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Tense calm returns to Lebanon
NAHR AL-BARED (Lebanon), June 22: An uneasy calm settled over a Palestinian refugee camp in north Lebanon on Friday after the Lebanese army claimed victory in 33 days of fighting against Al Qaeda-inspired militants.... 
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Space shuttle lands back on Earth
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE (California), June 22: The space shuttle Atlantis landed safely back at Edwards Air Force Base in California on Friday, ending a two week mission prolonged by bad weather on Earth....
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11 killed in Kenya violence
BANANA (Kenya): Three Kenyans were hacked to death and police killed at least nine others in areas around the capital Nairobi where the feared Mungiki criminal gang is strong, authorities said on Friday....
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Israel air force training for distance missions
JERUSALEM: Israel’s air force is training for long distance missions, after agreeing a timetable with the United States for sanctions against Iran''s nuclear programme to work, a report said on Friday....
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Abbas sacks security pointman
RAMALLAH, June 22: Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas on Friday sacked his security pointman a week after his security forces suffered a humilating defeat to Hamas in the Gaza Strip....
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US seeks shutdown of UN WMD work: Inspection programme in Iraq
UNITED NATIONS, June 22: The United States and Britain have circulated a draft resolution in the Security Council that would immediately terminate the work of UN inspectors tasked with monitoring and dismantling Iraq''s weapons of mass destruction....
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Heatwave claims 30 lives in S.E. Europe
ATHENS, June 22: Southeastern Europe baked in record hot temperatures on Friday with nearly 30 deaths blamed on the heat in recent days across the region....
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Young communists prompt fears for Nepal peace
KATHMANDU, June 22: Sitaram Prasai, a rich Nepali businessman wanted by police for massive bank fraud, used to think he was above the law. He would hobnob with Kathmandu''s political elite...
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Four-legged friends connect online at Dogster
SAN FRANCISCO: Teenagers have online cliques at MySpace; students star in Facebook; LinkedIn is an Internet networking stage for professionals; and dogs and their human counterparts run with the pack at Dogster....
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Last chance for Abbas to resolve crisis
WASHINGTON: Gaza is now run not by a conventional political party but by a movement that is revolutionary, Islamist and terrorist. Worse, Hamas is a client of Iran....
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‘The left’ moves front and centre
WASHINGTON: Why can’t the left get any respect? Whenever you use the word ‘left’ in American politics, you feel almost compelled to add quotation marks. Today’s left is not talking about nationalising industry, abolishing capitalism or destroying the rich....
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Afghanistan beginning to mirror Iraq
LONDON: Senior military officers, defence officials and even ministers are making no secret of their view that British forces in Iraq are on a hiding to nothing, that their very presence is counterproductive....
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Chirac’s immunity is over
PARIS: For the last six years, June 16, 2007 was the most awaited day by many in France. It was the day that ended immunity for former president Jacques Chirac from...
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Guantanamo meeting cancelled under pressure
WASHINGTON: The White House on Friday cancelled a planned meeting on the Guantanamo Bay military prison after media reports that it was close to a decision to shut the Cuba detention centre....
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Briton sentenced to 51 months for Internet piracy
WASHINGTON: A British national who headed the “DrinkOrDie” underground Internet piracy group was sentenced to 51 months in prison on copyright infringement charges, US officials said on Friday....
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