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| December 09, 2006 | Saturday | Ziqa'ad 17, 1427 |
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20 Iraqis killed in US air raid
BAGHDAD, Dec 8: Iraqi officials said five children were killed in a US air strike on Friday which the U.S. military said killed 20 suspected Al Qaeda militants.... 
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‘US, India both to gain from N-bill’
NEW DELHI, Dec 8: India on Friday welcomed the prospects of resumed civilan nuclear energy cooperation with the United States but indicated it would not accept any clause that ties its foreign policy to Washington''s hostile stance towards Iran....
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Heavy fighting erupts in Somalia
MOGADISHU, Dec 8: Fierce fighting erupted on Friday between forces loyal to Somalia''s Ethiopian-backed government and powerful Islamists south of the government''s seat of Baidoa, the two sides said....
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Hezbollah accused of plotting coup
BEIRUT, Dec 8: Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora on Friday accused Hassan Nasrallah, leader of Hezbollah, of plotting a coup d’etat against the Western-backed government....
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Fiji suspended from Commonwealth
LONDON, Dec 8: The Commonwealth on Friday suspended Fiji with immediate effect after a military coup there earlier this week that it condemned as showing “total disregard” for the island''s elected government....
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Ex-UN envoy Kirkpatrick dies
WASHINGTON, Dec 8: Jeane Kirkpatrick, a former US ambassador to the United Nations, has died at the age of 80, the think-tank where she was a senior fellow announced on Friday....
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Bangladesh opposition threatens new protests
DHAKA, Dec 8: Bangladesh’s main opposition threatened on Friday to stage more protests if reforms promised by the country’s interim government were not implemented within 24 hours....
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Devolution of power in Sri Lanka urged
COLOMBO, Dec 8: A panel of constitutional experts, appointed by President Mahinda Rajapakse to look into the formulation of a political solution to end the Tamil ethnic conflict, has recommended maximum...
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Edison bulbs on auction
LONDON, Dec 8: A box containing 23 lightbulbs used at the 1890 court case where Thomas Edison defended his patent for the invention is to be auctioned later this month and is expected to fetch up to 300,000 pounds ($600,000)....
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Regional arms race alarms Beijing
BEIJING: China''s concerns about the onset of a nuclear arms race in East Asia are beginning to override Beijing''s long-term worry of seeing a collapsed state on its border, according to analysts and diplomats here....
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Iraq report’s message to Bush: you can’t go it alone
WASHINGTON: The bipartisan report urging a crash “diplomatic offensive” to stave off chaos in Iraq and seek solutions to the Arab-Israeli conflict is a more nuanced version of a common rebuke to President George W....
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Offer to European Union may backfire on Turkey
ANKARA: Turkey may have averted a collapse in talks to join the European Union with a last-minute offer to give EU-member Cyprus access to one of its ports, analysts said on Friday, but the move brings domestic risk ahead of elections....
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The Queen''s English losing royal touch
LONDON: Queen Elizabeth II''s famous cut-glass accent, the Queen''s English, is now sounding less upper-class, a scientific analysis of her famous Christmas broadcasts has found....
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Enemies preaching peace to each other
JERUSALEM: Traitors to their enemies, heroes to their fans, Israeli soldiers and Palestinian fighters who once fought across the barricades have become the latest groups to promote peace in the Middle East....
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Ice cubes, cigarettes: suspects in spy case
LONDON: A rash of fresh cases of radiation contamination linked to the murder of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko has triggered speculation as to how he and others were exposed to the deadly substance, polonium-210....
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ISG study worries Lebanon’s anti-Syrian lobby
BEIRUT: The call by an elite US panel for Washington to talk to Damascus has left Beirut''s anti-Syrian leaders wondering if their US ally will permit Syria to reassert itself in Lebanon in exchange for help over Iraq.The...
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