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North Korea to shut reactor in 3 weeks: US
TOKYO, June 23: The top US negotiator predicted on Saturday that North Korea will shut its nuclear reactor within three weeks and that foreign ministers will meet in July to discuss the next steps in disarming Pyongyang.... 
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Kuwait’s threat to stop India flights
KUWAIT CITY, June 23: Kuwait has threatened to stop all its flights to India from July 1 in an apparent protest against New Delhi’s alleged backtracking of its commitments in the bilateral aviation agreement between both countries....
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Afghan commander lands in Guantanamo
WASHINGTON, June 23: A captured Afghan insurgent commander has been transferred to the US military detention centre at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, just as a storm of speculation erupted over the facility’s potential closure....
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EU leaders clinch reform treaty
BRUSSELS, June 23: European Union leaders clinched agreement on Saturday on a mandate to overhaul the 27-nation bloc after persuading Poland to end a stand-off that nearly torpedoed a marathon summit....
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Chirac refuses to testify over financial scandal
PARIS, June 23: Former French president Jacques Chirac has refused to testify over a political dirty tricks scandal, but could face questioning over a party financing affair before he took office....
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UK’s legal adviser quits
LONDON, June 23: Lord Peter Goldsmith, the British government’s senior legal adviser whose time in office was marked by several controversies, said on Friday he would step down next week, alongside Prime Minister Tony Blair....
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Verdict against ‘Chemical Ali’ due today
BAGHDAD, June 23: The Iraqi High Tribunal is set to give its verdict on Sunday on six former aides of Saddam Hussein accused of slaughtering 182,000 Kurdish villagers during a 1988 military campaign in northern Iraq....
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Brown apologises over Iraq ‘errors’
LONDON, June 23: Britain’s next prime minister Gordon Brown apologised for mistakes in intelligence made in the run-up to the Iraq war in a BBC television interview on Friday....
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Chechen music evokes defiance
LONDON: Chechens don’t have much to celebrate these days, but when they do they sing and dance, like everyone else the world over. But song and dance takes a greater place...
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Lion King roars in South Africa
JOHANNESBURG: “The Lion King,” the award-winning Disney musical set in the African bush, is marking its 10th anniversary with a first-ever run on the continent that inspired its storyline....
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Blair’s European dreams hit reality check
BRUSSELS: There was no big public show of affection and no sign of any presents for British Prime Minister Tony Blair at his final European Union summit....
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Iran TV aims to break West’s ‘stranglehold’
TEHRAN: An increasingly crowded market for 24-hour news is facing a new rival — a channel from Iran whose self-proclaimed aim is to break the “stranglehold” of the West over the world’s media....
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