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35 hurt in clashes near Al Aqsa Mosque: Israeli digging
JERUSALEM, Feb 9: Israeli riot police armed with stun grenades stormed Jerusalem''s Al-Aqsa mosque compound and clashed with Palestinian stone throwers at the most contested religious sites in the Holy Land on Friday.... 
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Qaeda plots attacks in France: report
DUBAI, Feb 9: French intelligence has produced a dossier saying that Al Qaeda plans an attack on France during the forthcoming presidential elections, the Arabic-language al-Hayat daily reported on Friday....
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Russia to counter US missile shield
SEVILLE (Spain), Feb 9: Russian Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov protested on Friday against US plans to set up a missile shield in Poland and the Czech Republic and vowed that Moscow would take steps to counter it....
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US within Iran’s firing range, says top cleric
TEHRAN, Feb 9: A top Iranian cleric said on Friday the United States was within Iran''s “firing range”, a day after supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei vowed to hit back at US interests worldwide if attacked....
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Military won’t seize power: BD army chief
DHAKA, Feb 9: Bangladesh''s military has no intention of grabbing power despite a history of coups, the country''s army chief was reported as saying....
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N-terror risk is serious: analysts
LONDON, Feb 9: Western governments must take seriously the possibility of terrorists exploding a nuclear bomb as the necessary materials and know-how become easier to acquire, security analysts argue in two new reports....
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Muslim girl sues school disallowing veil
LONDON, Feb 9: Another case of burqa has hit the media headlines in Britain as a 12-year-old Muslim girl has taken the legal route to return to her old school which...
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Thai woman tells of 25-year detour
DUSONGYO (Thailand), Feb 9: A Thai mother who was lost for 25 years after catching the wrong bus home has spoken of her ordeal after being reunited with her family thanks to simple song....
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Lockheed offers India extra hardware
BANGALORE, Feb 9: Lockheed Martin, the US maker of defence equipment, sweetened its pitch for the F-16 by offering to sell India a range of additional military hardware on Friday....
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Kurd fighters may add muscle to Baghdad offensive
BAGHDAD: When US and Iraqi forces step up an offensive against militants in Baghdad, 4,000 Kurdish soldiers will be there on the frontlines, taking part in their first major operation under Iraq''s new army....
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Makkah deal success hinges on West, Israel
RAMALLAH: The success of the Palestinian unity agreement hinges on whether Israel and the West will lift a debilitating political and economic boycott that isolated the current Hamas government....
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Slum tours trigger controversy in Kenya
NAIROBI: It’s the de rigeur stop off for caring foreign dignitaries. It reached a worldwide audience as a backdrop to the British blockbuster “The Constant Gardener”....
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Sri Lanka’s president seems as mindless as any bomber
COLOMBO: The roadblock was unexpected. Driving to Colombo along Sri Lanka''s south-west coast, we were forced on to a side-street by police in Hikkaduwa, one of the island''s main tourist centres....
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US moves in on Africa
LONDON: This week''s US decision to create a new Pentagon command covering Africa, known as Africom, has a certain unlovely military logic. Like Roman emperors of old, Washington''s Caesars arbitrarily divide...
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Women rewarded for bearing children
RNGI (India): A move by a tribal council in an Indian state to reward tribeswomen who bear more than a dozen children with cash has infuriated feminists and health officials....
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