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US claims killing 70 Taliban in clashes
KABUL, Sept 13: Major clashes between Taliban and security forces in Afghanistan left nearly 70 rebels dead while an Afghan soldier and a Bangladeshi aid worker were also reported killed, officials said on Thursday.The... 
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France cautioned over missiles sale to Pakistan
PARIS, Sept 13: A respected defence publication has cautioned the French government against the sale to Pakistan of missiles and radar for a fighter plane that it is developing jointly with...
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Communists in India threaten govt over N-deal NEW DELHI, Sept 13: Communist allies of India’s ruling Congress party on Thursday warned the government not to push ahead with implementing a controversial nuclear deal with the United States....
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Indonesia hit by aftershocks
BENGKULU (Indonesia), Sept 13: Huge aftershocks rumbled across Indonesia’s Sumatra island on Thursday, prompting repeated tsunami alerts, but officials said damage from a massive quake that killed 10 people was not as bad as first feared.As...
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‘Mad chess player’ accused of 49 murders
MOSCOW, Sept 13: Jury selection began on Thursday in the Moscow trial of a man accused of murdering 49 people, most of them in a public park where he reportedly hoped to kill one person for every square on a chessboard....
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Family meals may have lasting impact on kids’ diets
NEW YORK, Sept 13: Teenagers who sit down to meals with their families may have healthier diets as adults, according to a new study.The findings, say researchers, point up the importance...
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US ally in fight against Qaeda killed in Iraq
BAGHDAD, Sept 13: Top Sunni sheikh Abdul Sattar Abu Reesha, who spearheaded a fight against Al Qaeda, was killed by a bomb on Thursday, just 10 days after US President George Bush shook his hand when he visited Iraq.Abu...
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Afghanistan reality belies US claims
LOS ANGELES: Former Secretary of Defence Donald H. Rumsfeld says in the current edition of GQ magazine that the war in Afghanistan has been ‘a big success’, with people living in freedom and life ‘improved on the streets’....
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English language campaigners blast public signs
LONDON: Campaigners for the English language on Thursday attacked a growing tendency for ‘obvious’ public information posters, such as a police sign urging people: “Don’t Commit Crime.”...
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Gazans forgo Ramazan treats
GAZA: Mahmoud al-Helo’s pickles are usually a big hit with Gazans during Ramazan. This year few can afford them.The Gaza Strip’s main market, where al-Helo and other merchants ply their trade,...
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German-French frustration mounting
BERLIN: Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy were expected to form the perfect couple – a pair of like-minded conservative leaders who would work hand in hand to heal Europe after its Iraq divisions and failed constitution....
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Abe leaves Japan’s diplomacy in doubt
TOKYO: The future of Japan’s ‘assertive diplomacy’ hangs in the balance after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s abrupt resignation, but analysts said a major shift in foreign policy appeared unlikely....
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Speculations on Iraq’s fate
WASHINGTON: “Tell me how this ends.” That famously is the question that Gen David Petraeus posed to journalist Rick Atkinson in March 2003 as US troops were moving to topple the regime of Saddam Hussein....
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Russia’s shadowy politics exposed
MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin’s choice of a little-known bureaucrat for prime minister has put the spotlight on the shadowy alliance of ex-KGB men and natives of Putin’s hometown Saint Petersburg who analysts say really run Russia.Many...
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Iraqi reconciliation is out of America’s control
BAGHDAD: The debate in Washington over troop numbers is intense. But in Baghdad, there’s been little sense of alarm or urgency among the Iraqi politicians who would have the most to...
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