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Hamas accuses West of playing politics: Aid to Palestinians
GAZA CITY, June 19: The Islamists of Hamas accused the West on Tuesday of playing politics with Palestinian aid as the US and Israeli leaders pledged to support the government in... 
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Sarkozy reshuffles cabinet
PARIS, June 19: President Nicolas Sarkozy on Tuesday reshuffled his cabinet, putting a woman in charge of the French economy for the first time and naming a new number two after his party lost seats in elections....
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Iraq war raises world’s refugees to 10m: UN
GENEVA, June 19: Violence in Iraq is the main driver behind a significant rise in the global refugee population to nearly 10 million people by the end of last year, the UN refugee agency said on Tuesday....
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UN states urged to sign treaty to prevent N-terrorism
UNITED NATIONS, June 19: A senior United Nations official on Monday called on all member states to become a party to a new international treaty which aims to prevent acts of...
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Injured British troops wait hours to reach Afghan hospitals, says surgeon
LONDON, June 19: It is taking longer time to get the injured British troops in Afghanistan to a medical facility than what used to be the case in Vietnam and non-availability...
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US opposes army’s role in BD politics
DHAKA, June 19: The United States is opposed to any political role for the military in emergency-ruled Bangladesh which has a history of army coups, the outgoing US ambassador to Dhaka said on Tuesday....
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Thaksin ordered to appear before police in Bangkok
BANGKOK, June 19: Thailand''s ousted and exiled prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra was ordered on Tuesday to appear before police in Bangkok next week to face corruption charges....
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Blast kills 3 women at Tokyo spa
TOKYO, June 19: Three women were killed and six other people were injured on Tuesday after a powerful explosion gutted part of a women-only spa complex in an upscale area of Tokyo, officials said.....
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‘West Bank first’ plan unlikely to work
WASHINGTON: Having embraced one illusion – that it could help isolate and defeat Hamas – the Bush administration is dangerously close to embracing another: Gaza is dead, long live the West Bank....
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Castro has ‘his uniform hanging near him’
LOS ANGELES: “I can tell you that he has recovered his fastball of 90 miles an hour,” Hugo Chávez informed the world last week after meeting with Fidel Castro, adding that...
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Having male twin reduces woman’s fertility
WASHINGTON: Women who have a male twin are less likely to marry and have children, perhaps because of being exposed to their brother’s testosterone for nine months in the womb, researchers reported on Monday.A...
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Iraqis ‘have a dream called electricity’
BAGHDAD: Simmering in the summer heat, Iraqis now have a dream called electricity....
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Bullets and glamour in north Lebanon
TRIPOLI (Lebanon): Girls in bikinis sunbathe on the beach by Tripoli, Lebanon’s second and Sunni-dominated city, while barely 15 kilometres further north a battle rages between the army and Islamists linked to Al Qaeda....
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