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‘All options’ open against Iran, warns Bush
MESEBERG (Germany), June 11: US President George W. Bush on Wednesday backed Europe-led diplomacy to convince Iran to abandon its suspect nuclear drive but warned he has not ruled out using force.... 
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Truckers’ strike in Spain paralyses auto plants
MADRID, June 11: Auto plants in Spain were paralysed and Portugal’s main airport banned planes from refuelling on Wednesday as a third day of strikes by thousands of truckers caused heightened chaos and shortages....
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Brown wins terror vote by a whisker
LONDON, June 11: British Prime Minister Gordon Brown won a crucial vote in parliament on Wednesday to extend the time terrorism suspects can be held without charge, bringing some relief to a leader who is under fire....
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Vatican cardinal says world obsessed by Islam
VATICAN CITY, June 11: The world is obsessed by Islam, according to the Vatican’s point man for relations with other religions....
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Security breach after top UK spy leaves file on train
LONDON, June 11: One of Britain’s top intelligence officials left a file with secret documents about Iraq and Al Qaeda on a train, in an embarrassing government security breach that was exposed on Tuesday....
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Vohra named Kashmir governor
NEW DELHI, June 11: India on Wednesday named former defence secretary N. N. Vohra as its new governor in Jammu and Kashmir and resistance leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq described him as a reasonable person....
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New Delhi worsening food crisis, say WB, US
WASHINGTON, June 11: The World Bank and the United States have both severely criticised India’s handling of the global food crisis, saying that New Delhi’s export bans will harm its South Asian neighbours....
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Teenager named Miss Headscarf
COPENHAGEN, June 11: An 18-year-old Iraqi-born student was named on Tuesday as winner of Denmark’s controversial Miss Headscarf competition, Danish public broadcasters DR announced....
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India’s bus school brings education to poor children
NEW DELHI: As the bright yellow bus navigates a maze of potholed alleys to a trash pickers'' slum, New Delhi''s latest scheme for educating the poor draws curious stares....
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The decline and fall of Nepal’s last king
KATHMANDU: Not long ago he was revered by some as a Hindu god, waited upon by thousands of royal palace retainers. His face adorned banknotes and the national anthem sang his praises....
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Sri Lanka’s Tamils looking towards India’s role as mediator
COLOMBO: Following the failure of the West-backed and Norwegian-brokered peace bid, Sri Lanka’s Tamils as well as the Tamil Tiger rebels may be looking towards India to play the role of peace facilitator....
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Afghanistan govt eyes a ‘new Kabul’: Donors’ conference
KABUL: A narrow tar road, a petrol station and a few mud houses are the only signs of development in Dehsabz, an arid patch of desert 20 kilometres northeast of Kabul....
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Hasina set free for two months
DHAKA: Bangladesh''s military backed ‘caretaker government’ of Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed has set free Sheikh Hasina Wajid on Wednesday for an interim period to facilitate her medical treatment abroad....
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EU puts Lanka aid package on the line
COLOMBO: The European Commission has serious concerns about Sri Lanka''s human rights record and will withhold a 70 million-euro aid package unless it opens up, a top EU official said on Wednesday....
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US warning on open manholes in Mumbai stirs anger
MUMBAI: The US consulate warned its citizens to beware of open manholes in Mumbai during monsoon season, rankling city officials who objected on Tuesday to being singled out for spotty safety standards....
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