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Colombo suffers Tigers’ third air attack
COLOMBO, April 29: Rebel Tamil Tigers on Sunday claimed carrying out their third air raid over Colombo early Sunday morning, bombing two oil and fuel storage areas and causing personnel in... 
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Court rejects plea to avoid Hasina’s arrest
DHAKA, April 29: Bangladesh''s High Court on Sunday refused to accept a petition asking police not to arrest or harass former prime minister Sheikh Hasina when she returns home next week, her lawyer said....
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UK again in grip of panic
LONDON, April 29: Britian’s security agencies have hit the panic button once again as following disclosure that Abd al-Hadi al-Iraqi, the Al Qaeda man who was allegedly involved in masterminding one...
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Guantanamo prisoners have no place to go
WASHINGTON, April 29: The US military has cleared as many as 85 Guantanamo prisoners for release but they are still at the prison camp because they have no where to go, the US media reported on Sunday....
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US firms exploring ways to attract Muslim customers
NEW YORK, April 29: Consumer companies and advertising executives in the United States are seriously exploring ways to use the cultural aspects of the Islamic religion to help big companies sell...
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Kidnapped Chinese workers freed
ADDIS ABABA: Seven Chinese workers captured in an attack last week on an oil plant by separatist rebels in eastern Ethiopia in which 77 people died have been released, their kidnappers said on Sunday....
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Iran takes a snip at wacky male hairdos
TEHRAN: Tehran''s barbers are to stop offering Iranian men unconventional Western hairstyles amid a nationwide crackdown on dressing deemed to be un-Islamic, the Etemad newspaper reported on Sunday....
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Freed hostage arrives home
PARIS: A young French woman freed by the Taliban after 24 days in captivity in Afghanistan arrived back in France early on Sunday, a source said....
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Britain, a haven for super-rich
LONDON, April 29: Britain has become a haven for the international super-rich as they keep pouring in to avoid high taxes in their own countries and for the social circles and...
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Is US-Saudi love affair over?
WASHINGTON: What has happened to the love affair between Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah and President Bush? Two years ago, down on the Texas ranch, they were photographed walking hand in hand....
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Environment spy in the sky gets a new lease of life
MONTREUX (Switzerland): Eight hundred kilometres above the earth’s surface, a huge European satellite that tracks greenhouse gas emissions, melting ice packs and rising sea levels is getting a new lease of life....
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Unrest fails to restrict Kashmiri handicrafts
SRINAGAR: Throughout the long years of fighting in the occupied Kashmir, craftsmen like Abdul Kabeer have survived by embroidering Kashmiri shawls that are prized worldwide for their rich texture and fine designs....
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Qatar vying to be a cultural hub
DOHA: Oil and gas-rich Qatar which is poor in archaeological sites is vying to create a cultural scene by building museums and acquiring precious masterpieces....
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Army is Turkey’s most respected institution
ANKARA: The Turkish army, which on Friday threatened action to protect the country’s secularist system, regularly tops opinion polls as the country’s most respected institution....
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Memory loss is reversible
PARIS: Degenerative brain diseases, including Alzheimers, could one day be treated with drugs that can reverse distressing loss of memory, according to a study released on Sunday....
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