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Russia vows proper response: Expulsion of diplomats
MOSCOW, July 17: Russia promised on Tuesday an “adequate and appropriate” response very soon to Britain''s expulsion of four of its diplomats but said it would avoid jeopardising the interests of ordinary citizens or businessmen.... 
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Gunmen kill 29 villagers in Iraq
BAGHDAD, July 17: Gunmen dressed in Iraqi military uniforms stormed a village in the restive Iraqi province of Diyala northeast of Baghdad overnight and murdered 29 people, security officials said on Tuesday....
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ISI could monitor Vajpayee’s movements, says book
NEW DELHI, July 17: The elite Special Protection Group (SPG) guarding Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee when he was prime minister had erroneously bought an American communication device that could be read...
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US, Iran to hold second round of Iraq talks
WASHINGTON, July 17: Iran and the United States are poised for a second round of direct talks about Iraq, with Washington accusing Tehran of fomenting sectarian violence there....
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Quake triggered dozens of faults at Japan’s N-plant
KASHIWAZAKI (Japan), July 17: Authorities in Japan were on Tuesday investigating a second nuclear scare and dozens of other problems discovered at a massive power plant following a deadly earthquake....
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Rice entrusted with selling new ME plan
WASHINGTON, July 17: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has been charged by the White House to lead a new Arab-Israeli peacemaking initiative but the prospects for a breakthrough seem dimmer than ever....
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India, US nuclear deal impossible: expert
Washington, July 17: A leading US scholar has ruled out the possibility of India and the United States finalising a significant bilateral nuclear deal, in spite of several rounds of negotiations since its signing on July 18, 2005....
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US, India try to end differences over N-deal
WASHINGTON, July 17: The US and India on Tuesday concluded the second day of four-day talks aimed at bridging their differences over a nuclear agreement once heralded as a historic deal....
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Three killed in Mogadishu violence
MOGADISHU, July 17: Three people were killed on Tuesday in separate grenade attacks in Mogadishu, according to police and witnesses in the violence-ridden Somali capital. A policeman was killed and three...
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Tamil terror suspects
MELBOURNE: Australia indicated on Tuesday that it may appeal a court ruling which granted bail to two men charged with supplying funds to Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tiger rebels.—AFP...
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Blair moves to London’s ‘Little Arabia’
LONDON: Lined with shisha bars, kabab houses and food shops piled high with Middle Eastern sweets, London’s Edgware Road, nicknamed Little Arabia, may seem an unlikely new home for ex-prime minister Tony Blair....
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Scepticism greets Bush’s latest ME initiative
WASHINGTON: A major policy address on Monday by US President George Bush promoting a two-state solution for Israel and Palestine has been greeted with considerable scepticism by Middle East specialists here....
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Sweden struggles to integrate immigrants
MALMOE (Sweden): Sweden has welcomed immigrants with open arms for decades but now it is grappling with how to integrate them into society, especially in the southern town of Malmoe amid a massive influx of refugees....
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Turkey’s ruling party may prevail again, but not rule
ISTANBUL: Turkey’s Islamic-rooted governing party will soon put its record to test in a parliamentary election dominated by the role of religion in public life and possible military incursion into the Iraqi quagmire....
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Palestinian DPs in Sinai desperate to go home RAFAH (Egypt): Khowla Salah al-Ghalban, nine months pregnant and barely able to move, lies on a concrete floor in the Egyptian border town of Rafah as flies buzz around her....
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BD revives ‘minus two’ plan to oust begums
DHAKA: Bangladesh’s army-backed emergency government has revived its ‘minus two’ plan to oust two ex-prime ministers from politics by arresting one and summoning another to court, analysts said on Tuesday....
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