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Bomb attacks kill 35 in Iraq
BAGHDAD, June 8: Two double bomb attacks killed at least 35 people in Iraq on Friday, while overnight gunmen raided the home of a police chief, massacring his wife, brother and 12 bodyguards and seizing his children.... 
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Olmert willing to quit Golan for peace: report
JERUSALEM, June 8: Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert appears increasingly open to talks with Syria as a newspaper reported on Friday that he is willing to withdraw from the Golan Heights in exchange for full peace....
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Top US military officer sacked
WASHINGTON, June 8: US Defence Secretary Robert Gates announced on Friday he was replacing General Peter Pace as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to avoid a divisive showdown in Congress focusing on the Iraq war....
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G8 warns Iran, North Korea, Sudan
HEILIGENDAMM, Germany, June 8: The Group of Eight powers on Friday threatened Iran with fresh action over its nuclear ambitions and urged North Korea to immediately dismantle its atomic bombs....
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US warns Indians over visa fraud
NEW DELHI. June 8: The US Embassy here has referred seven cases of visa fraud to Indian law enforcement for criminal investigation since June 1, an embassy statement said on Friday....
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UK launches giant nuclear submarine
BARROW-IN-FURNESS (England): Britain''s largest and most powerful attack submarine, the giant nuclear-powered HMS Astute, was given a beery royal launch on Friday....
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Female Gurkha soldiers
KATMANDU: Hundreds of Nepalese women have been training to become the first female Gurkha soldiers to serve in the British army, hoping to join their male counterparts famed for being fearsome fighters, officials said on Friday....
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Badawi to wed Jeanne today
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said on Friday he is not nervous about his wedding which is set to take place in a private ceremony at his official residence....
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Putin defuses tensions, leaves doubts: Russia’s relations with West
MOSCOW: The abrupt thaw between Russia and the US at the Group of Eight gathering in Germany on Thursday raises the question of what weeks of tensions were about in the leadup to the summit....
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Passage to US presidency
WASHINGTON: In Britain, Canada and other civilised places, national elections are often called, run and concluded within six weeks. In America, election campaigns go on forever....
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New York is hell for young Osama
NEW YORK: After years of being taunted as “bin Laden” and “terrorist” at school, Osama Al-Najjar attempted suicide last July at the age of 15....
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Guantanamo dilemma deepens for Washington
WASHINGTON: The legal limbo facing Guantanamo Bay prisoners has deepened after two surprise judicial rulings this week, sparking new calls to tear down the notorious “war on terror” detention camp....
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Missiles skid over N. Korean deal
SEOUL: North Korea’s latest missile launch drew more exasperated sighs from those trying to force it give up nuclear weapons but is, say analysts, barely a blip in the glacier-like process of disarming the hermit state....
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