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Palestinian leaders declare ceasefire: Violence claims 25 lives
GAZA CITY, Feb 2: Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas and exiled Hamas political supremo Khaled Meshaal on Friday declared a ceasefire between their feuding factions in the Gaza Strip after internecine violence killed 25 people in just 24 hours....
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Bush seeks $99.7bn for Afghan, Iraq wars
WASHINGTON, Feb 2: President George W. Bush will ask Congress for $99.7 billion for the Iraq and Afghanistan wars for rest of fiscal year 2007 and even more than that for fiscal year 2008, a Bush administration official said on Thursday....
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UN envoy seeks multi-ethnic, self-governing Kosovo
VIENNA, Feb 2: Kosovo will be a self-governing, multi-ethnic democracy with full respect for the rule of law and human rights, under UN envoy Martii Ahtisaari’s proposals published officially on Friday.The...
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Iraq has hallmarks of civil war: US intelligence
WASHINGTON, Feb 2: The US intelligence community warned on Friday the Iraq conflict had the hallmarks of a civil war that could get worse, with tough prospects for stabilising the country in the next 18 months....
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Blair not to quit over probe
LONDON, Feb 2: British Prime Minister Tony Blair refused on Friday to resign over a “cash-for-honours” police probe despite growing pressure and fears within his Labour Party about its political fallout....
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Channel 4 shelves series
LONDON, Feb 2: British broadcaster Channel 4 said on Friday it would shelve a series of sex programmes after facing a storm of criticism over the “Celebrity Big Brother” race row....
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Expert on Kashmir sceptic about India’s demilitarisation
LONDON, Feb 2: So long as the threat (of militancy) remains there, one should not expect India to demilitarise the occupied Kashmir, maintained the author of a new book Demystifying Kashmir...
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Osama’s relative buried
RIYADH, Feb 2: Saudi businessman Jamal Khalifa, a brother-in-law of Osama bin Laden, who was shot dead in Madagascar on Wednesday, was buried in Madina on Thursday evening....
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French schools warned over evolution book
PARIS, Feb 2: France''s education ministry has warned schools around the country against `Islamic creationism theories’ after several thousand copies of an anti-Darwinist book from Turkey were mailed to them, an official said on Friday....
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14 killed as tornado rips thru Florida
MIAMI: Deadly thunderstorms thought to be carrying a tornado ripped through central Florida on Friday, killing 14 people, levelling scores of homes and leaving thousands stranded without power....
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Supertankers laden with water!
LONDON: Fleets of supertankers could one day ply the world’s oceans laden not with oil but fresh water. Sounds far-fetched?...
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US can’t find friends to take on Iran
LONDON: The shadowy outlines of a new US strategy towards Iran are exercising diplomats and experts around the Middle East and in the west. The US says Iranian personnel are training...
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The ‘curse of the Oscar’
LOS ANGELES: It’s awards season in Hollywood, with all red carpets leading to the Oscars. But winning that prestigious award can sometimes lead to nothing more than bad roles and even oblivion....
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A failed cover-up of Iraq WMD report
WASHINGTON: Why was the White House so nervous in the summer of 2003 about the CIA’s reporting on alleged Iraqi attempts to buy uranium from Niger to build a nuclear bomb?...
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Royal magic wearing off for French
PARIS: France’s love affair with Segolene Royal has cooled markedly since the start of 2007 and she needs to act fast if she wants to woo back voters who are now dating her arch rival Nicolas Sarkozy....
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Slavery lessons planned for UK schools
LONDON: Britain’s 300-year role in the world’s slave trade will be taught to all children for the first time as part of planned reforms to be outlined on Monday....
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Egypt bloggers expose torture case
CAIRO: Egypt’s politically active blogger community has brought to light another torture case against the regime’s security services amid a rising tide of outrage over police brutality....
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Now people would smoke away pain
BOSTON: All self-respecting painkillers these days offer “fast-acting relief,” a promise we accept to mean anywhere from 15 minutes to more than an hour....
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