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Pakistani among four kidnapped in Nigeria
LAGOS, June 2: Gunmen disguised as riot police abducted four foreign workers from the residential compound of oil services giant Schlumberger in Nigeria’s oil city Port Harcourt, authorities said on Saturday.... 
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Thousands stranded as Gujjars block roads
JAIPUR, June 2: Protesters from an ethnic Indian group demanding special government privileges blocked roads and damaged railway tracks on Saturday, stranding thousands in a fifth day of protests that has killed 23 people....
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Turk parliament votes for referendum on reforms
ANKARA, June 2: Turkey’s parliament on Saturday approved a proposal aimed at speeding up the introduction of key constitutional changes that have deepened a row between the Islamist-rooted government and its secularist critics....
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Chinese vice-PM passes away
BEIJING, June 2: China’s Vice Premier Huang Ju died in the early hours of the morning on Saturday after a long illness, the official Xinhua news agency reported....
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US softens rhetoric on China’s mly build-up
SINGAPORE, June 2: US Defence Secretary Robert Gates played down concerns about China’s military build-up on Saturday, signalling a shift in the Pentagon’s tone intended to ease tensions and draw Beijing towards more transparency....
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32 Brotherhood loyalists held in Egypt
CAIRO, June 2: Egyptian police arrested 32 supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood on Saturday as part of a crackdown against the opposition group ahead of parliamentary elections this month, security officials said.The...
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Colombo police to expel Tamil tenants
COLOMBO, June 2: In a bid to minimise terrorist threats to Colombo and its environs, the police have instructed lodges in the capital to immediately expel all Tamil tenants hailing from the north eastern districts....
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US navy attacks Al Qaeda target in Somalia
BOSSASSO (Somalia), June 2: A US warship attacked a suspected Al Qaeda target in northern Somalia on Friday, CNN reported, and residents said missiles pounded hills where foreign jihadists fled after clashing with local forces....
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World Bank offers to help BD find ‘stolen assets’
DHAKA, June 2: The World Bank said on Saturday it is ready to help Bangladesh’s military-backed government bring back stolen money allegedly siphoned off by politicians and businessmen during the previous governments....
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Ex-Russian PM to run for presidency
MOSCOW, June 2: Former Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov was nominated on Saturday by his opposition movement to run in next year’s presidential election and promised to stop the Kremlin orchestrating the vote in its favour....
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The trap of funding for Iraq surge
WASHINGTON: What are you supposed to do, according to supporters of the Iraq war, if you think that the war is a dreadful mistake? Suppose you are a member of Congress,...
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Philippines human rights record takes another hit
MANILA: The abduction of a high-profile human rights activist from a crowded Manila shopping mall has highlighted the Philippine government’s inability – or unwillingness – to end political killings and kidnappings, analysts say....
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Global warming: indifference makes catastrophe inevitable
LONDON: In my lifetime, the human race has faced two threats to its survival. Against the odds, it has so far defied the first: the danger of nuclear war....
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Iranian artists portray love, peace
DUBAI: While Iran’s leaders maintain a confrontationist attitude towards the international community, Iranian artists are playing a friendlier tune in the immediate neighbourhood....
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Bush’s climate initiative ‘sceptical’
PARIS: Climate experts have greeted George W. Bush’s call for a “new framework” to combat global warming, proffered days ahead of a G8 summit at which climate change will top the agenda, with some relief but even more scepticism....
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Brain drain alarms China
BEIJING: China suffers the worst brain drain in the world, according to a new study that found seven out of every 10 students who enrol in an overseas university never return to live in their homeland....
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