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BD landslide toll tops 100
CHITTAGONG, June 12: The toll from landslides triggered by heavy monsoon rains in Bangladesh hit 100 on Tuesday as hundreds of rescuers tried to clear tonnes of mud with little hope of finding survivors.... 
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Gaza on the verge of civil war
GAZA CITY, June 12: Hamas fighters besieged two Fatah security headquarters with guns and rocket launchers on Tuesday as deadly clashes threatened to topple the government and drive Gaza closer to civil war....
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US ‘friendly fire’ kills seven Afghan policemen
JALALABAD, June 12: US-led soldiers and warplanes killed seven Afghan policemen in a midnight battle that erupted when both sides mistook each other for militants, officials said on Tuesday....
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US puts ME allies on human trafficking list
WASHINGTON, June 12: US Middle East allies Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman and Qatar, as well as Malaysia were added on Tuesday to a Washington blacklist of countries trafficking in people, the State Department said....
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Prince Bandar clarifies slush fund allegation
RIYADH, June 12: The chief of Saudi National Security Council and former Saudi ambassador to the US, Prince Bandar bin Sultan, currently at the centre of allegations in the British media...
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Solzhenitsyn gets top Kremlin award
MOSCOW, June 12: Russian President Vladimir Putin awarded a top state honour to ex-dissident Alexander Solzhenitsyn on Tuesday, lauding his devotion to the “fatherland” at a lavish ceremony in the Kremlin....
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Disney in Bollywood tie-up
MUMBAI, June 12: US entertainment giant Walt Disney on Tuesday signed a deal in Mumbai with Yash Raj Films to make animated movies using the voices of Bollywood stars....
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Lebanese troops blow up house of militants’ chief
NAHR AL-BARED (Lebanon), June 12: Lebanese commandos have blown up the home of the Islamist militia chief in a besieged refugee camp where fighting flared again on Tuesday in the fourth week of a deadly standoff....
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15,000 illegal residents held in Jeddah
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia''s immigration authorities have rounded up about 15,000 illegal residents in Jeddah, camping beneath the city bridges waiting for deportation, it was reported on Tuesday....
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Clarification
Apropos a report, “Cleaning up Siachen glacier — a gigantic task”, published in Dawn’s June 7 issue, Inter Press Service has clarified that Professor Khalid Rashid, currently teaching mathematical modelling and...
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The GOP’s fading populism
WASHINGTON: These are tough times to be a Republican. An unpopular president, an unpopular war and a trio of ideologically impure 2008 front-runners have left the party in a funk....
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Test of Brown’s courage will be on display
LONDON: I once met the English philosopher Bernard Williams, whose work I admired. We got on to Aristotle — as one does — and I expressed my interest in the concept of the ‘Aristotelian Middle’ or ‘Golden Mean’.‘How...
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Beirutis have lost faith in government security
BEIRUT: The people of Beirut have turned to private security contractors using sniffer dogs, surveillance cameras and explosives detectors as government forces fail to prevent repeated bomb attacks....
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Zimbabweans go to the net to help loved ones at home
LONDON: Inflation in Zimbabwe is soaring, and its citizens abroad are pitching in to help relatives at home – giving part of their earnings in South Africa, for example, to Zimbabwean...
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