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Blast, firing claim 39 lives in Iraq
BAGHDAD, May 22: A car bomb in a busy Baghdad market killed 25 people and wounded 60 on Tuesday, while parliament adjourned without any action on constitutional reforms aimed at stopping sectarian violence.... 
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Bush wins battle over Iraq funding
WASHINGTON, May 22: US President George W. Bush won a battle over funding the Iraq war as congressional Democrats on Tuesday abandoned troop withdrawal efforts for now but pledged to fight with new legislation in July....
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Israel threatens to target Haniyeh
JERUSALEM, May 22: Israel said on Tuesday it could target Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas and that a Gaza ground offensive was possible unless world pressure was brought on the group to halt rocket fire....
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China asks US not to politicise trade disputes
WASHINGTON, May 22: The United States and China opened a new round of high-level economic talks on Tuesday with the leader of Chinese delegation bluntly saying that any effort to politicise economic differences between the two nations was not acceptable....
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British coverage of missing girl prompts debate
LONDON, May 22: Nearly three weeks after Madeleine McCann''s disappearance from a Portuguese holiday apartment, the British media is starting to question its blanket coverage of the hunt for the four-year-old....
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UAE wants timetable for US pullout
SEOUL, May 22: The United Arab Emirates wants the United States to pull out of Iraq and is boosting its ties with Asian nations as part of a “balanced” policy, its prime minister said on Tuesday....
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Malaysian PM derides West over Islam, ME
TOKYO, May 22: Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi on Tuesday accused Westerners of prejudice against the Islamic world and said Western support for Israel was the biggest reason fuelling Muslim hostility....
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Film on Daniel Pearl premieres at Cannes
CANNES, May 22: Angelina Jolie takes on one of her most challenging roles to date in a film about Mariane Pearl, wife of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl who was kidnapped and beheaded by militants in 2002....
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Lebanon DPs camp gets aid after truce
NAHR AL-BARED (Lebanon), May 22: A fragile truce allowed aid trucks to enter a battered Palestinian refugee camp in north Lebanon on Tuesday after three days of fierce battles between Lebanese army troops and Islamist militants....
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One in four young US Muslims favours suicide bombings: survey
WASHINGTON, May 22: One in four younger American Muslims believe that suicide-bombings are justified in some circumstances, says a new opinion survey which is likely to further increase Muslim phobia in America....
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CPJ urges Iraq not to hinder reporters
NEW YORK, May 22: A leading US media watchdog has urged Iraq''s government to lift restrictions on reporters'' access to the scene of bombings, saying the move appeared to be an attempt to limit press coverage of unwelcome news....
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Naked tourist shocks Berlin
BERLIN, May 22: A naked American tourist raised eyebrows when he went for a walk through a German city and told police he thought this was acceptable behaviour in Germany....
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Cybernetics to bring people face to face with great minds
LONDON: If you could meet one person in history, a painter, a physicist, a playwright, a politician, and listen to them talk at length about their life’s work, who would it...
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Murder case deepens Russia-West split
LONDON: Britain’s attempt to extradite a former Russian agent for the murder of an exile in London will be a stark test of East-West ties that appear to be reaching levels of mutual distrust rarely seen since the Cold War....
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Iraqis in besieged city living a dead life
SAMARRA: At least 10 residents have died as the result of a curfew imposed by the US-backed Iraqi government, local doctors say....
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Posthumous homage o ‘king of fashion’
NEW YORK: Despite emancipating women from the corset and revolutionising early 20th century fashion, French designer Paul Poiret has largely been forgotten by time, overshadowed by rivals such as Coco Chanel....
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Padilla trial a litmus test of US war tactics
MIAMI: There has never been a US criminal defendant quite like suspected Al Qaeda operative Jose Padilla....
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Flavonoids protect from heart diseases?
NEW YORK: Plant antioxidants called flavonoids may not offer the protection against heart disease that some research has suggested, according to a large study of US women....
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Washington floats ideas for a new approach in Iraq
WASHINGTON: President Bush and his senior military and foreign policy advisers are beginning to discuss a “post-surge” strategy for Iraq that they hope could gain bipartisan political support....
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