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Israel agrees to Turkish inspection of mosque
ANKARA, Feb 15: Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Thursday agreed to a Turkish inspection of construction work near Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque which has sparked violent Palestinian protests and angered Muslims across the world.... 
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Russia threatens to pull out from missile treaty
MOSCOW, Feb 15: Russia could withdraw from a Cold War-era treaty limiting short and medium-range missiles if the United States places a missile defence system in the Czech Republic and Poland, the head of the armed forces said on Thursday....
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Three Tigers killed in clashes
COLOMBO, Feb 15: Three Tamil Tigers were killed in the east of the country in fresh clashes with the government military on Thursday as a large haul of explosives was discovered in the north and the east, sources said....
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N. Korea ready to implement agreement
TOKYO, Feb 15: North Korea is ready to implement this week''s deal, under which it would shut key nuclear facilities within 60 days, Pyongyang''s top negotiator was quoted as saying on Thursday.“The...
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Danish judges overturn verdicts: Terror suspects
COPENHAGEN, Feb 15: Danish judges on Thursday overturned their own jury’s guilty verdicts against three of four Muslim men charged with involvement in planning terrorist acts in Europe....
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Mahdi Army leaders ordered out of Iraq
BAGHDAD, Feb 15: Top members of Iraq''s biggest Shia militia, the Mahdi Army, have been ordered by their own leadership to leave Iraq, President Jalal Talabani said on Thursday, according to his office....
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Israel extends ban on Muslim leader
JERUSALEM, Feb 15: A Jerusalem court on Thursday extended a ban, prohibiting the head of Israel’s Islamic Movement from approaching Jerusalem’s Old City for two months, amid Muslim protests near the holy sites....
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Rare royal letter to be auctioned
LONDON, Feb 15: In a rare auction, a letter written by Queen Elizabeth II when she was a schoolgirl will go under the hammer next month, recounting her youthful joy while horse riding....
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India bars 25 foreign pilots for poor English
NEW DELHI, Feb 15: About 25 pilots were barred from flying in India last year because of their poor English, the aviation agency said on Thursday, urging airlines to improve safety in increasingly crowded skies....
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India seizes Tamil rebel boat
CHENNAI, Feb 15: India''s coast guard said it had foiled a major attack when it seized a boat belonging to Sri Lanka''s Tamil Tiger rebels packed with weapons, bomb-making chemicals and a “suicide belt.”Officials...
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Madrid bombing ‘mastermind’ pleads not guilty
MADRID, Feb 15,: The trial of 29 suspects over the 2004 Madrid train bomb attacks completed its first day on Thursday with one of the alleged masterminds denying any involvement and condemning the bombings....
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Consensus on Iran eludes West
VIENNA: Saddam’s Iraq was invaded and North Korea cajoled into a deal. But how to get Iran – the third member of President George W. Bush’s “Axis of Evil” – to abandon its suspected nuclear arms programmes befuddling the international community....
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Turkmenistan, Turkey coming closer
ASHKABAD: With a crescent moon still hanging low in the pre-dawn sky, a dozen black Mercedes sedans lined up in front of the Presidential Hotel in this hard-to-reach Central Asian capital....
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Hackers target the weakest link
LONDON: One of the UK’s leading banks has been forced to admit that organised hacking gangs have been targeting its executives. For the past year, Royal Bank of Scotland has been...
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Iraq war puts US Muslims’ unity to test
PHOENIX (United States): Leaders of the US Islamic community are fearful that sectarian slaughter tearing Shia and Sunni communities apart in Iraq is testing unity among Muslim immigrants in the United States....
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Religious faith helps stroke victims: study
DALLAS: People of faith have long contended that the power of prayer can help heal the sick. Now a study conducted in Rome suggests that religious faith may help people recover from a stroke....
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