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Deadly clashes paralyse Lebanon
BEIRUT, Jan 23: Three people were killed and 133 wounded in factional fighting in Lebanon on Tuesday as opposition protestors staged a nationwide strike, blocking roads with burning tyres in the latest show of force aimed at ousting the Western-backed government....
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US says it won’t allow Iran to ‘control’ Gulf
DUBAI, Jan 23: A US State Department official ruled out talks with Iran and said on Tuesday that a second US aircraft carrier strike group now steaming toward the Middle East is Washington''s way of warning Tehran not to challenge America....
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Curfew in Nepal towns
KATHMANDU, Jan 23: Hundreds of riot police patrolled two southeastern Nepal towns on Tuesday, imposing a day curfew after violent anti-government protests by ethnic Madhesis which have clouded a peace process ending a decade of civil war....
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Israeli head of state to be indicted for rape
JERUSALEM, Jan 23: Israeli President Moshe Katsav''s political future was on the line on Tuesday after the attorney general decided to indict him for rape, the most serious charge ever levelled against an Israeli leader....
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Iraq sliding into sectarian abyss: UN
BAGHDAD, Jan 23: A UN envoy said on Tuesday Iraq was sliding “into the abyss of sectarianism” and urged Iraqi political and religious leaders to halt the violence after two car bombs in a Baghdad market killed 100 people....
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Bush ratings sink to Nixon levels
WASHINGTON, Jan 23: US President George W. Bush is more unpopular than any US president ahead of a State of the Union speech since Richard Nixon, who resigned in disgrace in 1974, according to several polls out Tuesday....
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Pranab meets Karzai
KABUL, Jan 23: India''s foreign minister met President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday to formally invite Afghanistan into a South Asian grouping after witnessing the signing of a million-dollar agreement on building government....
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Muslims find no conflict between Shariat, democracy
WASHINGTON, Jan 23: Muslims worldwide believe Islamic law is compatible with democracy and most admire values championed by the US, but doubt Washington is serious about implementing them overseas, according to a poll released on Tuesday ....
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‘Dreamgirls’, ‘Babel’ top Oscar nominations
LOS ANGELES, Jan 23: Uplifting musical “Dreamgirls” topped the Oscar nominations with eight nods here on Tuesday but suffered a dramatic snub by being omitted from the best picture and best director categories....
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Channel 4 faces another race row
LONDON, Jan 23: Channel 4 found itself at the centre of another race row on Tuesday following comments about slavery by a former boarding school pupil in its latest reality TV show “Shipwrecked”....
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13sq metre flat in London
LONDON, Jan 23: For sale: one of Britain’s smallest flats with great central London location, celebrity neighbours – and a $337,000 asking price....
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Mosul too in grip of raging violence
MOSUL (Iraq): Two Iraqis went to a wedding in Mosul last week, but died there when gunmen opened fire on the party, killing them and wounding four others....
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Lebanon parties adopt marketing as a weapon BEIRUT: The Hezbollah-led opposition campaign to bring down Lebanon’s government has shifted gear in advance of a Jan 25 aid conference in Paris. The weapon now being wielded by both sides is marketing....
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Computers spell the end of handwriting
LOS ANGELES: Jan 23 marks the National Handwriting Day, when the Writing Implement Manufacturers Assn. wants you to take a break from “the rigorous world of electronic communication” and write “a good, old-fashioned letter.”...
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‘Museum of tolerance’ turns into a bone of contention
LOS ANGELES: Last week, Israel’s High Court of Justice ordered Los Angeles’ Simon Wiesenthal Centre and the municipality of Jerusalem to explain why they should be allowed to construct a new...
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Transparency in NGOs questioned
UNITED NATIONS: The massive humanitarian effort, according to a new study, was “testimony to the skills and power of many NGOs.”...
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Romanian govt near collapse
BUCHAREST: Romania’s government is on the verge of collapse just three weeks after Bucharest joined the European Union, threatening the country’s hopes of reaping any quick benefits from joining the wealthy club....
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‘Timing is right’ for two-state solution in ME, say US officials
WASHINGTON: Despite the political weakness of both Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, the group, the Campaign for American Leadership in the Middle East (CALME), believes...
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