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Iran progress on centrifuges slow: ElBaradei
BERLIN, April 17: Iran’s progress in developing uranium enrichment is slow and recent additions to its nuclear fuel production complex have only been older-model centrifuges, the head of the UN atomic watchdog chief said on Thursday.... 
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Carter meets Hamas leaders in Egypt
CAIRO, April 17: Jimmy Carter met a Hamas delegation from the Gaza Strip in Cairo on Thursday after Israel barred the former US president from visiting the Palestinian territory....
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Hillary, Obama blanket Pennsylvania as vote looms
PHILADELPHIA, April 17: Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama set off on duelling five-day dashes through Pennsyl-vania on Thursday, courting wavering Democrats ahead of a crucial presidential primary next week....
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Bush climate plan dismissed as too little, too late
PARIS, April 17: A US plan to cap greenhouse gases by 2025 was dismissed as too little, too late by some delegates at 17-nation climate talks in Paris on Thursday while others welcomed it as a first firm U.S....
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BD eyes bumper rice crop
DHAKA, April 17: Bangladesh started its rice harvest on Thursday with hopes of a bumper crop, but a farmland crunch in China and the Philippines underlines trouble ahead in dealing with the global food crisis....
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Iran will never be a nuclear power: Olmert
JERUSALEM: Iran will never become a nuclear power, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was quoted on Thursday as saying, as Iran’s president was proclaiming his country the “most powerful nation” on earth....
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Theory of evolution’s original version goes online
LONDON, April 17: The original version of Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution was published online on Thursday among a “treasure trove” of the scientist’s papers, photographs and other documents....
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Students’ protest in France turns violent
PARIS, April 17: French police on Thursday fired tear gas at high school students and made several arrests as protests in Paris against education job cuts turned violent.About...
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Pope celebrates Mass in Washington
WASHINGTON: Pope Benedict XVI urged US Catholics to renew their faith and condemned the “tragic” sexual abuse of children by priests as he celebrated Mass before tens of thousands at a baseball stadium....
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World’s oldest living tree discovered
STOCKHOLM: The world’s oldest living tree on record is a nearly 10,000 year-old spruce that has been discovered in central Sweden, Umeaa University said on Thursday....
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Father of chaos theory Lorenz dies
NEW YORK: Edward Lorenz, a meteorologist who became the father of the modern field of chaos theory, died on Wednesday of cancer in Massachusetts aged 90....
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Rare turtle found in Vietnam
HANOI: US researchers have found a rare giant turtle in northern Vietnam after a three-year hunt — a find sure to thrill both scientists and locals, who consider the animal a mythical creature....
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Thai PM says martial law to be lifted
BANGKOK: Thailand’s prime minister Samak Sundaravej vowed on Thursday to lift martial law, imposed after the 2006 coup, in most of the kingdom after his party swept to victory in last year’s polls....
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Nepal Maoists’ win brings hard lessons for India
NEW DELHI: A stunning showing by Nepal’s Maoists in landmark polls is a wake-up call for giant southern neighbour India as it battles its own left-wing rebellion, analysts say....
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1968: a most turbulent year in US history
CHICAGO: A far-away war seen as increasingly futile and savage, two assassinations at home, bitter racial tensions and blood and fire in the streets: 1968 was one of the most turbulent years in US history....
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Can Israel use submarines against Iran?
HAIFA: Anticipating a showdown with Iran, Israel decides secretly to deploy a submarine off its arch-foe’s coast.But how? The quickest route from Israel’s Mediterranean coast is via the Suez Canal, which runs through Egypt and which the classified vessels shun....
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Study says 300,000 US troops suffer from mental problems
WASHINGTON: About 300,000 US troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan suffer symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder or depression, but about half receive no care, an independent study said on Thursday....
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