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Israel under fire at US-hosted talks with Palestinians
JERUSALEM, March 14: Israel came under fire for its continued Jewish settlement construction in the occupied West Bank at high-level talks on Friday with the Palestinians, hosted by a senior US envoy.... 
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Blind man appointed New York governor
NEW YORK: People who cannot see are likely to be among the most careful observers of the man who will replace a disgraced Eliot Spitzer as governor of New York....
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EU urges Israel to stop settlements
BRUSSELS: The European Union on Friday criticised Israel’s decision to extend Jewish settlements in the Palestinian territories, saying it threatened the chance of a two-state solutionIn a statement issued at the...
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Nepal to close Everest for Olympic torch
KATHMANDU, March 14: Nepal will block access to Mount Everest in early May to prevent pro-Tibetan protests while China takes the Olympic torch to the roof of the world, the tourism minister said on Friday....
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German police shoot US soldier dead
BERLIN, March 14: A US soldier stationed in southern Germany was shot dead by police after threatening an ex-girlfriend and then going on the run armed with an assault rifle, authorities said on Friday....
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Turkish prosecutors seek ban on ruling party
ANKARA, March 14: State prosecutors on Friday asked Turkey’s constitutional court to ban President Abdullah Gul and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan from politics and prohibit their Islamist-rooted party....
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US envoy to Islamic world on PR campaign
DAKAR, March 14: It’s a tough job for a US envoy — trying to win hearts in Muslim nations where Palestine is an emotive cause and the West is often seen as the source of insults to Islam....
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Kremlin wants 3,200 female white mice!
MOSCOW, March 14: Wanted: 3,200 white mice. Must be female. No more than 18 grams. Purchaser: the Kremlin security service....
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Canada to keep troops in Afghanistan till 2011
OTTAWA, March 14: Canadian parliament on Thursday approved Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s plan to keep his country’s troops in Afghanistan till 2011....
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Missing schoolgirl found alive
LONDON: Missing schoolgirl Shannon Matthews was found alive on Friday, hidden in the base of a bed in a house in West Yorkshire, police said....
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China outsurfs US
BEIJING: China’s Internet population has overtaken the United States’ to become the world’s biggest with about 220 million web surfers, a research firm said on Friday....
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Farm bonanza fails to save India’s dying farmers
PIMPARKHUTI (India): Just before India’s finance minister was announcing a massive farm bonanza last month, Narendra Totaram Chauhan quietly slipped into his cotton fields, opened a bottle of pesticide and drank it....
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US mayors band together against guns
NEW YORK: Interstate 95, which runs up the US East Coast, is known to cops as the “Iron Pipeline” — the conduit of choice for gun smugglers to move their hardware from the southern United States to New York city....
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Peace deal commits Sudan, Chad to ending border attacks
DAKAR: The presidents of Sudan and Chad have signed a non-aggression pact, vowing not to support rebel attacks against each other, many of which were launched from troubled Darfur.The...
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Marie Antoinette — a misunderstood queen
PARIS: Condemned to death at the guillotine, a sleepless Marie Antoinette scrawled a farewell message to her son and daughter in her prayer book. “My eyes have no more tears to...
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Get elected to US Congress and get rich
WASHINGTON: The personal wealth of members of the US Congress has soared in recent years, leaving lawmakers on average far more well-to-do than most Americans as of 2006, said a study on Thursday....
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Old ways still gold for artisan jeweller
MILAN: In the heart of bustling fashion capital Milan, time stands still in Italian jeweller Buccellati’s workshop where father and son work side by side carving, engraving and polishing gems....
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