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16 Philippine troops killed in clashes with Muslim militants
ZAMBOANGA (Philippines), Aug 18: Sixteen troops and dozens of Muslim militants were killed on Saturday in clashes between government forces and Al-Qaeda-linked rebels on the southern island of Basilan, the military said.... 
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Maldivians vote to choose new form of government
MALE (Maldives): Thousands of Maldivians filed into a soccer stadium in the capital and waited patiently at schools and makeshift gazebos on remote islands to vote on Saturday in a referendum...
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Kazakh election shows nation’s commitment to democracy
ASTANA (Kazakhstan): Oil-rich Kazakhstan, the most stable and prosperous of the ex-Soviet Central Asian republics, voted on Saturday for a new parliament in an election closely watched for signs of the country’s commitment to democracy....
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Indian communists warn against N-deal
NEW DELHI, Aug 18: The Indian government’s communist allies warned on Saturday of “serious consequences” if New Delhi went ahead with a landmark nuclear deal with the United States....
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Bush happy with pace of Iraq ‘reconciliation’
WASHINGTON, Aug 18: US President George W. Bush on Saturday praised what he called “progress and reconciliation” achieved in some Iraqi communities, but pointedly avoided using US government-approved benchmarks in assessing the situation in the country....
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Troop reduction
US President George W. Bush will announce plans for gradual troop reductions from Iraq, but at levels far short of those sought by his critics in Congress, The New York Times reported on Saturday....
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Deal cannot be reworked: US
NEW DELHI, Aug 18: A top US official has said a controversial nuclear pact with New Delhi cannot be renegotiated amid demands from Indian critics for a radical reworking of the deal....
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180 Chinese miners in danger
XINTAI (China), Aug 18: Hopes were fading late on Saturday for over 180 miners trapped underground by flash flooding in eastern China, after officials warned the men had little chance of survival....
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Veteran British journalist dies
LONDON, Aug 18: Bill Deedes – the inspiration for the main character in the Evelyn Waugh novel “Scoop”, former cabinet minister and ex-Daily Telegraph editor – died on Friday aged 94, his newspaper said....
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Award-winning mathematician passes away
PRINCETON (New Jersey), Aug 17: Atle Selberg, who won mathematics’ highest prizes for his work on the properties of numbers, has died. He was 90. The Norwegian-born Selberg died Aug....
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‘The Nation’ puts Hamas, Fatah leaders in the dock
GAZA CITY: Crowds throng the hall to hear the court’s decision. In the dock are Gaza’s Hamas rulers and their secular rivals Fatah. The verdict, with no right of appeal, comes...
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Leopards thrive, tigers disappear in India
SARISKA (India): Visitors who flock to India’s tiger reserves have only one question of each other: “Did you see a tiger?” Most leave disappointed, never mind the herds of elephants, deer and other ungulates that crowd the verdant forest floor....
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Climate change urges urban planners to rethink
STOCKHOLM: Rising sea levels, melting glaciers, floods and hurricanes: global warming means urban planners need to rethink how and where to build cities, water experts say....
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Cooker project helps Kenya shantytown in tackling pollution
NAIROBI: In Africa’s largest slum, uncollected waste has long posed an insurmountable health hazard but an ingenuous new energy-generating incineration programme could help contain pollution....
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