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Doha talks hit new snags: Hezbollah rejects proposal
DOHA, May 19: Crisis talks between rival Lebanese leaders hung in the balance on Monday after the Hezbollah-led opposition rejected a Qatari proposal aimed at ending a crisis which took Lebanon to the brink of civil war.... 
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Pakistani documentary nominated for award
ABU DHABI, May 19: A Pakistani documentary, “Dinner with the President”, has been nominated for an award in the first international documentary competition, Document Your Talent, being held here....
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Barak warns of military escalation in Gaza
SHARM EL-SHEIKH (Egypt), May 19: Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak warned on Monday after talks with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak that continued rocket fire from the Hamas-run Gaza Strip could accelerate a military conflict in the territory....
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France says its envoy held talks with Hamas
PARIS, May 19: France said on Monday it had held talks with Hamas, in an apparent softening of its support for the US-led policy of isolating the Palestinian group that seized control of the Gaza Strip last year....
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Mahathir quits ruling party
KUALA LUMPUR, May 19: Former Malaysian premier Mahathir Mohamad quit the ruling party UMNO on Monday in a move observers said could help unseat the embattled government of his successor Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi....
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Global crime ring cheats thousands of US consumers
WASHINGTON, 19 May 8: Thirty-eight people were charged on Monday with stealing names, Social Security identification numbers, credit card data and other personal information from unsuspecting Internet users as part of a global crime ring....
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Obama tells Republicans to lay off his wife
WASHINGTON, May 19: Democratic White House front-runner Barack Obama on Monday told political foes to “lay off my wife” amid signs she could be a target for Republicans in a general election campaign....
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Ban Ki-moon to visit Myanmar
UNITED NATIONS, May 19: In a bid to speed up relief efforts in Myanmar, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will go to the cyclone devastated country where aid agencies fear...
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UN chief for ‘visionary’ deal to ban cluster bombs
DUBLIN: UN chief Ban Ki-Moon called on Monday for a “visionary” global deal to ban cluster bombs, as delegates from over 100 countries opened a conference aimed at outlawing the lethal weapons....
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Despite aid ‘breakthrough’, children dying of starvation in Myanmar
LONDON: A senior British minister said a breakthrough was within reach on Sunday in the stand-off between the international community and the Myanmar regime over allowing foreign aid for cyclone survivors into the country....
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Sportsmen of Iraq praying, not playing
DAMASCUS: In the struggle now just to stay alive, everyone has forgotten that Iraq has lost, among other things, its tradition in sports. Some of its best sportsmen are now refugees....
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Exam pressure leads to student suicides in India
NEW DELHI: It’s exam season in India and it’s also suicide season when students buckle under parental pressure to get high marks and into a top university for the golden chance of a high-paying job....
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Irrational policies making food crisis worse
WASHINGTON: We are now several months into the global food crisis, which is a much bigger deal than the sub-prime meltdown for most people in the world....
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