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Lebanese troops attack militiamen: Nine civilians killed
NAHR AL-BARED (Lebanon), May 21: Lebanese troops bombarded Islamist militiamen with tank shells and heavy artillery on Monday, the second day of the bloodiest internal fighting since the civil war that... 
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70,000 Afghans expelled from Iran
KABUL, May 21: More than 70,000 Afghans who were in Iran illegally have been returned in the past month, the United Nations said on Monday, as talks were under way between the neighbours over the controversial deportations....
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Israel threatens to hit Hamas leaders
GAZA CITY, May 21: Israel threatened on Monday to hit Hamas political leaders unless rocket fire stops from the Gaza Strip, as four Palestinian militants were killed in a new air raid on the lawless territory....
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Afghan parliament expels woman MP
KABUL, May 21: Afghanistan''s parliament on Monday kicked out one of the country''s most high-profile woman MPs after she was shown on television saying her fellow legislators were “worse than donkeys and cows.”...
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Afghan violence worries Bush, Nato
WASHINGTON, May 21: US President George W. Bush and senior members of his cabinet met Nato Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer on Monday for talks that focused on surging violence in Afghanistan....
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Bush govt worse than Nixon’s: Carter
WASHINGTON, May 21: Former US President Jimmy Carter said on Monday that he did not want to call the Bush administration the “worst in history” but he did believe that it was worse than that of President Richard Nixon....
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Diabetes drug raises heart-death risk: study
CHICAGO, May 21: Avandia, GlaxoSmithKline''s widely used drug for treating type 2 diabetes, raises the risk of heart death by 64 per cent and the risk of heart attack by 43 per cent, US researchers said on Monday....
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Japanese emperor arrives in Stockholm
STOCKHOLM, May 21: Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko arrived in Sweden on Monday, kicking off a 10-day tour of Europe that will take in the three Baltic nations and Britain, where they have faced protests in the past....
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Top US export is the deadliest
LOS ANGELES: They don’t call us the sole superpower for nothing. Paul Wolfowitz might be looking for a new job right now, but the term he used to describe the pervasiveness...
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Danish election campaign heats up amid headscarf controversy
COPENHAGEN: With a headscarf elegantly draped over her hair, Asmaa Abdol-Hamid, a Palestinian-born Dane, has sparked a heated debate in Denmark by declaring that she would wear her veil in parliament if elected in 2009....
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Time running out for Iraq reforms
BAGHDAD: After a year in power, Iraq’s prime minister stands accused of failing to seize chances to make painful changes required to stabilise the country. Nuri al-Maliki took power with the...
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Asian film directors reach out beyond borders
CANNES: If the film fare at Cannes is anything to go by, Asian directors are reaching out beyond cultural borders, roping in Hollywood stars for universal tales set in fresh, inspiring locations....
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Climate change to affect food trade
HONG KONG: One of the world’s top chefs has warned that environmental degradation and an explosion in fine dining restaurants worldwide is set to have a drastic impact on the food trade....
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Vote on seven modern wonders
GENEVA: More than 45 million people have voted so far in an Internet campaign to choose the seven “new” wonders of the world out of 21 shortlisted historical buildings or monuments, the organisers said on Monday....
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Call to free Suu Kyi
GENEVA: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour on Monday added her voice to the campaign to release Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who has been under house arrest for the past four years....
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UAE to recruit BD workers
DHAKA: The United Arab Emirates will recruit more workers from Bangladesh, the UAE labour minister said on Monday....
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