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Iraq’s deputy oil minister kidnapped
BAGHDAD, Aug 14: Gunmen dressed as local security forces on Tuesday stormed into a heavily guarded state compound in Baghdad to kidnap the deputy oil minister in the highest profile abduction in Iraq for months.... 
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US insists Iran sending arms to Taliban
WASHINGTON, Aug 14: President George Bush does not accept his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s rejection of the US claim that his country is supplying arms to the Taliban, the White House said on Tuesday....
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Nato soldier among 12 die in Afghan violence
KHOST, Aug 14: Taliban attacks across Afghanistan left 12 people dead, including a Nato soldier and six Afghan civilians, security officials said Tuesday....
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Army chiefs of 19 nations hold secret meeting
SYDNEY, Aug 14: Army chiefs from 19 countries, including the United States, Japan and India, met secretly in Sydney ahead of an Asia-Pacific summit in the city next month, the country''s army chief revealed on Tuesday....
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5,700 disappeared in Sri Lanka: AI
COLOMBO, Aug 14: Hundreds of people disappeared in Sri Lanka in the past year and more than 5,700 such cases from the past three decades were under UN review, rights group Amnesty International said on Tuesday....
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Thaksin facing calls for extradition from UK
BANGKOK, Aug 14: Ousted billionaire premier Thaksin Shinawatra was facing calls for his extradition from Britain on Tuesday after Thailand''s top court issued arrest warrants for him and his wife....
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Russian nuclear bombers hold exercises over North Pole
MOSCOW, Aug 14: Russian strategic bombers on Tuesday began five days of exercises over the North Pole, marking the latest in a series of displays of Moscow''s military muscle....
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7 N. Koreans held in Thailand
CHIANG RAI (Thailand), Aug 14: Thai police have arrested seven North Koreans, including two children, who slipped into Thailand after a long journey from their impoverished homeland, local police said on Tuesday....
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Rove’s resignation: a symptom of Bush’s waning power
WASHINGTON: The resignation of Karl Rove, electoral alchemist and conqueror of Democrats, is a symptom of President George Bush’s waning power in the twilight of his second term, analysts said....
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India win hockey honours — at the box office
NEW DELHI: Cricket-crazy India is renewing its passion for field hockey through a new Bollywood blockbuster inspired by the true story of a fallen star who returns as a triumphant coach....
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What the wife wears matters for Turkey’s presidential post
ANKARA: The ten-day campaign for election of the 11th president of the Turkish Republic kicked off last Friday, but the names of the candidates are still unknown....
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Benefits of trade with Libya overshadow rights qualms
ALGIERS: Ugly. Nauseating. Scandalous. Libya’s critics were furious at what they called a hasty and cynical rush for closer ties between the West and Muammar Gaddafi’s government after it freed six foreign medics in July....
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Hollywood makes anti-war films while conflicts rage
WASHINGTON: For Americans sitting in cinemas watching the summer’s fun movies, such as The Simpsons and Hairspray, the trailer for Lions for Lambs is jarring and unexpected....
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Separated twins celebrate independence anniversary, birthday
NEW DELHI, Aug 14: Twins Azhar Shervani and Zafar Hameed grew up separated by one of the world’s most dangerous rivalries....
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Al Qaeda alert for India on national day
NEW DELHI, Aug 14: India deployed aircraft, combat troops and tens of thousands of security forces on the eve on Tuesday of its 60th anniversary of independence after new threats by Al Qaeda and separatist rebels, officials said....
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China heads to Central Asia summit
BEIJING, Aug 14: Chinese President Hu Jintao goes to Central Asia on Tuesday for a summit and war games officially focused on fighting terrorism, but which Beijing hopes will also boost its presence in an energy-rich region....
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US warns Japan against ending Afghan support
TOKYO, Aug 14: The US ambassador to Japan has warned that ending support to US forces in Afghanistan, as advocated by Japan''s resurgent opposition party, would damage relations between the allies....
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Singh meets allies over nuke deal
NEW DELHI, Aug 14: India''s prime minister met his communist allies on Tuesday in a bid to ease differences over a landmark US civilian nuclear deal denounced by leftists as an infringement of national sovereignty....
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Stab-resistant school uniforms
LONDON: A British company is offering to provide stab-proof school uniforms, lined with the same material used by soldiers, to parents worried about knife crime among youngsters.BladeRunner,...
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Russia plans Arctic national park
MOSCOW: Russia is planning to create an Arctic Sea nature reserve, an official said on Tuesday, amid increasingly intense international competition to lay claims over the resource-rich territory....
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US, Turkey, Israel to stage joint military exercises
JERUSALEM: Navy and air forces of Israel, Turkey and the United States will stage joint search and rescue exercises in late August south of the Turkish coast, the Israeli army announced on Tuesday....
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Five die in Thai south
NARATHIWAT (Thailand): A bomb hidden in a motorcycle killed one person and wounded six others on Tuesday in further separatist violence in the south of Thailand, police said, while four men were shot dead....
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Mother kills daughter
NEW DELHI: A 12-year-old girl in western India was killed by her mother after she made repeated requests to go to school, a report said on Tuesday....
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Nepal Maoist army checks
KATHMANDU: The United Nations resumed checks on Tuesday to determine if thousands of Maoists confined to camps are genuine fighters, a spokesman said, six weeks after a row about status halted the process....
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