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UK expels 4 Russian diplomats
LONDON, July 16: Britain said on Monday it will expel four Russian diplomats to protest Moscow''s refusal to extradite a key suspect over the murder of ex-Russian agent Alexander Litvinenko, in a major escalation of the row.... 
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Abbas meets Olmert
JERUSALEM, July 16: Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert met president Mahmud Abbas in Jerusalem on Monday amid steps to strengthen the moderate Palestinian leader in his face-off with the rival Hamas movement....
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UN chief warns against ‘abrupt’ Iraq pullout
UNITED NATIONS, July 16: On the eve of his White House talks with US President George W. Bush, UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Monday warned against any “abrupt” withdrawal of American troops from Iraq....
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Russia to beef up missile defence
MOSCOW, July 16: Russia will beef up its missile defence by deploying the long-delayed S-400 Triumph missile system around Moscow later this month, an air force spokesman said on Monday....
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Moscow warns of ‘serious’ consequences
MOSCOW, July 16: Russia''s foreign ministry warned on Monday that the expulsion of four Russian diplomats from Britain would have “the most serious consequences” on relations between the two countries....
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China’s wetlands shrinking due to climate change
BEIJING, July 16: Climate change is shrinking wetlands at the source of China''s two greatest rivers and has already led to reduced water flows that could have an impact across Asia, state media reported on Monday....
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35 leaders get life term in Ethiopia
KALITI (Ethiopia), July 16: Ethiopia’s high court on Monday sentenced 35 opposition leaders to life imprisonment for inciting rebellion, after the prosecution had asked for the death penalty....
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Kidnapped Indian official found dead
GUWAHATI, July 16: A local official kidnapped by rebels in the northeastern Indian state of Assam was found dead on Monday, the second state representative to die in militant hands in a week, police said....
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Blast damages UN vehicle in Lebanon
QASMIYEH (Lebanon), July 16: A roadside bomb damaged a UN peacekeeping vehicle at a bridge in south Lebanon on Monday without causing casualties, in the second such attack in a month....
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Bush moots international conference on ME issue
WASHINGTON, July 16: US President George W. Bush on Monday proposed an international conference for reviving the Middle East peace process which will include Israel, the Palestinian Authority, and some Arab states....
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Car bombs suspect claims innocence
LONDON, July 16: An Indian doctor accused over last month''s failed car bombings in Britain was remanded in custody on Monday but plans to plead not guilty to a withholding information charge, his lawyer said....
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Viral fever claims 193 lives in India
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM (India), July 16: India''s southern coastal Kerala state is reeling from an outbreak of mosquito-borne Chikungunya viral fever infections that have claimed 193 lives, a minister said on Monday....
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Karzai to visit Camp David
WASHINGTON, July 16: Afghan President Hamid Karzai will visit the Camp David presidential resort next month, the White House announced on Monday. President George W....
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Amnesty slams India’s copter sale to Myanmar
NEW DELHI, July 16: A European Union arms embargo against Myanmar is under threat from an Indian project to sell attack helicopters to the military regime, Amnesty International said in a report published on Monday....
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US working on security forum for N.E. Asia
SEOUL (South Korea): The United States is looking to build on momentum created by North Korea shutting down its nuclear reactor and will start deliberations on removing it from a list...
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Hillary does not say much about her Iraq position
IOWA (USA): Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton travelled to this crucial caucus state last week to assure voters that she would keep US troops in Iraq for the foreseeable future because “we...
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Cluster bombs dog Tajikistan 10 years after civil war
KHOST (Tajikistan): Every spring meltwater dislodges bomblets in the mountains and sends them down steep gulleys towards inhabited areas. That is how 10-year-old Salim Saimuddinov, who was born after Tajikistan’s civil war ended, became one of its victims....
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Death penalty opponents fighting to save the innocent
WASHINGTON: Although dozens of US death row inmates have been proven innocent, death penalty opponents are seeking to bolster their cause by proving that at least one of the 1,087 people...
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Mandela steals the spotlight once more
JOHANNESBURG: Former South African president Nelson Mandela will once again steal the spotlight this week when world leaders and legends of football pay homage to the anti-apartheid icon as he turns 89....
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Iraqis must commit themselves to forging reconciliation
UNITED NATIONS: When the Askariya shrine in my birthplace of Samarra, Iraq, was bombed again last month, I was asleep in a hotel steps away from the United Nations....
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UN envoy set to revive Darfur peace talks
TRIPOLI: Efforts to end the four-year conflict in Sudan’s Darfur region by paving the way for new talks between Khartoum and fragmented rebel groups took a step forward on Monday at a meeting of key players in Libya....
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Lady Bird remembered for her wit, heart and wisdom
AUSTIN (USA): Lady Bird Johnson’s wit, wisdom and love of beauty — in nature, in children and in democracy — were remembered as family, friends and presidents bade farewell at the former first lady’s funeral....
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