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Assad agrees not to arm Hezbollah
DAMASCUS, Sept 1: United Nations chief Kofi Annan said on Friday he had won a Syrian pledge to respect an arms embargo against Hezbollah, on the latest leg of a Middle East tour aimed at shoring up a truce in Lebanon.... 
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Olmert ally opposes low-level inquiry: Invasion of Lebanon
JERUSALEM, Sept 1: Cracks emerged on Friday in Israel’s coalition government over the Lebanon war, as Defence Minister Amir Peretz called for a full-scale inquiry, putting himself at odds with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert....
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Carter to meet Khatami
WASHINGTON, Sept 1: Former US president Jimmy Carter heads a list of prominent Americans who want to meet former Iranian president Mohammad Khatami when he arrives in Washington next week....
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Russia ‘regrets’ Iran’s stand on enrichment
MOSCOW, Sept 1: Russia voiced regret on Friday that Iran had rejected international demands to halt uranium enrichment but said there was ‘a range of options’ yet to be considered and...
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Civil war probable in Iraq: Pentagon
WASHINGTON, Sept 1: Conditions that could lead to a civil war exist in Iraq, the Pentagon said in a new report on Friday, as the ‘core conflict’ has changed into one pitting Sunnis against Shi’ites, with the anti-US resistance overshadowed....
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Pluto’s status: 300 astronomers reject IAU decision
PARIS, Sept 1: Only a week after Pluto was stripped of its status as a full-fledged planet of the Solar System, rebel astronomers have launched a campaign to have it restored in pomp and glory....
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New weekend in UAE, Bahrain
DUBAI, Sept 1: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain have switched to a Friday-Saturday weekend in a move that will bring the two Gulf states closer to the working week in the West and many other countries....
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New airport in Tibet
BEIJING, Sept 1: China opened on Friday a new airport in Tibet two months after launching a railway line from Beijing to the Tibetan capital Lhasa that has boosted the region’s tourist potential, state media said....
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The consequences of criticising Israel
LOS ANGELES: Ever wonder what it’s like to be a pariah? Publish something sharply critical of Israeli government policies and you’ll find out. If you’re lucky, you’ll merely discover that you’ve been uninvited to some dinner parties....
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The unwinnable aim of vanquishing Hezbollah
LONDON: In Lebanon, a little-honoured truce remains in effect. Let’s describe the current crisis for what it is: a US-Israeli invasion of Lebanon, with only a cynical pretence to legitimacy....
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Debate intensifies on terror vs civil liberties: Five years after 9/11 attacks
AHWATUKEE (USA): Five years. Is it enough time to begin moving on?...
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East Berlin eclipses ‘City West’
BERLIN: More than a decade and a half after the collapse of the Berlin Wall, a new east-west divide has opened up in the city which was for 40 years the front-line of the Cold War....
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Malaysian PM faces acid test
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s prime minister likes to talk about the need to tackle corruption....
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