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American accused of giving nuclear secrets to Israel
NEW YORK, April 22: US authorities arrested an American engineer on Tuesday after accusing him of passing secrets on nuclear weapons, fighter planes and air defence missiles to Israel during the 1980s.... 
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9 Taliban, 6 policemen killed in Afghanistan
KANDAHAR, April 22: Afghan police killed nine Taliban fighters on Tuesday, a day after a militant attack on a checkpoint left six border policemen dead, officials said....
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India bristles at US over advice about Ahmadinejad
NEW DELHI, April 22: India on Tuesday told Washington to mind its own business after a US official said New Delhi should urge Iran to curtail its nuclear programme during a visit by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad....
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Mona Lisa’s smile deconstructed
PARIS, April 22: Mona Lisa’s celebrated shadows around her eyes and mouth were created by Leonardo da Vinci through layers of different paints, according to a groundbreaking study published on Tuesday....
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Annan warns of ‘hunger disasters’
GENEVA, April 22: Climate change is aggravating the global food crisis and many poor countries could be facing the start of major hunger disasters, former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said on Tuesday....
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Afghan TV station defies ban on Indian soaps
KABUL, April 22: Afghanistan’s most popular private television station, Tolo, defied a government deadline Tuesday to drop two hit Indian soap operas deemed to violate Afghan culture, saying the order was illegal....
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Western, Arab powers call for end to ‘interference’ in Lebanon
KUWAIT, April 22: Western-allied Arab and G8 countries meeting in Kuwait on Tuesday urged an end to outside interference in Lebanon and the immediate election of a president to end the worst crisis since the 1975-1990 civil war....
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‘Exercise combats cancer-related fatigue’
NEW YORK, April 22: Exercise appears to be beneficial for patients suffering from cancer-related fatigue, both during and after treatment, a review of published studies indicates....
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Somali troops storm Dubai ship, arrest seven pirates
BOSASSO, April 22: Somali troops stormed a Dubai-flagged ship on Tuesday that had been hijacked off the Horn of Africa nation, releasing its crew and arresting seven pirates, authorities said....
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Filming begins on Hitler farce-biopic
VIENNA, April 22: Filming started in Vienna on Tuesday on a tongue-in-cheek biopic of Adolf Hitler, which according to producers, will be a “timeless parable” of the struggle between good and evil....
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‘Never fight unless you have to’: Gates
WASHINGTON, April 22: US Defence Secretary Robert Gates revived an old military axiom on Tuesday as a cautionary guide for West Point cadets on the use of military force....
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Oldest oil paintings in Afghanistan: experts
KABUL, April 22: Scientists said on Tuesday they have proved the world’s first ever oil paintings were in caves near two destroyed giant statues of Buddha in Afghanistan, hundreds of years before oil paint was used in Europe....
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Dearer food unleashes silent tsunami: UN
LONDON, April 22: A “silent tsunami” unleashed by costlier food threatens 100 million people, the United Nations said on Tuesday, but views differed as to how to stop it....
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Large waist may raise death risk for women
NEW YORK, April 22: Women with large bellies may die earlier of heart disease and cancer than other women, regardless of their weight, a large US study suggests....
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Former Islamists advise UK Muslims to shun extremism
LONDON, April 22: Former Islamist radicals in Britain launched a “counter-extremism think-tank” on Tuesday, saying they wanted to reclaim Islam from the violent ideology of Al Qaeda....
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Sit-down protest lands Thai in royal trouble
BANGKOK, April 22: A Thai man who refused to stand during the royal anthem before a movie last year was formally accused on Tuesday with insulting the monarchy, the latest case to drag Thailand’s draconian lese majeste law into the spotlight....
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Woman who forgave daughter’s killers honoured
JOHANNESBURG, April 22: An American woman was awarded on Tuesday one of South Africa’s highest state honours for forgiving the men who stoned her daughter to death in the dying days of apartheid....
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Photos of Paris under Nazis kick up storm
PARIS, April 22: An exhibition of rare colour photographs of occupied Paris in World War Two has sparked a controversy in France, with some politicians saying it paints too rosy a picture of life under the Nazis....
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Two arrested in UK under anti-terror laws
LONDON, April 22: British police arrested two men under anti-terrorism laws at London’s Heathrow airport on Tuesday, suspecting both to be involved in activities overseas, police sources said....
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High-tech battle in Georgia skies a hint of things to come
TBILISI: The alleged downing by a Russian MiG-29 of a Georgian reconnaissance drone could be a foretaste of battles to come as Georgia seeks Nato membership and protection from the West, analysts say....
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How urgent are funds for Iraq?
WASHINGTON: An “emergency” request to the US Congress for funds to pay for the Iraq and Afghanistan wars is strewn with money to buy military goods that cannot yet be used in either country....
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Lebanese politics totters into perilous absurdity
BEIRUT: Empty seats are proliferating in Beirut’s political theatre of the absurd, symptoms of a deep malaise that has crippled Lebanese government institutions, damaged the economy and fuelled fears of renewed civil war....
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