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Blair defied cabinet over Iraq war: aide
LONDON, July 9: British prime minister Tony Blair overrode cabinet colleagues who had doubts about going to war against Iraq, his former press chief revealed in diaries published on Monday.... 
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Four found guilty in London bomb trial
LONDON, July 9: A British court found four men guilty on Monday over a failed plot to set off bombs in London on July 21, 2005, two weeks after suicide bombings which killed 52 commuters in the capital....
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Iraqis may miss security goal, says White House
WASHINGTON, July 9: The White House warned on Monday that Iraqi forces may not be able to take over their country’s security by November as planned, days before US lawmakers were to get a progress report on the war....
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New York to set up ‘ring of steel’
NEW YORK, July 9: By the end of this year New York City would have established a London style surveillance system, a network of cameras and road blocks, to foil any terror plot to disrupt Manhattan''s financial district....
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Cluster bombs leave legacy of pain for Lebanese
TYRE (Lebanon), July 9: Rasha Zayoun thought the worst of last year''s war between Israel and Hezbollah guerillas was over when a ceasefire halted 34 days of fierce Israeli bombardment of south Lebanon....
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Bosnia braces for Srebrenica massacre anniversary
SARAJEVO, July 9: Crowds lined Sarajevo’s main street on Monday as a convoy of trucks carried the remains of 465 Bosnian Muslims killed in Srebrenica — Europe’s worst massacre since World War II....
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Omar Abdullah escapes attack
SRINAGAR, July 9: Omar Abdullah, the head of Kashmir’s main opposition party, escaped unhurt on Monday when suspected separatist militants lobbed a grenade as he went inside a colleague’s house, a party official said....
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Indians reach for the sky
NEW DELHI: While many young Indians are mad about Bollywood film stars, 20-year-old Mune Byaling has a rather unusual hero: stylish liquor-to-aviation tycoon Vijay Mallya....
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Chinese city builds bridge to prosperity
NINGBO (China): The $1.5 billion, S-shaped bridge that will link Ningbo and Shanghai is graceful testimony to the huge sums that China is investing in infrastructure to keep raising the potential of the world''s fourth-largest economy....
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Aborigine patrol curbs violence in Australian outback
ALICE SPRINGS (Australia): Five times a week the “Night Patrol” winds through the darkness of the 18 squalid aboriginal camps in Alice Springs trying to prevent the alcohol-fuelled violence that is destroying lives....
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Memories of war rankle Israelis
KIRYAT SHMONA (Israel): Orly Peretz has angrier words for her own Israeli government than for the Hezbollah guerillas over in Lebanon who pounded her town with rockets last year, wrecking or damaging hundreds of homes....
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ME peace efforts gather pace
JERUSALEM: Efforts to rekindle Middle East peacemaking gather pace almost a month after Hamas''s bloody takeover of Gaza, with key international players due in the region as Arab ministers prepare for a rare visit to Israel....
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Nepal Maoists want absolute power: US
KATHMANDU: Nepal''s Maoists are still bent on seizing “absolute power” over the country even though they have signed up for peace with mainstream parties, the US ambassador to Kathmandu said on Monday....
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White House seeks to block aides’ testimony
WASHINGTON: US President George W. Bush on Monday invoked executive privilege in a bid to block testimony by two former aides to lawmakers looking into a scandal over a mass firing of prosecutors....
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Boeing unveils ‘green’ passenger jet
EVERETT (Washington): Aircraft manufacturer Boeing on Sunday unveiled its new “green” passenger jet, the 787 Dreamliner, which boasts a series of fuel-efficient design features that have sparked huge demand....
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Strong demand for Airbus aircraft
PARIS: European plane maker Airbus has booked more orders this year than US rival Boeing, figures showed on Monday, a sign that demand remains strong for the group’s aircraft despite recent production and design problems....
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Russia to release Japanese fishing boat
MOSCOW: Russia said on Monday it would release a Japanese fishing boat detained on suspicion of poaching but voiced regret that Tokyo had turned to an international maritime court to resolve the case....
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Son mortgaged to pay for wife’s funeral
NEW DELHI: An Indian man “mortgaged” his baby son to pay for his wife''s cremation after she died giving birth, reports said on Monday. Bipin Gagarai of the southeast state of...
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India to begin train blasts trial
MUMBAI: Twenty-eight people accused of involvement in the train bombings that killed 186 people last year in Mumbai could be brought to trial by the end of July, a prosecutor said on Monday....
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Fight wrinkles with camels’ milk
NEW DELHI: Indian scientists are hoping to turn camels’ milk into a skin-care product that would wipe away wrinkles and lighten the complexion, a report said on Monday....
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