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Brown confirmed as head of Labour Party
MANCHESTER, June 24: Gordon Brown succeeded Tony Blair as leader of Britain''s governing Labour Party on Sunday, the first step in the handover of power that will see him become prime minister in three days''time....
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Five UN troops killed in Lebanon
MARJAYOUN (Lebanon), June 24: Five UN peacekeepers were killed by a car bomb in southern Lebanon on Sunday, further rattling security as another 11 people died in fighting with Islamists in the north....
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Israel agrees to unfreeze Palestinian funds
JERUSALEM, June 24: Israel agreed on Sunday to transfer several hundred million dollars to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas''s emergency government, a measure designed to undercut Hamas Islamists controlling Gaza....
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Heavy rain submerges south India
NEW DELHI, June 24: Aid workers backed by military helicopters battled on Sunday to provide food for 200,000 people displaced by monsoon floods in southern India....
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Germany on high alert against terror attacks
NEW YORK, June 24: Germany has been at heightened alert against terrorist attacks since its military involvement in Afghanistan, says a report in the New York Times, quoting German officials....
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Iran names new UN envoy
TEHRAN, June 24: Iran on Sunday named economist Mohammad Khazai who has worked at the World Bank to replace its long-serving ambassador to the United Nations, Mohammad Javad Zarif....
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S. Arabia to launch drive against drug trafficking
RIYADH, June 24: With dozens of drug related executions within the first six months of this year in Saudi Arabia, the kingdom is embarking on a campaign to combat the spread of drugs....
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Strangers become the godfathers of orphans
BAGHDAD: The shocking pictures of neglect that emerged from a grisly state-run Baghdad orphanage last week revealed the Iraqi government’s inability to care for some of its most vulnerable citizens....
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US needs to be ‘less arrogant’
WASHINGTON: When foreign policy gurus Henry Kissinger, Zbigniew Brzezinski and Brent Scowcroft all start saying the same thing, it’s time to pay attention. That happened this month in a joint appearance...
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Little European spirit on display !
BRUSSELS: After a decade spent trying to overhaul its governance, the European Union has finally agreed on a reform meant to last a generation, but the outcome was so convoluted and bitterly fought that it may leave enduring scars....
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Another US concession to N.Korea
WASHINGTON: US envoy Chris Hill’s surprise trip to North Korea this week represented another major concession by President George W. Bush, who had earlier insisted Pyongyang first shut down its main nuclear weapons facility....
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Is it a rosato or a lemato?
PARIS: Israeli researchers say they have genetically engineered tomatoes to give hints of lemon and rose aromas....
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