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Israeli settlements hurting peace talks, says Rice
RAMALLAH, June 15: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Sunday Israel’s continued settlement building was harming peace negotiations with the Palestinians.... 
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Noisy protest greets Bush in London
LONDON, June 15: Protesters staged a noisy rally in London as US President George Bush held talks with British Prime Minister Gordon over dinner on Sunday, with Iraq and Iran likely high on the menu....
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25,000 held in BD in two weeks
DHAKA: Bangladesh’s army-backed interim government said on Sunday it had detained almost 25,000 people over the past two weeks in a hunt for criminals and suspected troublemakers ahead of a parliamentary election in December....
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Indian troops kill four rebels in Assam
GUWAHATI, June 16: Indian troops killed four separatist rebels in a shoot-out in the troubled northeastern state of Assam on Sunday, an army commander said....
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Price hike big threat to Asia, says ADB
KUALA LUMPUR, June 15: Inflation in Asia will hit 5.1 per cent in 2008 due to surging food and fuel prices and may threaten economic growth in the region, according to the Asian Development Bank....
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Hitler-gifted car to Nepal king awaits new home
KATHMANDU, June 15: A car gifted by Adolf Hitler to a Nepali king is likely to be displayed in a palace museum after the Himalayan nation abolished the 239-year-old monarchy and the ousted King Gyanendra quit the palace....
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Fatwa asks Egypt to give oil money to poor
CAIRO, June 15: An Islamic ruling that Egypt should give some of its oil and gas wealth to the people has ratcheted up the pressure on the government, already faced with rising popular discontent over food prices....
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Kosovo’s constitution enters into force
PRISTINA, June 15: Kosovo’s constitution entered into force on Sunday, four months after it split from Serbia, paving the way for majority Albanians take over from a nine-year-old UN mission under European guidance....
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Saudi woman stopped for flouting driving ban
RIYADH, June 15: Saudi police have detained a woman for violating rules banning women from driving in the country, a newspaper said on Sunday....
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‘No’ to Lisbon treaty portends EU crisis
BRUSSELS: Here we go again. Having worked hard to salvage the ill-fated European Union “constitution” after it was rejected by French and Dutch voters in 2005, the bloc’s 27 leaders now...
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Innovative Germans let others make profits
FRANKFURT: Germans are innovative European champions but although they created the MP3 audio encoding format and the fax, it is often foreign groups that have profited from their development....
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G8 warns traders against speculation in oil
OSAKA: Group of Eight finance chiefs sent a warning signal to oil speculators this weekend, highlighting the inflation threat to the global economy in an attempt to cool red-hot energy prices, analysts said....
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Rain drenches children in roofless school
KAWHMU (Myanmar): Teacher Hlang Thein gently admonishes a group of primary school children to carefully repeat the alphabet after her so they can wrap up the lesson before the heavy rains drench them again....
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