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Iraqi minister arrested in operation: 35 killed in violence
BAGHDAD, Feb 8: A combined Iraqi-US force swooped on the health ministry on Thursday and arrested the second most senior official, the ministry''s spokesman said.... 
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Iran claims uncovering CIA-Israeli spy network
TEHRAN, Feb 8: Iran’s intelligence minister said on Thursday the government had detected a network of US and Israeli spies, and detained a second group of people who planned to go abroad for espionage training, state television reported....
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US presses allies for help to fight Taliban
SEVILLE, Feb 8: The United States stepped up pressure on Nato allies on Thursday to send more troops to crush an expected Taliban offensive, saying the next few weeks would be pivotal in battling the insurgency....
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BD court asks govt to explain detentions
DHAKA, Feb 8: The High Court of Bangladesh on Thursday issued separate rules on the government to explain within 10 days the legality of the detention of six leaders of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and Awami League.A...
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Blair hits back over ‘police state’ charge
LONDON, Feb 8: The British prime minister and the leader of the opposition on Thursday rebutted assertions that the country had become “a police state” for Muslims....
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War of words against ‘Islamism’ may be stepped up
LONDON, Feb 8 Waging an uphill struggle for Muslim hearts and minds, some in the West are wondering if the time has come to dust off their Cold War textbooks in search of tips for winning the `war on terrorism’....
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Edith Piaf film opens Berlin festival
BERLIN, Feb 8: The 57th Berlin Film Festival opened on Thursday with the story of singer Edith Piaf''s rise from poverty before Hollywood rolls out its big guns with pictures starring or directed by George Clooney and Robert De Niro....
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Video angers Muslims in US
New York, Feb 8: A mock hostage-taking video showing five college students in ski masks, speaking in crude Middle Eastern accents and threatening a rubber duck has drawn complaints from local Muslim leaders....
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India to buy 40 Russian fighters
BANGALORE, Feb 8: India expects to spend about 1.6 billion dollars to buy 40 Russian-built Sukhoi fighter planes, the air force chief said on Thursday as part of an arms purchase spree to bolster firepower....
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Iran’s epochal battle: state versus society
WASHINGTON: As Iran crosses successive nuclear demarcations and tries to influence events in Iraq, the question of how to address the leaders in Tehran is once more preoccupying Washington....
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China’s quest for African resources forces US to rethink strategy
PRETORIA: Chinese President Hu Jintao is in Africa bearing the usual gifts of money for soccer stadiums and interest-free loans, but also acknowledging tensions over mounting trade imbalances, the practices of...
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Reducing bird flu threat will take a decade in Asia
JAKARTA: Significantly reducing the risk of deadly bird flu in Southeast Asia, the region hardest hit by the virus, could take up to a decade, the UN official heading the global fight against avian influenza said....
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‘Thank you’ has lost its essence
NEW DELHI: Among the most oft-repeated words in our daily lives is ‘thank you’. However, mechanical repetition of these words has robbed them of their essence: the heartfelt gratitude that the words seek to express....
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If you don’t invent, you don’t survive
HAVANA: The old saying that necessity is the mother of invention is put to the test daily in Cuba, both because and in spite of a 45-year-old embargo that prevents Cuba from importing US goods....
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Noah’s Ark for crops
LONDON: Deep inside the Arctic Circle work is about to begin on a giant frozen Noah’s Ark for food crops to provide a last bastion in the battle against global warming....
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