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US Senate blocks immigration bill
WASHINGTON, June 28: The Senate drove a stake on Thursday through President George W. Bush’s plan to legalize millions of unlawful immigrants, likely postponing major action on immigration until after the 2008 elections.... 
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Brown unveils new govt
LONDON, June 28: UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown appointed a trusted ally as finance minister on Thursday and promoted a rising star to the key post of foreign minister in a wide-ranging government shake-up....
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34 killed in Baghdad; 3 UK troops die in Basra
BAGHDAD, June 28: A car bomb killed 25 people on Thursday at a busy intersection in Baghdad where minibuses pick up and drop off passengers, while 20 beheaded bodies were found...
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Arabs sceptical about Blair’s chances
CAIRO: Arabs said on Thursday they doubted former British Prime Minister Tony Blair could succeed as Middle East peace envoy because of his unpopularity and because he is too close to Israel and the United States....
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EU bans all Indonesian airlines
BRUSSELS, June 28: All Indonesian airlines and several from Russia, Ukraine and Angola will be barred from flying to the European Union due to safety concerns, the European Commission said on Thursday....
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US-India nuclear deal by end of this year: Rice WASHINGTON, June 28: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says she is certain that the US and India will finalise a historic deal to share nuclear technology by the end of this year....
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Japan’s former PM Miyazawa dies
TOKYO, June 28: Former Japanese prime minister Kiichi Miyazawa died on Thursday at the age of 87, the government said. “The cause of death was old age,” Jiji Press reported....
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Nepal suspends child adoptions
KATHMANDU, June 28: The Nepalese government has suspended inter-country adoptions to draft new laws to clamp down on abuses, officials said on Thursday. In poverty-stricken Nepal where annual per capita income...
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US image is declining steadily: survey
WASHINGTON: Consistent with its performance since at least 2002, the global image of the United States sank further over the past year, particularly among predominantly Muslim countries in the Middle East...
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Social websites recreating bonded communities of old
LONDON: If you were to stop someone you know and ask them to give you a list of all their friends — together with their friends’ friends, complete with their special...
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Mission to test Einstein’s ideas
LONDON: When it comes to mysteries, they don’t get much bigger than this: how did the universe begin and why did it turn out the way we see it today? A...
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Researchers trace house cat’s ancestry to ME
WASHINGTON: The first house cat was a fierce mouser that struck an enduring friendship with early farmers who settled in the fertile lands of the Middle East 10,000 years ago, researchers said....
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Harry Potter casts spell in Tokyo
TOKYO: Schoolboy wizard Harry Potter left his fans spellbound yet again on Thursday as muggles from all corners of Japan descended on Tokyo for a red-carpet premiere of his new film.Older,...
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Woman with headscarf denied court entry
NEW YORK: A prominent national Islamic civil rights and advocacy group reported on Thursday that a Muslim woman seeking to contest a speeding ticket in a state of Georgia court was...
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