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Israel ‘very close’ to decision on Gaza: Olmert
JERUSALEM, May 18: Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Sunday that Israel was “very close” to deciding on what action to take to stop continued rocket attacks from the Gaza Strip.... 
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Johannesburg violence leaves 12 dead: Hatred against immigrants
JOHANNESBURG, May 18: Twelve people have been killed in a wave of weekend violence against immigrants around Johannesburg, police said on Sunday, with gangs of armed youths rampaging through poor areas in South Africa’s economic capital....
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Blasts kills foreign soldier, five Afghans
KANDAHAR: A Taliban suicide bomber killed four Afghans on Sunday in the heart of a town taken from rebels five months ago and a foreign soldier in a US-led force died in another blast, officials said....
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New tremor hits China on eve of three-day mourning
BEICHUAN, May 18: A fresh tremor in southwestern China killed three people on Sunday, injured 1,000 others and sent thousands of people already traumatised by last week’s massive earthquake fleeing from their homes and into the streets....
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Five killed in Indian poll violence
KOLKATA, May 18: At least five people were killed in India’s eastern state of West Bengal on Sunday when rival parties contesting a local election clashed with bombs and guns, police said....
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BD courts indict Hasina, jail 2 former ministers
DHAKA, May 18: A special anti-corruption court on Sunday indicted former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in a second graft case, involving a power plant deal during her 1996-2001 tenure, a state prosecutor said....
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Kidnapped Indian, Nepalese freed in Afghanistan
HERAT: An Indian and a Nepalese national kidnapped a month ago were set free by their captors and walked for hours to reach their base in western Afghanistan on Sunday, one of them said....
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Ruling party sweeps polls in Ethiopia
ADDIS ABABA: Ethiopia’s ruling party swept local polls largely boycotted by opposition parties who accused the government of intimidating voters and blocking their candidates, results released on Sunday showed....
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Critics cheer return of Indiana Jones in new film
CANNES: Indiana Jones returns 19 years after his last adventure, and early reaction suggests the Cannes film festival’s notoriously picky critics are happy the whip-wielding archaeologist is back....
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Iraq to execute Al Qaeda leader
BAGHDAD: A leader of al Qaeda in Iraq has been sentenced to death for the killing of Chaldean Catholic Archbishop Paulos Faraj Rahho, whose murder in March drew worldwide condemnation, the Iraqi government said on Sunday....
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16,000 Tokyo residents evacuated
TOKYO: More than 16,000 Tokyo residents were evacuated on Sunday as experts disposed of an unexploded one-ton bomb believed to have been dropped by the US military during World War II, an official said....
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Orangutan tries to flee Los Angeles zoo
LOS ANGELES: An orangutan tried to escape from his enclosure at the Los Angeles Zoo, forcing about 3,000 visitors to head for the exit....
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Obama hopeful of endgame in Oregon
WASHINGTON: Democratic front runner Barack Obama campaigned in Oregon on Sunday ahead of primaries he said could “put us over the top” in the drawn-out duel with Hillary Clinton to be the party’s pick for the November presidential race....
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Computer system to play big brother’s role
LONDON/BOSTON: If you work for a bank, a computer may be reading your e-mails, listening to your phone calls or analysing chat conversations as you type....
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Putin-era power riddle resurrects Kremlinologists
MOSCOW: Question: who runs Russia President Dmitry Medvedev or Prime Minister Vladimir Putin? Answer: check the seating arrangements....
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Ordinary Lebanese hope for a solution to country’s woes
BEIRUT: The violence-weary Lebanese are hoping that their leaders will return home from Arab-brokered talks in Qatar armed with a solution to heal a feud that has plunged the country into deadly chaos....
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In US polls, every written word counts
WASHINGTON: Hillary Clinton is smart and forceful, John McCain is proud but has a volatile temper, and Barack Obama is a diplomat who deals well with different people and situations....
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