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Dissent mounting in Israel over Lebanon
JERUSALEM, Aug 11: Dissent in Israel over the government’s handling of war in Lebanon started to mount on Friday, as international diplomatic efforts intensified to bring the month-old bloodshed to an end.... 
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New guidelines cause delays in US flights
FRANKFURT, Aug 11: Air-lines around the world said travel was easing on Friday after the chaos caused by an alleged plot to blow up US-bound planes from Britain, but tighter security...
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UK Muslims feel besieged after plane plot arrests
LONDON, Aug 11: The arrest of 24 people in an alleged plot to blow up transatlantic airliners could widen a gulf between authorities and British Muslims, who fear their community is coming ‘under siege’, leaders say....
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American Muslims fear backlash
WASHINGTON, Aug 11: Alarmed by President George W. Bush’s declaration of war against ‘Islamic fascism,’ Muslims in America braced for a possible backlash of the plot to hijack commercial flights in London and blow them up over the United States....
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US warns of attacks in Delhi, Mumbai
New Delhi, Aug 11: The United States on Friday cautioned India over possible terror attacks in major cities, including New Delhi and Mumbai, ahead of the Independence Day on Aug 15....
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Frozen accounts hold clues: analysts
LONDON, Aug 11: The Bank of England on Friday froze the accounts of 19 of the 24 people arrested in an alleged plot to blow up US-bound planes, with experts hoping...
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Draft okays UN troop deployment
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 11: A revised US-French Security Council draft resolution authorises up to 15,000 UN troops to monitor a withdrawal of Israeli soldiers from southern Lebanon and help the Lebanese army enforce a truce....
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Bishop slams Bush for ‘fascists’ slur
LONDON, Aug 11: The Archbishop of York, the Church of England’s second-highest figure, reprimanded US President George Bush on Friday for risking division by warning that the West was at war with ‘Islamic Fascists’....
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Indonesia puts off execution
JAKARTA, Aug 11: Indo-nesian authorities on Friday delayed by six days the execution of three Christians found guilty in 2001 of violence against Muslims....
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Man detained for wearing burqa gets bail
NEW DELHI, Aug 11: A man dressed in women’s clothing who was arrested at Mumbai’s airport shortly after train bombings a month ago has been cleared of links to the attack but will be charged with trespass....
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Fighting intensifies in Jaffna
JAFFNA, Aug 11: Friday night saw the worst-ever fighting in recent times to hit Sri Lanka as intense clashes took place in northern Jaffna between the Tamil Tigers and the army....
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Arson attack on mosque in UK
LONDON, Aug 11: British police started investigations on Friday whether an arson attack on a mosque was linked to an alleged plot to blow up US-bound flights that saw 24, mainly Pakistani, men arrested....
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Ceasefire can lead to wider settlement: Conflict in Lebanon
LONDON: Washington has dumped Tony Blair and its disdain of the UN. America is now working with France, the old colonial power, to shape Lebanese events via the international organisation....
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Ex-policymakers fear disaster in US course
WASHINGTON: Alarms are definitely on the rise here. And it’s not just because the British police arrested 21 people who were allegedly plotting to bomb up to 10 jetliners between London and the United States in mid-flight over the Atlantic Ocean....
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‘Ghana is not where it ought to be’
LONDON: The west African country of Ghana will celebrate 50 years of independence next year and the government has planned a spectacular, year-long party for the golden jubilee....
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History repeats itself
BEIRUT: I walked down the steps to the seaside restaurant looking for my old friend Issam. I didn’t know what to expect. He’d been my driver, comrade and general dispenser of...
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Hope has withered for India’s farmers
PAHAPAL (India): He found his father’s body during his early-morning chores. Sixteen-year-old Vijay Chatale had barely adjusted his eyes to the gloom in the dirt-floor kitchen when he looked up and saw his dad hanging from one of the rafters....
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The last hawkish Democrat leaves
WASHINGTON: There was hype in the air as it became clear that Senator Joe Lieberman’s fortunes were turning southward in his primary battle against millionaire vanity candidate — and now Democratic nominee — Ned Lamont....
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