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10 die as violence escalates in Mogadishu
MOGADISHU, June 4: A suicide car bomber blew himself up at an Ethiopian military base in Mogadishu on Monday, bringing the day''s death toll to at least 10.... 
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Fierce fighting spreads in Lebanon
SIDON (Lebanon), June 4: Deadly firefights in a Palestinian camp in south Lebanon opened a new front for the army on Monday as it battles to crush an Al Qaeda-inspired militia in a 16-day standoff in the north of the country....
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Israeli tanks roll into southern Gaza
GAZA CITY, June 4: Israeli tanks and troops pushed deep into the southern Gaza Strip on Monday targeting Palestinian militant infrastructure in the first such ground operation into the area in months....
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Setback for US govt in Guantanamo ruling
GUANTANAMO BAY US NAVAL BASE (Cuba), June 4: The US government suffered a potentially major setback to its offensive on Guantanamo Bay detainees in a surprise legal ruling on Monday, attorneys and activists said....
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Hundreds of millions to suffer from melting ice: UN
TROMSOE (Norway), June 4: The melting of the Earth''s ice has accelerated in recent decades, an alarming phenomenon that could affect hundreds of millions of people across the world, the United Nations warned in a report on Monday....
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Rare white lion cubs die in French zoo
JURQUES (France), June 4: Four white lion cubs, whose birth last month in a French zoo provided a welcome boost for the species whose population is teetering at about 30 worldwide, have died, the zoo said on Monday....
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Interfaith conference on Islam begins in UK
LONDON, June 4: The two-day interfaith conference on ‘Islam and Muslims in the World Today’ began here on Monday with Prime Minister Tony Blair emphatically declaring that the voices of extremism...
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BD politician charged with holding secret meeting
DHAKA, June 4: A leading Bangladeshi politician has been charged with holding a secret meeting in defiance of a ban by the country’s military-backed emergency government on political gatherings, an official said....
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Turkish women raise voice for secularism
ISTANBUL: Turkish women are on the street protesting as never before as the fight to preserve Turkey’s secular status gives them a louder political voice that could translate into parliamentary seats in this summer’s elections....
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‘Hoodies’ and ‘wags’ break into English dictionary
LONDON: Hoodies, wags, carbon footprints and muffin tops have entered the English language, according to the ninth edition of the Collins English Dictionary launched on Monday....
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Obama, Romney match Bush on militarism
WASHINGTON: You might expect the candidates in this presidential election to want to lead the nation in radically new foreign policy directions. The incumbent, after all, is widely perceived to have driven the country off a cliff....
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Amnesty for illegal immigrants: campaign picks up in UK
LONDON: If a stranger beats you up in London, or, these days, any other British city, it is likely that otherwise law-abiding witnesses will see your suffering but refuse to help the police....
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US dominance in technology under threat
PHOENIX (USA): Technology is about taking risks. Government bureaucracy is about avoiding mistakes. The mismatch between the two is creating a funding squeeze that could undermine America’s dominance of the new...
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Anaemia drug safety debate overblown, say doctors
CHICAGO: Debate about the safety of a group of anaemia drugs widely used in cancer patients should focus on a minority of patients who got the drugs for unapproved uses, doctors said on Sunday....
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