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US, Iran at loggerheads on Iraq
BAGHDAD, July 24: The United States on Tuesday accused Iran of stepping up its alleged support of armed groups in Iraq in the two months since the arch foes began talks aimed at finding a way to quell the fighting.... 
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Hostage talks in sensitive phase: Taliban
KANDAHAR, July 24: The Taliban said talks over the fate of 23 South Korean hostages held in Afghanistan were at a crucial point on Tuesday after the latest deadline for their lives passed....
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26 killed in Iraq bomb attack
HILLA (Iraq), July 24: A suicide car bomb exploded across the street from a children''s hospital in the Iraqi city of Hilla on Tuesday, killing at least 26 people and wounding 69, police and medical officials said....
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Polls win a warning to Turkish army: govt
ANKARA, July 24: Turkey''s Islamist-rooted government said on Tuesday its decisive electoral victory was a warning to the powerful army to stay out of politics and a sign of stronger democracy in the country....
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IAEA to inspect Iran’s N-site
VIENNA, July 24: The UN''s nuclear watchdog agency said on Tuesday that a team of inspectors would visit a heavy water Iranian reactor next week to address concerns over Tehran''s disputed nuclear programme....
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Fire traps tourists in Italy
BARI (Italy), July 24: Thousands of tourists were trapped on Tuesday on beaches in southern Italy''s Puglia region by a fast-moving brush fire that killed two people, local authorities said....
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Thai govt’s threat to anti-coup protesters
BANGKOK, July 24: Thai police said on Tuesday they could seek arrest warrants for up to 18 protest leaders suspected of instigating clashes with police at a weekend anti-coup rally....
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India-US N-deal: a breakthrough or bad bargain?
NEW DELHI: After tortuous negotiations spread over four days in Washington, the United States and India have reported “substantial progress” on a bilateral agreement on civilian nuclear cooperation, but said they...
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How to deal with conflict at workplace
LONDON: It’s that really horrid job-interview moment. “So why did you leave your last position?” What to say? “Because the people I sat next to were really horrible.”...
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Mandela celebrates birthday with children
JOHANNESBURG: Former South African president Nelson Mandela on Tuesday threw a massive children''s party in Johannesburg, wrapping up week long celebrations of his 89th birthday....
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Nurses’ release heralds better Libya-West relations
RABAT: Warmer political relations created by Libya’s freeing of six foreign medics will boost efforts by the OPEC member country to widen investment ties and modernise its mostly primitive economic management, experts say....
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Charity accused of terror funding
DALLAS (Texas): A jury on Tuesday began hearing evidence in a terrorist financing trial involving what was once the nation’s largest Muslim charity in a case that will test the US government’s newest tool in the war on terror....
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World’s largest uranium deposit could light up Paris
MCCLEAN LAKE (Canada): Hidden in Canada''s northern Boreal Forest, amongst hundreds of wild rivers and lakes, the McClean Lake uranium mine produces enough ore to light up Paris....
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Heatwave claims 500 lives in Hungary
BUDAPEST: The heatwave in central and southern Europe killed an estimated 500 people in Hungary last week, the country''s chief medical officer announced on Tuesday. Ferenc Falus said that from July...
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Lindsay Lohan held for drunken driving
LOS ANGELES: Actress Lindsay Lohan was arrested in the Los Angeles area early on Tuesday on suspicion of drunken driving and cocaine possession, just days after she completed a 45-day rehabilitation programme, authorities said....
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IT executive kidnapped in India
BANGALORE: An executive at India''s fourth-largest software-maker was kidnapped shortly after dropping his daughter at school on Tuesday, a spokeswoman for the company said....
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