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Arab states rush for arms purchase
LONDON, Feb 11: Perhaps feeling threatened by what the Western governments and their media have successfully established as Iran’s imminent entry into the nuclear club and also perhaps prodded by the... 
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Gulf states to move ahead with N-energy plans DUBAI, Feb 11: The six Gulf Arab states are moving ahead with plans to explore development of their first nuclear energy plants, with representatives planning to seek help from the UN''s...
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Israeli digging continues
JERUSALEM, Feb 11: Israel resumed digging near Jerusalem''s most holy site on Sunday, as 2,000 police were out on the streets braced for a third straight day of violent demonstrations....
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Israel testfires anti-missile system
JERUSALEM, Feb 11: Israel carried out a successful night-time test of its Hetz (Arrow) anti-missile missile system on Sunday in what public television described as a “message to Iran”....
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34 killed in Iraq violence
TIKRIT (Iraq), Feb 11: Insurgents launched deadly assaults on Iraqi and US forces in northern Iraq on Sunday, killing at least 34 people, while security forces pressed on with a major crackdown in Baghdad....
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Hardliners press for temple in Ayodhya
ALLAHABAD, Feb 11: Tens of thousands of Hindu hardliners converged on a northern Indian town on Sunday for a conference to renew a push for building a controversial temple at the...
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Blast in Somalia kills 4
MOGADISHU, Feb 11: At least four people were killed and two dozen wounded on Sunday when a bomb exploded in the southern Somali port of Kismayo, witnesses said....
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Yunus wants to form party
DHAKA, Feb 11: Bangladesh''s Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus on Sunday formally announced his willingness to form a new political party to take part in forthcoming elections....
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Obama challenges Hillary on Iraq
AMES (Iowa) Feb 11: US Senator Barack Obama piled pressure on 2008 White House rival Hillary Clinton over her stand on Iraq on Sunday, questioning how she would live up to her vow to end the war....
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London fashion week begins
LONDON, Feb 11: London''s Winter Fashion Week kicked off in style on Sunday, with Dublin-born designer Paul Costelloe unveiling his Parisian-themed collection, but the size-zero furore rumbled on....
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We can build a more hopeful America, claims Obama
SPRINGFIELD (Illinois): Senator Barack Obama officially announced his bid for president, urging an end to the Iraq war and portraying himself as a fresh face capable of leading a new generation....
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Hilary parries Iraq war questions
CONCORD (New Hampshire): Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton faced questions on Saturday from New Hampshire voters sceptical about her stand on the Iraq war, including one who demanded that she repudiate her 2002 Senate vote to send US troops into battle....
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Despite Makkah truce, Gazans still seeking revenge
GAZA CITY: Khamis Bakr demands revenge. The local Fatah leader’s 16-year-old nephew was killed by Hamas gunmen in one of Gaza’s recent street battles, and Bakr wants to even the score, despite last week’s Saudi-brokered truce between the two rivals....
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Nuclear plan: Iran rejects Israel’s anxiety
MUNICH (Germany): Iran’s nuclear programme is not a threat to Israel and the country is prepared to settle all outstanding issues with the International Atomic Energy Agency within three weeks, its top nuclear negotiator said on Sunday....
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Internet users become news reporters
SAN FRANCISCO: As picture-taking mobile telephones and digital movie cameras grow ubiquitous, Internet users worldwide are being recruited as citizen news reporters....
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