleague afterward that he had kicked the detainee in the groin, a prosecution witness told a federal court on Tuesday....
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Taiwan confirms FM met Hezbollah chief
TAIPEI, Aug 8: Taiwan’s foreign minister James Huang visited the leader of the Hezbollah group in a controversial clandestine trip earlier this year, triggering concern from the United States and Israel, the foreign ministry said on Tuesday....
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US public divided over Lebanon war: poll
WASHINGTON, Aug 8: The traditionally pro-Israel US public is closely divided on the Jewish state’s battle with Hezbollah militia, a new poll showed. Forty-six per cent of Americans surveyed blame Israel...
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UN official condemns both sides
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 8: A senior United Nations aid official in Lebanon on Tuesday deplored Israeli bombardment of civilian infrastructure as well as Hezbollah’s rocket attacks....
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Abdullah sees ‘heavy clouds’
LONDON, Aug 8: Jordan’s King Abdullah expressed his fears about the future of the Middle East amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hezbollah, in an interview with the BBC on Tuesday....
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Afghan police kill 3 guerillas, capture one
KABUL, Aug 8: Police killed three Taliban and captured a former midlevel official from the militia’s ousted government in separate incidents, officials said on Tuesday. Around 50 Taliban crossed into a...
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Politician’s guard killed
COLOMBO, Aug 8: A politician’s bodyguard and a child were killed here on Tuesday when a bomb exploded in a vehicle carrying the Tamil leader. Nien others were injured....
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Saudis, Mexico assure US of help over oil
CRAWFORD, Aug 8: Saudi Arabia and Mexico have pledged to help fill shortages in the US oil supply due to the Alaska pipeline shutdown, the White House said on Tuesday....
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