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UN resolution: some questions answered
Below are answers to some questions about what might come next after the UN Security Council adopted a resolution calling for an end to fighting in Lebanon:... 
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Bush blames Iran, Syria for ‘unwanted war’
CRAWFORD, Aug 12: US President George Bush on Saturday praised a UN resolution aimed at ending the Lebanon crisis and blamed Hezbollah, Iran and Syria for starting an ‘unwanted war’ in the region....
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Israeli hawks blast ‘shameful’ deal
JERUSALEM, Aug 12: Israel’s right-wing opposition on Saturday ended its month-long support of the government’s actions in Lebanon, with one Likud MP branding the UN ceasefire agreement as a ‘shameful’ decision....
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Civilians biggest losers: UN
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 12: Ordinary civilians were the ‘biggest losers’ in the conflict in Lebanon, the top United Nations emergency official said on Thursday....
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13 civilians, 6 soldiers die in Iraq
BAGHDAD, Aug 12: Iraqi guerillas killed 13 civilians and six members of the US and Iraqi security forces in attacks around the country on Saturday, as a joint anti-terror operation began to bite in Baghdad....
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British policies fuel militancy: Muslims
LONDON, Aug 12: British Muslim groups said on Saturday Britain’s policies on Iraq and Lebanon were fuelling militancy....
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India-BD border tense
DHAKA, Aug 12: Tension gripped border areas of Bangladesh, particularly at the northern frontier in Sylhet, on Saturday as both Bangladeshi and Indian troops increased vigilance after last week’s clashes....
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Mosque fire
LONDON, Aug 12: British police refused on Saturday to rule out the possibility that a fire which destroyed the roof of a mosque was a revenge arson attack following the alleged plot to blow up US-bound aircraft leaving British airports....
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UN allows Israel to make interpretation: ‘Offensive operations’
UNITED NATIONS: A cartoon in a US news magazine many moons ago showed a Palestinian family huddled together in a refugee camp, as US-supplied Israeli fighter jets kept bombarding the makeshift shelters in an orgy of destruction....
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Ordinary suspects in an extraordinary plot: Fresh shock for multi-cultural Britain
LONDON: A taxi driver, pizza delivery man, accountant and student. The 23 people in British custody over an alleged aircraft bomb plot are ordinary people leading seemingly ordinary lives....
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The war Bush is not fighting
WASHINGTON: When unsmiling agents at the airport take away your contact lens solution, your toothpaste, and your cologne or after-shave, remember Osama bin Laden. Remember the real war on terrorism that...
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Cubans await post-Castro era with apprehension
HAVANA: One day, in Havana, a friend offered me a cup of coffee in the lean-to shack that served as her kitchen. The ground coffee was precious, a tightly rationed bag...
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Israeli leaders divided
Jerusalem: A UN resolution calling for an end to fighting between Israel and Hezbollah has exposed faultlines in Israel, with some politicians welcoming the move but the army saying it will pursue its offensive nonetheless....
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Tragedy mars escape from besieged Lebanon village
JEB JANNIN: As she was preparing to flee from her native village of Marjayun, Violette Ablah had insisted on taking with her the essential ingredients used by any good Lebanese cook....
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Darfur crisis forgotten
KHARTOUM: Is Darfur the world’s latest forgotten crisis? A May peace deal signed by only one of three negotiating rebel factions and rejected by tens of thousands of people in Sudan’s...
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