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France wavers on UN force contribution
PARIS, Aug 17: France will initially provide only 200 extra troops for a new United Nations force in Lebanon, President Jacques Chirac said on Thursday, disappointing some U.N.... 
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US vying with Hezb on plans for rebuilding
WASHINGTON: The Bush administration is scrambling to assemble a plan to help rebuild Lebanon, hoping that by competing with Hezbollah for the public’s favour it can undo the damage the war...
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Cluster bombs war’s lethal leftovers
TEBNIN: More than 100 deadly black cylinders, not much bigger than large household batteries, litter the main road of this shattered village....
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Israel opposes Iran’s role in rebuilding
JERUSALEM, Aug 17: An Israeli general urged the international community on Thursday not to allow Iran the opportunity to boost Hezbollah’s standing by funding the bulk of reconstruction in shattered areas of Lebanon....
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US says Iran should expect swift UN action
WASHINGTON, Aug 17: The United States expects the United Nations to act swiftly next month and consider sanctions against Iran if it does not drop its nuclear program, said a senior State Department official on Thursday....
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Israel ready to do swap for soldier: father
JERUSALEM, Aug 17: Israel is ready in principle to free Palestinian prisoners in exchange for a soldier captured by Gaza-based militants, the serviceman’s father Noam Shalit told Israeli television on Thursday....
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Palestinians emboldened by Lebanon resistance
RAMALLAH: By offering tough resistance to the Israeli army in south Lebanon, Hezbollah has strengthened those favouring the armed Palestinian struggle to the detriment of those supporting negotiations with the Jewish state, analysts say....
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CIA man found guilty of assaulting detainee
WASHINGTON, Aug 17: A former CIA contractor was found guilty on Thursday of assaulting an Afghan detainee who died in custody....
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Poet Shamsur Rahman dies
DHAKA, Aug 17: Bangla poet Shamsur Rahman died here on Thursday. He was 77....
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UN not to hold poll for SG post this month
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 17: The UN Security Council has decided to postpone the selection process for the new Secretary General of the world body replacing the incumbent Kofi Annan, who will...
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Egypt envoy escapes bid on life by brother
CAIRO, Aug 17: A former Egyptian consul in Israel told on Thursday how he had narrowly escaped an attempt to kill him in a Cairo street, with the would-be assassin being his younger brother....
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11 die in BD clash
DHAKA, Aug 17: Eleven members of an ultra-left group were killed in a fierce gunbattle with security forces in northern Bangladesh on Thursday....
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The first serious setback for Israel’s might
LONDON: There was nothing new about the broad objective behind Israel’s war on Lebanon: through the destruction of Hezbollah it was to wreak fundamental change in a strategic, political and military...
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West is losing ‘war on terror’: Most Britons favour foreign policy shift
LONDON: Four out of five Britons believe the West is losing the “war against terror” and want Tony Blair to distance British foreign policy from the United States, a poll revealed today....
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Koizumi ignores protests, visits war shrine
TOKYO: The Japanese Prime Minister, Junichiro Koizumi, sent his country’s wartime victims a defiant valedictory message when he visited a controversial war shrine on Wednesday on the anniversary of Japan’s defeat by the Allies....
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