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Taliban threaten to kill more hostages
GHAZNI, Aug 5: Taliban militants again threatened on Sunday to kill more of their 21 South Korean hostages, as Seoul said it hoped the Afghan and US presidents could help secure their release.... 
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Iraqi govt must do more: Rice
WASHINGTON, Aug 5: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Sunday defended the Iraqi government''s efforts to end sectarian strife there but warned that Baghdad leaders “need to work harder” on national unity....
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Congress urged to reject nuclear deal with India
NEW YORK, Aug 5: Underscoring that the Bush administration’s nuclear deal with India is “ deeply flawed “ the New York Times said Sunday “it has been made even worse...
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Hasina files two more petitions
DHAKA, Aug 5: The detained Awami League president, Sheikh Hasina, on Sunday filed two more writ petitions with the High Court, challenging the Government’s move to try the TK500 million ‘extortion’...
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$459bn US defence bill approved
WASHINGTON, Aug 5: The US House of Representatives early on Sunday passed a mammoth defence appropriations bill containing nearly $460 billion in funding for the US military in fiscal 2008, slightly below President George W....
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Nuclear work not slowed down: Iran
TEHRAN, Aug 5: Iran has no intention of suspending its atomic work and has not slowed down its disputed nuclear activities, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Sunday....
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US forces claims killing mastermind of bombs attacks on mosque
BAGHDAD, Aug 5: US forces killed the mastermind of two attacks on a revered Shia mosque at the heart of Iraq''s bitter sectarian conflict during a crackdown on Al Qaeda''s Iraqi affiliate, the military said on Sunday....
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Outbreak of epidemics feared in flood-hit areas
GUWAHATI, Aug 5: Fears grew on Sunday that epidemics would strike the millions marooned or forced from their homes by South Asia''s catastrophic floods as the death toll climbed to 330 and criticism of relief efforts spread....
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Apathy towards Al Aqsa mosque criticised
RIYADH, Aug 5: Al Quds (Jerusalem) and the Qibla-i-Awwal have been forgotten and ignored, the imam of Masjid Al Aqsa Sheikh Ikrimah Sabri lamented in a press statement carried by the Saudi Press Agency on Sunday....
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Abe apologises to atom bomb victims
TOKYO, Aug 5: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe apologised on Sunday to survivors of the US 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima for remarks by his former defence minister that had appeared to condone the attack....
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People eager for an end to Bush’s failed administration
WASHINGTON: Polls showing President Bush’s approval ratings in the 20s and 30s and a New York Times survey last month reporting that people across the country are eager for an end...
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American tasked to spread Hiroshima legacy
TOKYO: Sixty-two years later, the memory of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima still holds such a grip on Japan that its defence minister has had to resign simply for suggesting the attack was “unavoidable”....
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Aid agencies desperate to help South Asian flood victims
NEW DELHI: Aid agencies were struggling on Saturday to get relief to millions of villagers marooned in northeast India, Nepal and Bangladesh who have been hit by devastating floods, as the...
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Red squirrel: Britain’s endangered rodent
GATESHEAD (England): Its broad wings outstretched, the red kite glides down to bring food to its nesting chicks, hidden behind a thick green curtain of foliage....
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UK farmers fear repeat of 2001 epidemic
NORMANDY (England): British farmers voiced anger on Sunday at signs that a vaccine research laboratory may have been the source of a foot and mouth outbreak, fuelling fears of a repeat of a devastating 2001 epidemic....
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Abbas-Olmert meeting in Jericho today
RAMALLAH: Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will meet on Monday in the West Bank town of Jericho, a senior Abbas aide said on Sunday....
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