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Arab leaders warn of civil war
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 9: As Israel signalled to expand the ground war in Lebanon, the foreign minister of Qatar told the UN Security Council on Tuesday that it risks igniting a... 
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4.5m at risk as floods inundate Surat
AHMEDABAD, Aug 9: Swirling floods intensified in parts of rain-lashed India on Wednesday as the authorities warned that 4.5 million residents of the diamond-cutting city of Surat were at risk from rising water levels....
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US claims arrest of reporter’s kidnappers
BAGHDAD, Aug 9: US forces in Iraq have arrested four men they suspect of involvement in the kidnapping of American reporter Jill Carroll and raided three houses where they think she was held, a spokesman said on Wednesday....
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Maoists, Nepal govt settle row over monitoring
KATHMANDU, Aug 9: Maoist rebels and the Nepal government said on Wednesday they had settled a dispute over monitoring each other’s fighters and weapons — a move which revives their peace process and power-sharing plans....
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2 more Indian states ban soft drinks
THIRUVANTHAPURAM (India), Aug 9: Two more Indian states on Wednesday banned soft drinks after an environmental group last week said tests of products made by Coca-Cola and PepsiCo showed high pesticide levels....
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Blackhawk down in Iraq
BAGHDAD, Aug 9: A US Blackhawk helicopter crashed in western Iraq and two of the six troops on board are missing, the US military said on Wednesday....
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UN chief deplores Gaza killings
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 9: Secretary General Kofi Annan on Wednesday decried the ‘continued killing and injuring of hundreds of civilians including children in Gaza by the Israeli forces’ calling it ‘utterly unjustifiable’....
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Lieberman pays dearly for backing Iraq invasion: Senate nomination bid fails
WASHINGTON, Aug 9: Senator Joe Lieberman, crippled by his support for the Iraq war and Israel, lost the Democratic nomination for a fourth term to an upstart challenger....
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Evacuation of entire Israeli town ordered
KIRYAT SHMONA (Israel), Aug 9: Terrified and exhausted by the daily rain of rocket fire, residents fled to the wail of sirens on Wednesday in the first evacuation of an entire town since the creation of Israel in 1948....
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Israel removes commander
JERUSALEM, Aug 9: Israel’s appointment of a new top commander to supervise its operations in Lebanon pays testament to the difficulties its troops are encountering in battling Hezbollah fighters there, commentators said on Wednesday....
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Snooping saga grips UK
LONDON, Aug 9: What began as a case of a reporter suspected of eavesdropping on the British royal household has broadened into a probe of possible snooping on a wide array of politicians and celebrities, police said on Wednesday....
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Blair ally quits over ME policy
LONDON, Aug 9: A junior member of the British government resigned on Wednesday in protest at Prime Minister Tony Blair’s policies in the Middle East....
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Leo gets stately reception in US
WASHINGTON, Aug 9: Pakistan’s snow leopard Leo is on the front page of the State Department’s website, not as a terror suspect, but as a welcome guest....
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15 Taliban killed in Nuristan
KABUL, Aug 9: US-led soldiers and warplanes killed 15 suspected Taliban militants who attacked a coalition compound with rockets and rifles in mountainous eastern Afghanistan, the coalition said on Wednesday....
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US sailor spied for Russia: navy
WASHINGTON, Aug 9: A 21-year-old sailor has been charged with espionage for allegedly trying to pass classified information to foreign agents, the US Navy said on Wednesday....
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Opium eradication a must for peace in Afghanistan: US
LONDON: America’s drug tsar, John Walters, on Wednesday acknowledged that US allies have voiced doubts about the wisdom of opium eradication in parts of southern Afghanistan where insurgents have killed 10 British troops over the past two months....
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Anti-LTTE party sets terms for joining govt
COLOMBO: The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), the LTTE bashing political ally of President Rajapakse, is poised to rejoin the government but has cited a military defeat of the LTTE and the...
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Water flows too late for farmers
KALLAR (Sri Lanka): Disputed water began flowing to parched rice fields in this northeast Sri Lankan village on Wednesday, but local farmers say a just-lifted rebel canal blockade has already impoverished them....
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Passions rise as India’s flagship dam fills
SARDAR SAROVAR DAM (India): It is held up as a flagship for the development of modern India, and reviled as a symbol of how the rights of the poor are trampled upon....
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Nepal radio stations help bring about social change
NARAYANGHAT: Nearly four months after successfully pushing the fight against royal dictatorship, community radio stations in Nepal are at the forefront of another revolution — turning the airwaves into an educational medium for constitutional reforms....
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