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Russia threatens tough response: US missile shield
MOSCOW, Feb 19: A Russian general threatened on Monday a tough response if the United States goes ahead with a plan to site a missile defence system in Poland and the Czech Republic.... 
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ME talks end with few signs of progress
JERUSALEM, Feb 19: Talks between US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and the Israeli and Palestinian leaders, initially billed as a new US push to restart peace efforts, ended on Monday with little progress other than a commitment to meet again....
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Train bombing condemned
WASHINGTON, Feb 19: The United States on Monday denounced the bombing of a passenger train from India to Pakistan that killed at least 67 people, calling it an effort to “undermine” peace between the two rivals....
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Missile tests launch Iran war games
TEHRAN, Feb 19: Iran’s ideological army, the elite Revolutionary Guards, launched three days of war games on Monday with a succession of missile tests aimed at improving defensive capabilities....
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Sanctions alone won’t resolve Iran standoff: IAEA
LONDON, Feb 19: Western powers need to reassure Iran over its security rather than just ratchet up sanctions if they want to resolve a nuclear standoff, International Atomic Energy Agency head Mohamed ElBaradei said on Monday....
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‘Coordinated’ attack on US base kills two soldiers
BAGHDAD, Feb 19: Militants staged a bold daylight assault against a US combat post on Monday _ first striking with a suicide car bombing and then firing on soldiers pinned down in a former Iraqi police station....
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Italy won’t seek 26 Americans’ extradition
ROME, Feb 19: The Italian government has signalled it will not press Washington for the extradition of 26 Americans indicted in the alleged CIA kidnapping of an Egyptian cleric in Milan, according to remarks published on Monday....
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Chocolate helps brain, heart health: study
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 19: As if people needed another excuse to like chocolate, new studies suggest a specially formulated type of cocoa may boost brain function and delay decline as people age, researchers said on Sunday....
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Concerns about digging justified: Rice
JERUSALEM, Feb 19: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Muslim concerns about Israeli renovations near a revered Jerusalem mosque are justified, in an interview with a Palestinian newspaper published on Monday....
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Rumour sparks exodus from Lankan town
COLOMBO, Feb 19: An exodus from the northern district of Vavuniya has begun following a rumour that Tigers will launch a major offensive after Feb 22, the date when the Norway-facilitated...
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Software developed to deal with post-traumatic stress
SAN FRANCISCO: A “virtual Iraq” simulation that allows soldiers to re-live and confront psychological trauma has produced promising results for the initial handful of patients treated using the system....
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Once Bush has got hold of a bad idea, he just can’t let it go
LONDON: On Dec 20, 1954, a woman known as Marion Keech gathered her followers in her garden in Lake City, Illinois, and waited for midnight, when flying saucers were supposed to...
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Clan law rules in anarchic Palestinian town
HEBRON: When a car was set on fire in a row between two Palestinian families in Hebron earlier this month, it was not the police who stepped in to restore calm, but a 75-year-old tribal elder....
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Insecurity causes food shortage in Iraq
BAGHDAD: The lack of security in Iraq is leading now to a collapse in food supplies....
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Yunus’s decision sparks debate
DHAKA: The launch of a political party by Bangladesh’s Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus has taken most politicians by surprise but is being welcomed by ordinary citizens desperate for change....
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Largest poll to pick ‘new’ seven wonders
ZURICH: What are the greatest architectural achievements in history? Rome’s Colosseum? The Great Wall of China? The Pyramids of Giza?...
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