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Blair discusses ME peace with Abdullah
JEDDAH, Sept 3: International Middle East peace envoy Tony Blair met Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah on Monday on the second leg of a regional tour ahead of a US-sponsored peace conference later this year.... 
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Iran will outsmart West: Khamenei: Nuclear issue
TEHRAN, Sept 3: Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei pledged on Monday that Iran would never yield to Western pressure over its nuclear programme, and it would outsmart “drunken and arrogant” Western opponents in the standoff....
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US to remove North Korea from terrorism list
WASHINGTON, Sept 3: The United States has decided to remove North Korea from a list of terrorism-sponsoring states and lift sanctions against the communist country, officials said....
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Russia draws ‘red line’ on Kosovo, US missile defence
MOSCOW, Sept 3: Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov underlined Russia’s increasingly muscular foreign policy on Monday, laying out a series of non-negotiable “red line” issues, including Kosovo and US missile defence....
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China power growing as Bush ignores Asia: Armitage
SYDNEY, Sept 3: US President George W. Bush is so preoccupied with Iraq he is neglecting Asia and allowing China to take a greater leadership role, a former senior US official said in remarks published on Monday....
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Help sought for anti-opium drive
KABUL, Sept 3: The Afghan government said on Monday it had asked international military forces based here to clear Taliban-led insurgents from opium-growing areas before Afghan troops move in to destroy poppy crops....
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Concern voiced over spread of deserts
MADRID, Sept 3: The global spread of deserts poses a severe challenge to humanity that transcends any international borders, a UN-sponsored conference in Madrid heard on Monday....
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N-plans ‘sinful’, say Indonesian Ulema
JAKARTA, Sept 3: An influential group of Muslim Ulema from Indonesia’s largest Islamic movement has declared the government’s nuclear plans for earthquake-prone Java as sinful under Islam, a scholar said on Monday....
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Ethnic groups claim responsibility for Nepal explosions
KATHMANDU, Sept 3: Two ethnic groups from Nepal’s restive southern Terai region on Monday claimed responsibility for bombs that killed two people and injured around 30 in the country’s capital over the weekend....
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Indian sleuths tense over festive season
NEW DELHI, Sept 3: India’s Intelligence Bureau has cautioned the county’s state governments to watch out for terror plots in the coming days as a string of Hindu festivals look poised...
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UK retailers accused of exploiting workers
LONDON, Sept 3: British clothing retailers Primark and Mothercare have launched probes following allegations of mistreatment of Indian workers who make clothes for them, a report said on Monday....
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First woman guard at Tower of London
LONDON, Sept 3: The first female beefeater at the Tower of London, whose appointment overturned more than 500 years of tradition, smiled broadly as she met her new colleagues on Monday....
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Russia offers support to BD leadership
MOSCOW, Sept 3: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov offered support to his Bangladeshi counterpart Iftekhar Chowdhury on Monday as the authorities in Dhaka arrested former prime minister Khaleda Zia....
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A rival’s unflattering view of Florence Nightingale
LONDON: She is known to generations of children as the saintly, iron-willed “Lady with the Lamp” who battled to improve the conditions of wounded British soldiers and founded modern nursing, but...
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Tracking of HR abuse thru satellite
ROME: The use of satellite images earlier this year to document human rights violations in Darfur has strengthened interest in wider use of satellites for humanitarian purposes....
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US must involve Russia to resolve Mideast issue
LONDON: Nearly 40 years after the Americans escaped from the rooftops of Saigon, this great country may be on the verge of a second retreat, this time from Iraq....
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Constitution will decide the fate of Iraq
LOS ANGELES: Most Americans want the war in Iraq ended, but it continues and Americans are killed, mutilated or wounded every day, as the Democratic majorities in Congress struggle to produce legislation that will take our forces out of harm’s way....
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All eyes on Egypt’s future after Mubarak
CAIRO: More than 2,000 Egyptians have joined a discussion group on Facebook, the popular internet social networking website, to ponder one overwhelming question:...
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Sri Lankan army blocks LTTE’s supply route
COLOMBO: Troops in Sri Lanka have blocked a key supply route used by the Tamil Tigers in possible preparation for a delayed major assault on the rebels’ northern heartland, military experts said on Monday....
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Gene linked to height found, say scientists
LONDON: The first gene linked to tallness, one of the most heritable of traits, has been discovered by scientists, a finding that is expected to shed light on human development and further understanding of cancer....
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