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Putin gives new alternatives on missile defence
KENNEBUNKPORT (Maine), July 2: Russian President Vladimir Putin gave President George W. Bush more alternatives on Monday for reshaping a missile defence system fiercely opposed by Moscow....
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US accuses Iran of Iraq attacks
BAGHDAD, July 2: The US military on Monday accused Iranian special forces of using Lebanese Hezbollah militiamen for training Iraqi extremists and of planning an attack that killed five US soldiers this year....
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US diplomat found dead in Cyprus
NICOSIA, July 2: The US embassy''s defence attache in Cyprus was found dead on Monday on a hilltop in a remote part of the Mediterranean island after apparently stabbing himself in the neck, officials said....
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Rains leave 43 dead in India
MUMBAI: At least 43 people died over the weekend as heavy monsoon rains accompanied by fierce winds lashed western India''s Maharashtra state and left some areas badly flooded, officials said on Monday....
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Blast kills 7 Afghan police
KANDAHAR: Seven Afghan policemen were killed on Monday when a remotely detonated bomb exploded underneath their vehicle in southern Afghanistan, police said. The policemen were travelling in the volatile Zhari district,...
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Car bomber or victim of mistaken identity?
LONDON, July 2: The medical doctor arrested in Liverpool in connection with the series of attempted car bombs may be a victim of mistaken identity, The Muslim News here has claimed in a press release issued on Monday....
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Devotees disappointed as sacred icicle melts
SRINAGAR, July 2: Thousands of Hindu pilgrims faced disappointment on Monday after a large, sacred phallic-shaped icicle in a Himalayan cave melted -- leaving people blaming body heat or global warming....
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Rushdie’s wife seeks divorce
NEW YORK, July 2: British author Salman Rushdie and his wife Padma Lakshmi, host of TV show “Top Chef,” are getting divorced, his spokeswoman said on Monday, just two weeks after he was awarded a controversial knighthood....
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Clinton’s job: to evolve from ‘I’ to ‘she’
WASHINGTON: Love him or hate him, anybody who has followed former President Bill Clinton’s career knows it has always been about him — as in No....
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Poor HR situation in Lanka affects hotel industry
SIGIRIYA (Sri Lanka): Britney Spears, Paul McCartney, Sting and Paul Simon have all travelled to Sri Lanka for a big-bucks taste of tropical luxury. But an escalating war with Tamil Tiger...
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A collection of real Chinese stories
LONDON: Beijing-born author and radio presenter Xinran has cornered the market in shortcuts into understanding modern Chinese culture. Now based in London and married to literary agent Toby Eady, she returns...
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Flamboyant woman challenges male domination
NAIROBI: In a continent where men still dominate, Esther Passaris is an anomaly impossible to ignore — and anyone who tries is likely to get an earful....
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Climate deals heat up Indonesia’s peatlands
PALANGAKARAYA (Indonesia): It used to be malaria that gave people fevers in Indonesia’s remote, mosquito-infested peatlands....
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S. Korean films face Hollywood challenge
SEOUL: South Korea’s film industry is winning plaudits abroad, notably the best actress award at Cannes for Jeon Do-Yeon, but faces financial woes and onslaughts from Hollywood movies at home, producers say....
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Poverty reduction in S. Asia uneven: UN
UNITED NATIONS: A new UN report said on Monday that rapid economic growth has spurred progress in the eradication of extreme poverty and hunger in Asia, where the proportion of people...
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Prince Bandar’s vacation home goes on sale
NEW YORK: Former Saudi Arabian Ambassador to the United States Prince Bandar Bin Sultan has put up his $135 million single family house in Aspen Colorado up for sale and it...
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Conference on Afghanistan opens in Rome
ROME: A two-day global meet on the state of law in war-battered Afghanistan opened in Rome on Monday, due to be attended by Afghan President Hamid Karzai, UN chief Ban Ki-moon and Nato head Jaap De Hoop Scheffer....
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Iran, Venezuela seal anti-US alliance
ASALUYEH (Iran): Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his Venezuelan counterpart Hugo Chavez sealed their anti-American alliance on Monday by laying the foundation stone of a joint petrochemical plant....
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