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Nepal Maoists quit govt, vow to disrupt polls
KATHMANDU, Sept 18: Maoists stormed out of Nepal’s government and vowed to disrupt upcoming elections on Tuesday after other parties refused to bow to the ex-rebels’ demand for the monarchy to be immediately abolished....
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Hundreds of monks protest across Myanmar
YANGON, Sept 18: Hundreds of monks on Tuesday marched peacefully in Yangon and towns across Myanmar, defying the military regime and chanting Buddhist prayers in the biggest anti-junta rally in a decade....
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Thousands of policemen sacked in India
NEW DELHI, Sept 18: Authorities in India’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh said on Tuesday that they have sacked thousands of policemen accused of paying bribes to get into the force....
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Ahmadinejad rejects French war warning
TEHRAN, Sept 18: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday that Iran does “not take seriously” a warning from the French foreign minister that the world should brace for war against Tehran....
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Ershad cleared of smuggling
DHAKA, Sept 18: A court in Bangladesh on Tuesday cleared the country’s former military dictator Hussain Muhammad Ershad of gold smuggling allegations, police said....
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French lawmakers discuss immigration rules
PARIS, Sept 18: The French National Assembly on Tuesday debated a government bill toughening the rules for immigration, amid controversy over a clause which opens the way for DNA testing of applicants....
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New laws proposed to tackle terror training
BERLIN, Sept 18: Germany’s justice minister on Tuesday proposed making it a crime to train for terrorist acts or to obtain weapons or other substances in order to carry out an attack.The...
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Why do UK politicians avoid culture
LONDON: On the south bank of the Thames in central London the National Theatre’s current production of Rafta, Rafta has been a resounding success. The play, Ayub Khan Din’s reworking of...
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Bush in no rush to attack Iran – for now
BEIRUT: Despite blunt French talk of possible war with Iran, the United States may for the moment be too entangled in Iraq to turn from diplomatic to military action to curb Tehran’s nuclear and regional ambitions....
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US faces a Mideast awaiting peace efforts
WASHINGTON: The Bush administration has so far failed to generate serious traction behind its latest Middle East peace effort, with the opening session of its Washington conference of Arab and Israeli...
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Cost, safety fears threaten climate change remedy
LONDON: Cost overruns and legal and safety uncertainties could stall a new technology seen vital in the fight against climate change, and which works by burying underground the greenhouse gases blamed for global warming....
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Cairo, Tehran consider restoring relations
CAIRO: Egypt and Iran will hold talks at the ministerial level with the aim of renewing full diplomatic relations that have been frozen since 1980, the Egyptian foreign ministry said on Tuesday....
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Travelling dress sheds light on history of haute couture
LONDON: Few dresses have as intriguing a tale to tell as the 53-year-old Dior Zemire ensemble which stars in the Victoria and Albert’s imminent exhibition of 1940s and 1950s haute couture....
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