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Republicans block Senate vote on Iraq plans
WASHINGTON, Feb 6: Republicans blocked debate in the US Senate on Monday over a resolution criticising President George W. Bush''s plan to send more troops to Iraq, but a new showdown looms.... 
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Israeli digging angers Palestinians
JERUSALEM, Feb 6: Muslim leaders and Arab politicians on Tuesday urged Palestinians to rush to the flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound to protest against Israeli works they charge threaten the site’s foundations....
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Blast in arms fair injures 17
COLOMBO, Feb 6: At least 17 people were injured when an anti-personnel mine on display at an exhibition in Colombo exploded accidentally on Tuesday evening, the military said....
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Over 50 politicians held in Bangladesh
DHAKA, Feb 6: Joint security forces led by the Bangladesh army have arrested more than 50 politicians including nine former ministers in a countrywide drive against corruption launched over the weekend, police and state media said on Tuesday....
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Iran to prepare ‘shadow budget’ for emergencies
TEHRAN, Feb 6: Iran said on Tuesday it was drafting a parallel budget for next year, which would come into force in the event of an `extraordinary incident’ affecting its heavily oil-dependent economy....
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Talks with Iran still possible, says Merkel
KUWAIT CITY, Feb 6: German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Tuesday that the door remains open for negotiations between Iran and the international community over its contested nuclear programme....
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World talks on peace in ME likely, says Russia
MOSCOW, Feb 6: Countries are likely to hold international talks to end the bloodshed in the Middle East, the foreign minister of Russia said on Tuesday....
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India to float tender for 126 fighter jets
BANGALORE, Feb 6: India expects to float a tender by mid-2007 for 126 combat planes for its air force, a defence ministry official said on Tuesday, a contract coveted by the giants of military aerospace worldwide....
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‘Hate crimes’ common in UK: study
LONDON. Feb 6: Britain has one of the worst crime rates in Europe, according to a report published in Brussels on Tuesday....
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Biggest art sale in London
LONDON, Feb 6: On the first night of what is expected to be recorded as Europe’s biggest art sale to date, art lovers from across the world on Monday spent over £94 million in three hours at Sotheby’s....
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Sri Lankans tricked into working in Iraq
GENEVA, Feb 6: A group of Sri Lankans who paid for jobs in the Gulf were locked into a building site in Iraq for two weeks before they realised they were in the wrong country, an international agency said on Tuesday....
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US to set up Africa military command
WASHINGTON, Feb 6: The United States will set up a regional command for Africa to oversee military activities there, officials said on Tuesday in a move reflecting US fears that some nations may be harbouring suspected terror groups....
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Video of fatal US attack on British armour released
LONDON, Feb 6: A US pilot told a colleague “We’re in jail dude” seconds after a friendly fire attack killed a British soldier in Iraq, according to cockpit video leaked on Tuesday, seriously testing Anglo-US ties....
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‘Philippines, Afghanistan deadliest for journalists’
HOG KONG, Feb 6: The Philippines and Afghanistan were the most dangerous places for journalists in Asia in 2006, while Thai media suffered under a new military government and dozens of...
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Opposition in Norway wants to restrict immigration
OSLO, Feb 6: Norway’s biggest opposition party announced plans this week to tighten rules for immigrants from non-Western countries and to link access to the Scandinavian state’s generous benefits to their integration into society....
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58 states pledge to enduse of child soldiers
PARIS, Feb 6: Fifty-eight countries agreed on Tuesday to take action to protect children from being recruited as soldiers in wars, joining for the first time an effort that had been largely confined to NGOs....
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Blair rules out plans for military action on Iran
LONDON, Feb 6: British Prime Minister Tony Blair said on Tuesday there were no plans for military action against Iran, but there is growing alarm at Tehran’s defiance of the international community....
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Illegal logging threatens endangered orangutans: UN
NAIROBI, Feb 6: Illegal logging by international companies could lead to a 98 per cent loss of South East Asia''s tropical rainforests by 2022, threatening the habitat of tens of thousands of endangered orangutans, the United Nations warned on Tuesday....
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Bush’s admiration for Maliki gives way to realism
WASHINGTON: Four times last year US President George W. Bush stood with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, and four times he offered glowing appraisals....
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Serial killer says farm ‘buried me’
NEW WESTMINSTER (Canada): Accused serial killer Robert “Willie” Pickton lamented that he never moved away from the family farm where police allege he killed 26 women and butchered their remains, a Canadian court heard on Monday....
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