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Eight charged in Britain with plotting to blow up planes
LONDON, Aug 21: Prosecutors in Britain charged eight suspects on Monday with conspiracy to murder and preparing acts of terrorism in connection with an alleged plot to put suicide bombers onto US-bound airliners.... 
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New US resolution on Hezbollah
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 21: The United States is planning to introduce a new UN resolution on disarming Hezbollah in southern Lebanon but US Ambassador John Bolton said on Monday this should not hold up the quick deployment of UN peacekeepers....
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UN chief expects positive response
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 21: UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has appealed to Iran to respond positively to the package of Security Council-endorsed proposals aimed at resolving the nuclear issue....
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Clashes highlight Nato’s Afghan challenge
KABUL: Deadly weekend clashes in southern Afghanistan have highlighted the scale of the task facing Nato as it tackles the dual challenge of establishing security and promoting reconstruction to break a resilient Taliban insurgency....
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Gunbattle traps envoys in Congo
KINSHASA, Aug 21: A second day of fighting between soldiers loyal to Congolese President Joseph Kabila and supporters of an election rival pinned down foreign envoys in Kinshasa on Monday after the announcement of a run-off vote....
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Four militants surrender after Jeddah shootout
RIYADH, Aug 21: Four suspected militants surrendered to Saudi security forces in Jeddah on Monday after police laid siege to a building in which they were holed up, the interior ministry said....
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Lebanon needs peace force urgently: Bush
WASHINGTON, Aug 21: US President George W. Bush reminded the international community on Monday that there’s an urgent need to send a peacekeeping force to Lebanon and the troops should be deployed there as soon as possible....
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Israel rules out talks with Syria
JERUSALEM, Aug 21: Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Monday ruled out any resumption of peace talks with Syria as long as Damascus supported ‘terrorism, but said negotiations were possible with Lebanon....
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Investigation begins in Israel
JERUSALEM, Aug 21: Israel’s top government watchdog on Monday launched an investigation into the war in Lebanon as Prime Minister Ehud Olmert rejected mounting public calls for a sweeping probe into the 34-day offensive....
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Enrichment to go on, says Khamenei
TEHRAN, Aug 21: Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Monday that Tehran will press on with its nuclear work, suggesting it was heading for a showdown with the UN Security Council which has ordered a freeze....
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US, S. Korea start military drills
SEOUL, Aug 21: US and South Korean troops began military drills on Monday that are likely to increase regional tensions already high due to the North’s July 5 missile launches and reports it is preparing for a nuclear test....
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Night vision gear found in Hezb bases: UK
LONDON, Aug 21: Night vision goggles that were apparently made in Britain were found in Hezbollah’s command bunkers in southern Lebanon by the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF), a spokesman for the British Foreign Office said on Sunday....
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Ten killed in Moscow blast
MOSCOW, Aug 21: A bomb thought to be linked to organised crime tore through a crowded Moscow market on Monday, killing 10 people and sending rubble down on morning shoppers....
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‘Unconventional’ genius claims solving maths riddle
LONDON: He is possibly the cleverest person on the planet: an enigmatic and reclusive genius who shocked the academic world with his claim to have solved one of the hardest problems in maths....
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Israel and US are still focused on wrong issues BEIRUT: We have a very simple choice before us in the Middle East: we can get serious about working together to give the people of this region a chance to live...
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Unexploded bombs proving deadly for children
YAHMOUR: When the guns went silent in Aitta Shaab, a war-ravaged village close to the Israeli border, three children skipped through the rubble looking for a little fun....
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US firms in Afghanistan, Iraq hire Latin Americans
LIMA (Peru): Poor Latin American security guards are flocking to Iraq and Afghanistan to work for US companies desperate for relatively cheap employees with the type of military know-how gleaned in a region once run by generals....
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Indonesia seeks to lure back tourists
JAKARTA: It has all the ingredients of a tourist paradise: stunning beaches, a countryside with lush paddy fields, grand heritage buildings and a deeply mystical culture....
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Smoking cuts for classic cartoons
LONDON: Turner Broadcasting is scouring more than 1,500 classic Hanna-Barbera cartoons, including old favourites Tom and Jerry, The Flintstones and Scooby-Doo, to edit out scenes that glamorise smoking....
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Attempt to kill Pakistan HC: ‘alert ignored’
COLOMBO: Investigations into the LTTE’s attempted assassination of the Pakistan high commissioner in Colombo have revealed that the incident may have been prevented if officers had responded to an anonymous call...
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