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69 Israeli soldiers wounded: Gaza militants attack military base
ZIKIM (Israel), Sept 11: Israel issued a warning to Gaza militants on Tuesday after a rocket smashed into an army base, wounding dozens of sleeping conscripts and heightening pressure on the government to hit the Hamas-run territory....
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US remembers Sept 11 attacks
NEW YORK, Sept 11: The United States marked six years since the Sept 11 attacks on Tuesday with solemn ceremonies but still haunted by Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, who used the anniversary to praise the hijackers....
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Russia claims making powerful vacuum bomb
MOSCOW: Russia has tested the world’s most powerful vacuum bomb, an explosive device unleashing a destructive shockwave with the power of a nuclear weapon, the military said on Tuesday....
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Kashmiris clash with Indian police
SRINAGAR, Sept 11: Twenty people were hurt on Tuesday when thousands of Kashmiri protesters clashed with Indian police over the killing of an alleged militant who they say was just a college student, witnesses said....
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US weak points spotted in Iraq, Afghanistan: Iran
TEHRAN, Sept 11: The new head of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards warned the United States on Tuesday that Tehran has identified its “weak points” in Iraq and Afghanistan and would launch a crushing response to any attack....
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Hillary returns $850,000 collected by fugitive
WASHINGTON: Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton is to return 850,000 dollars in campaign funds collected by a Hong Kong businessman detained on fraud charges, her office said on Tuesday....
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Rajiv murder accused arrested in Bangkok
NEW DELHI, Sept 11: A Sri Lankan Tamil rebel leader wanted for plotting Rajiv Gandhi’s assassination in 1991 has been arrested in Thailand and Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee, due in...
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Osama’s beard baffles chief US spy
WASHINGTON, Sept 11: Osama bin Laden’s beard seen in a new video tape featuring the Al Qaeda supremo has baffled the top US spy....
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America debates 9/11 coverage
WASHINGTON, Sept 11: Six years after the Sept 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, some in America are debating whether the nation should continue to observe the day when terrorists killed almost 3,000 innocent civilians in New York and Virginia....
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Ramazan in S. Arabia begins tomorrow
DUBAI, Sept 11: Saudi Arabia will start Ramazan on Thursday along with most fellow Gulf Arab states, state media reported on Tuesday....
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BD eases emergency rules
DHAKA: Bangladesh’s military-backed government on Tuesday eased more emergency rules imposed in January by allowing courts to grant bail to certain people caught up in an anti-graft drive....
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Iraq: US goal for success has changed
WASHINGTON: As President George Bush and Gen David Petraeus struggle to make the case that yet more time is needed for victory in Iraq, the goal for success no longer resembles...
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Hard work at the expense of leisure becomes a US virtue
LOS ANGELES: I bet you’re reading this at work – and feeling guilty about it. Rest easy. You are not alone. A recent survey found that the typical American worker wastes...
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Camel deaths spark anger in Saudi Arabia
DUBAI: Thousands of camels have died because of ‘toxic fodder’ over August 2007 in Saudi Arabia, where breeders are venting their anger at government officials....
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Petraeus determined to cut troop levels
WASHINGTON: Gen. David Petraeus is not the first Iraq war commander to spell out a plan for winding down US involvement and putting the Iraqis in control....
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1,300-year-old Buddha unearthed
SEOUL: A 70-ton granite statue of Buddha which toppled over face-down 1,300 years ago in South Korea has been unearthed with its features intact....
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Why yawning is contagious
LONDON: Psychologists have shown that a phenomenon called ‘contagious yawning’ is strongest in people who are more empathetic and have a more developed sense of social awareness....
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Syria’s ties with Iran outrage Arab governments
CAIRO: The mood is gruff and the talk shrill across the Middle East as growing strategic differences between Saudi Arabia and Syria underscore Iran’s ability to exploit the region’s fragile alliances....
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