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Israel makes new incursion into Gaza Strip
GAZA CITY, July 12: The Israeli army on Thursday carried out a new incursion into the centre of the Gaza Strip, with infantry backed by armour and helicopter gunships moving in... 
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Indian Maoists blow up TV, power sites
HYDERABAD (India): Maoist rebels destroyed TV and power sites near a major port in southeast India on Thursday, less than a week after they killed 24 troops in an ambush in a nearby state, police said....
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Nepal govt cuts cash for king
KATHMANDU: Nepal’s government scrapped payments to King Gyanendra and vowed to nationalise royal property in a budget presented to parliament on Thursday that deals a major blow to the embattled monarch....
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Six Lebanese troops killed in camp battles
NAHR AL-BARED (Lebanon), July 12: Al Qaeda-inspired militants killed six Lebanese soldiers on Thursday in fierce battles at a Palestinian refugee camp in north Lebanon, security sources said....
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N-talks with Iran constructive: UN
TEHRAN, July 12: International Atomic Energy Agency deputy head Olli Heinonen said talks with Iran on Thursday over its nuclear drive were “constructive” and that some “important steps” were made....
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Russia-Britain row sparks fears of Cold War-style stand-off
LONDON, July 12: A growing rift between Russia and Britain over the London murder of a former Russian agent prompted warnings Thursday of a full scale diplomatic conflict, complete with tit-for-tat expulsions....
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Poll defeat will derail reforms: Japan’s PM
TOKYO, July 12: Japan''s beleaguered Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Thursday a defeat for his coalition would setback reforms as he launched his campaign for make-or-break July 29 elections....
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Junta chief warned against entering politics
YALA (Thailand), July 12: Thailand''s military-installed Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont on Thursday cautioned junta leader General Sonthi Boonyaratglin against entering politics in upcoming elections....
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Official held by Indian rebels feared killed
GUWAHATI, July 12: An Indian official kidnapped by separatist rebels in India''s northeast three months ago was feared killed along with two militants in a failed rescue attempt on Thursday, police said....
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Blast kills six Afghan police
KHOST, July 12: A remote controlled bomb struck a police vehicle on a joint patrol with Nato forces in southeastern Afghanistan on Thursday, killing six policemen, officials said....
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Links between 7/7London blasts and 7/21 plot elusive
LONDON: British security services have yet to find a direct link between four suicide bombers who hit London’s transport network in July 2005 and a group of Islamists jailed this week for a failed copycat attack two weeks later....
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Cancellation of Bush visit disappoints Southeast Asia
WASHINGTON: US ties with Southeast Asia are facing a setback as President George W. Bush cancelled his scheduled first summit with Asean leaders and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s trip to the region for annual talks seems uncertain....
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Google plans to know all about us
LOS ANGELES: What does Google want? Having successfully become our personal librarian, Google now wants to be our personal oracle. It wants to learn all about us, know us better than...
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Growing population is an environmental issue
LONDON: The simplest truths are sometimes the hardest to recognise. This month, according to the UN, world population will reach 6.7 billion, en route to a newly revised global total of 9.2...
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Lankan army braces for a war of attrition
COLOMBO: The military’s capture of the last Tamil Tiger rebel stronghold in eastern Sri Lanka is a boost for the government but could snare thousands of soldiers in a war of attrition, analysts said on Thursday....
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Yamuna: a dirty drain
NEW DELHI: From a boat on the Yamuna River that flows past India’s capital, it’s easy to spot bubbles of fetid gas sent up to the water’s surface by rotting sewage...
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12 die as ferry sinks
MANILA: A ferry sank in stormy waters in the central Philippines early Thursday leaving at least 12 people dead and more than 100 missing, the military said....
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Delhi’s crackdown on ‘killer’ buses
NEW DELHI: Tens of thousands of people were left stranded and sweating at bus stops in the Indian capital on Thursday amid a local government crackdown on private commuter buses blamed for dozens of deaths....
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