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N. Korean talks end in deadlock
BEIJING, Dec 22: Six-nation talks aimed at persuading North Korea to give up its nuclear arms programme closed on Friday in deadlock, with the United States and the North blaming each other for the impasse.... 
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Bush signs law to block Hamas aid
WASHINGTON, Dec 22: US President George W. Bush signed a law on Thursday banning US aid to Hamas, aiming to isolate the group which controls the Palestinian government but refuses to recognise Israel....
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Blast kills five policemen: Afghan MP survives attack
KABUL, Dec 22: An anti-Taliban legislator survived a suicide car bomb attack in Afghanistan''s capital on Friday while five policemen died in a roadside bomb blast in the south of the country, officials said....
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Iran involved in Afghan insurgency: Telegraph
LONDON, Dec 22: Presumably the fear of shadows persisting here since 7/7 has landed one more British citizen, a soldier this time, with perceived divided loyalties into soup and with that...
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US in Gulf for a long time: Gates
BAGHDAD, Dec 22: A build-up in the US naval presence in the Gulf is intended to send the message that “the United States is an enduring presence in this part of the world,” US Defence Secretary Robert Gates said on Friday....
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UNSC delays vote on Iran resolution
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 22: The UN Security Council on Friday decided to delay vote on a proposed draft resolution to impose technical sanctions on Iran for its refusal to halt its nuclear enrichment programme, on Russian request, diplomats here said....
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Why surgeons are more handsome
PARIS, Dec 22: Ever wondered why, in hospital dramas, surgeons are usually tall, handsome and confident whereas ward doctors look smaller, rundown and put-upon? An offbeat research paper that appears in...
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Flu pandemic can kill millions in subcontinent: study
WASHINGTON, Dec 22: The subcontinent would be among the worst affected if a flu pandemic was to breakout in the world today, says a US study....
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Olmert met Lebanese PM: report
RIYADH, Dec 22: Indicating new, emerging alignments in the region, unimaginable even six months earlier, it has been reported that Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert met the beleaguered Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Sinoria in Sharm-el-Sheikh in Egypt....
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Accused tells court he bribed ex-UN official
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 22: A friend of a former United Nations procurement official on Thursday pleaded guilty in a US court to then charges of bribery in return for securing lucrative UN contracts....
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Their Christmas in the line of fire
WASHINGTON: Thanks to a military blogger who calls himself “Blackfive” (“The Paratrooper of Love”), we have a snapshot of what Christmas looks like this year at Camp Taji, 20 miles north of Baghdad....
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Who will succeed Niyazov?
MOSCOW: Although the official statement on Thursday on Turkmenistan’s president spoke of his “divine foresight,” not even this dictator could foresee his own death or what will happen to his country afterward....
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Germany faces bumpy road as EU president
BERLIN: The German government has been working overtime to play down expectations for its looming EU presidency and it is not difficult to understand why....
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Scientists claim finding clues to the end of solar system
CHICAGO: British astrophysicists said on Thursday that they have found evidence of planetary material in the orbit of a white dwarf for the first time, a discovery that may provide clues...
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Misery of Timor refugees deepens
DILI: Baby Xestalino Soares lies fast asleep on a mat, sharing a cloth blanket with one of his older brothers, while his mother tries to cook as rain lashes the tarpaulin...
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Bush needs a trick to get out of Iraq mire
LOS ANGELES: His favourability ratings in the US are lower than they’ve ever been, and our closest allies, the British, think he poses a greater danger to world peace than either...
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