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Chavez vows solidarity with Syria
DAMASCUS, Aug 30: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez pledged solidarity on Wednesday with Syria in its struggle against Israel and the United States and predicted the demise of US ‘imperialism’.... 
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Israel kills eight Palestinians
GAZA, Aug 30: Israeli forces killed four Palestinian gunmen and four civilians on Wednesday, pressing on with an offensive in a guerilla stronghold in Gaza City, medics and witnesses said....
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India against role of ‘enforcer
NEW DELHI, Aug 30: India said on Wednesday it would not want its troops in the UN military contingent in Lebanon to take on the role of peace enforcers as opposed to their current mandate in Unifil as peacekeepers....
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BD cop dies in clash
DHAKA, Aug 30: A police naik, Narayan Chandra Barman, 50, died of heart attack after being injured in a clash between the police and pro-strike pickets here on Wednesday....
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Annan’s plea to lift blockade rejected
JERUSALEM, Aug 30: Israel rejected a call by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Wednesday to lift its air and sea blockade of Lebanon, saying it would end the seven-week-old siege only when all aspects of a ceasefire were in place....
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Hurricane menaces tourist resorts
MEXICO CITY, Aug 30: Hurricane John grew into a powerful Category 4 storm on Wednesday, threatening Mexican Pacific resorts with heavy rain and searing winds and blowing down trees in Acapulco....
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Nasa to name new spaceship designer
CAPE CANAVERAL (USA), Aug 30: The United States begins its next step in human space flight with the announcement by Nasa on Thursday of a contractor to design and build spaceships to fly to the moon....
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India bars Chinese firm from port project
NEW DELHI, Aug 30: India has barred a Chinese company from participating in a project to build a container port in Mumbai, citing security concerns, a senior port official said on Wednesday....
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India wants to settle border issues
DHAKA, Aug 30: Indian State Minister for Home Affairs S. Raghupathy on Wednesday stressed the need for resolving the long standing disputes with Bangladesh over enclaves and border related issues through discussions....
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Nigerian oil unions to go on strike
LAGOS, Aug 30: Nigerian oil unions decided on Wednesday to stage a “warning strike” from Sept. 13 lasting three days to protest against insecurity in the Niger Delta, a union leader said....
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‘Life insurance policies are anti-Islamic’
LUCKNOW, Aug 30: One of South Asia’s most influential Islamic seminaries has issued an edict telling Muslims not to buy life insurance policies because they violate Islamic law....
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Muslim opposition to ‘Vande Mataram’ angers BJP
NEW DELHI: India’s right-wing Hindu parties and Muslim groups are heading for a confrontation over a controversial move to get all Indians to sing the national song on the centenary of its adoption next month....
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Displaced Lankans face bleak future
KANTALE (Sri Lanka): Sheltering from the burning sun under a ragged awning in one of dozens of cramped refugee camps in Sri Lanka’s war-ravaged east, 18-year-old Sharmila Rahim dreams of being a teacher and should be studying....
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Drought spells trouble for rare rhinos
GUWAHATI: A dry spell in India’s Assam state threatens a food crisis for rare one-horn rhinos in the Kaziranga National Park, officials said on Tuesday. “The impact of the near-drought in...
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UK mly running out of supplies
LONDON: British military forces in Afghanistan are using up missiles, rockets and spare parts at a faster rate than expected, The Daily Telegraph reported on Monday....
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BD airline looking for partner to bail it out
DHAKA: Biman, Bangladesh’s loss-making airline, said on Tuesday it was struggling to pay salaries as it formally announced it was seeking a strategic partner to bail it out of its financial woes....
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The sound of music opens new world to Afghan girls
MAZAR-I-SHARIF: The lilt of a girl singing of homecoming blends pleasantly with a cacophony of different melodies from keyboard, guitar and drums in a music school in northern Afghanistan....
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Epidemics worry Rajasthan
BARMER: Medical teams fanned out across parts of India’s desert state of Rajasthan to check the spread of disease after floods claimed 150 lives in the past week, officials said on Monday....
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‘Mother’ of Nepal’s protests dies at 88
KATHMANDU: The face of Nepal’s popular anti-monarchy protests — a diminutive, 88-year-old village woman who repeatedly braved tear gas and water cannon — has died after being hit by a motorcycle, her family said on Monday....
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Kerala aims to break Microsoft dominance
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: India’s communist-run Kerala state said on Tuesday it aimed to break US software giant Microsoft’s dominance in schools, two weeks after rattling investors by banning Coke and Pepsi sales....
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