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Abbas decree excludes Hamas from elections
RAMALLAH, Aug 15: Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas issued a decree on Wednesday that effectively excludes the rival Hamas movement ruling Gaza from future elections, further widening the gaping divide.... 
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US likely to declare Iranian guards a terrorist outfit
WASHINGTON, Aug 15: The Bush administration reportedly is about to add Iran''s Revolutionary Guard to a “specially-designated global terrorist” list....
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Hostage talks to resume today
GHAZNI, Aug 15: The Taliban militia and South Korean negotiators will resume direct talks on Thursday for the release of 19 hostages in Afghanistan, the Taliban said on Wednesday....
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UK’s Afghan policy defended
LONDON, Aug 15: Helping Kabul to defeat Taliban and build structures to govern and care for its people is vital in safeguarding the United Kingdom against the threat of terrorism, maintained...
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US to sign $30bn arms deal with Israel
WASHINGTON, Aug 15: The United States will sign a pact this week providing $30 billion in military aid to Israel over a decade, the State Department said on Tuesday....
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Six Italians killed in Germany
DUISBURG, Aug 15: Six Italian men were shot dead in this western city on Wednesday as the mafia exported a bloody vendetta to Germany....
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Internet is ‘the new Afghanistan’: police
NEW YORK, Aug 15: The Internet is the new battleground against `Islamist extremism’ because it provides ideology that could radicalise Westerners who might then initiate home-grown attacks, New York police chief Raymond Kelly said on Wednesday....
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Lankan Muslims observe martyr’s day
COLOMBO, Aug 15: Muslims in the east of Sri Lanka marked ‘martyrs day’ on Sunday in memory of 120 Muslims who were massacred by the LTTE on Aug 12 in 1990....
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BD mourns Mujib with daughter in jail
DHAKA, Aug 15: Bangladesh paid tribute to slain independence leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at a state ceremony on Wednesday, but stopped short of formally declaring him the father of the nation....
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Judge demands millions from dry cleaners
WASHINGTON, Aug 15: A US judge demanding millions of dollars from a Korean-owned dry cleaning business in compensation for losing his trousers is carrying on his legal battle despite a court dismissal of his lawsuit, authorities said on Wednesday....
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Dividend for India or disaster?: Growing army of young workers
NEW DELHI: Eighteen-year-old Rahul Banerjee left his home in poverty-struck eastern India dreaming of a job at a fast-food eatery in Delhi — but in today’s booming times, employers want a high-school diploma....
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Lankan govt not ready for talks with Tigers
COLOMBO: A small but encompassing word explains why Nagamuthu Nagalingam fled his home of 80 years, and why he has little intention of going back: “Fear,” he says flatly....
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Afghan women storm male bastion
MAZAR-E-SHARIF (Afghanistan): Women have stormed a male bastion in this historic city, capital of the northern province of Balkh, and traditionalists are clicking their tongues in disapproval....
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All lines lead to Delhi
LOS ANGELES: Shortly before the fall of the vast, wealthy Mughal reign — the one that managed to generate one-fifth of the world’s wealth in 1600 and gave us the anglicised...
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