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US unveils arms package for ME states: S. Arabia among beneficiaries
WASHINGTON, July 30: The United States on Monday announced military aid packages worth more than $43 billion for Egypt, Israel, Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states in an effort to bolster Middle East allies against Iran and others.... 
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US, UK to pursue tougher sanctions against Iran
CAMP DAVID, July 30: British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Monday that he and US President George Bush had agreed on the need to pursue tougher sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program....
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Hasina gets bail in extortion case
DHAKA, July 30: The High Court of Bangladesh on Monday granted bail to detained former prime minister and Awami League president Sheikh Hasina in the extortion case....
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Suit against Dubai ruler dismissed
MIAMI, July 30: A US judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit alleging that the ruler of Dubai enslaved thousands of children and forced them to work as camel jockeys, saying the suit...
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Bergman: from tormented childhood to film icon
STOCKHOLM, July 30: Ingmar Bergman, who died on Monday at the age of 89, is considered by some to be the greatest film-maker ever. He exorcised a traumatic childhood through cinematic...
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Speed key to India N-deal vote: US
NEW DELHI, July 30: The United States is confident of getting Congressional backing for a historic but controversial nuclear pact with India, but New Delhi needs to move fast on key steps needed for the vote, Washington''s envoy said on Monday....
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Iraqi assembly adjourns without discussing new laws
BAGHDAD, July 30: Iraq''s parliament went into summer recess for a month on Monday after political leaders failed to agree on a series of laws that Washington sees as crucial to stabilising the country....
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Ahmadinejad ‘worships’ bomb: Peres
AL QUDS, July 30: Israeli President Shimon Peres, in a radio interview on Monday, called Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad a “joke” and said he appeared to worship “the bomb more than he''s worshipping the God in heaven”....
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Influential Iranian cleric dies
TEHRAN, July 30: The conservative head of an Iranian clerical body which has the power to appoint and dismiss the country''s supreme leader died on Monday after a period of illness, Iranian media said....
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Defeat shows Abe’s conservatism has alienated voters
TOKYO: Hiroshi Yoda, 60, hopes the stunning defeat for Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in Sunday’s House of Councillors election will be a wake-up call for influential politicians who he says have lost touch with the public....
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Cubans adopt Mexican route for trip to US
HAVANA: After a lull following Fidel Castro’s illness last year, Cubans once again are taking to homemade boats or powerful speedboats manned by smugglers on a trip to the United States that often includes a detour through Mexico....
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Romanian programmers: the most sought-after in the IT world
BUCHAREST: In the mobile phone version of the “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” video game, the torches hanging along the dark walls of Hogwarts glow in an eerily realistic fashion....
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Climate change increasing number of hurricanes
WASHINGTON: Global warming’s effect on wind patterns and sea temperatures have more than doubled the annual number of hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean over the past century, says a new study by US scientists....
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Floating hospital: a hope for BD
DHAKA: Yves Marre, a Frenchman with a passion for the sea, decided in 1994 to sail an unwanted barge from France to Dhaka with a vague plan to donate the boat to a worthy cause....
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