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UAE faces threat of terror attack, warns Britain
DUBAI, June 16: Britain has warned of a high risk of a terror attack in the United Arab Emirates, the booming oil-rich Gulf state and regional economic and tourist hub that is home to several million foreigners.... 
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Iran withdraws $75 bn from Europe
TEHRAN, June 16: Iran has withdrawn around $75 billion from Europe to prevent the assets from being blocked under threatened new sanctions over Tehran’s disputed nuclear ambitions, an Iranian weekly said....
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Court ruling may bring relief to12m Green Card holders
SAN FRANCISCO, June 16: The Supreme Court decision upholding the right of habeas corpus for the Guantanamo Bay prisoners is likely to restore the habeas corpus relief to about 12 million permanent residents or Green Card holders in the United States....
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Survivor sues Netherlands: Srebrenica massacre
THE HAGUE, June 16: A Dutch court on Monday began hearing from a survivor of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre who says Dutch troops guarding the Bosnian town as part of a UN force allowed Bosnian Serbs to murder his family....
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‘A case of exploding mangoes’ doing well
NEW YORK. June 16: Journalist Mohammed Hanif’s first novel “A Case of Exploding Mangoes”, a fictional account of events leading to the assassination of President Gen Ziaul Haq, has garnered exceptional...
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Blast kills 12 policemen in Sri Lanka
COLOMBO, June 16: A suicide bomb attack in northern Vavuniya killed 12 police personnel, including three women and injured 23 persons, school children among them, military officials said on Monday....
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ICG fears religious strife in Indonesia
JAKARTA, June 16: There is a growing risk of conflict between Muslims and Christians in Indonesia’s Papua, partly fuelled by migration and a growth in fundamentalism, International Crisis Group said in a report on Monday....
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Mandela urges S. Africans to put aside racial differences
JOHANNESBURG, June 16: Nelson Mandela on Monday urged South Africans to put aside racial differences in a video address for the country’s Youth Day, a rare appearance for the anti-apartheid icon as he approaches 90....
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Saudi output increase aims to leash oil bulls
DUBAI: Saudi Arabia is set to pump at the fastest rate in decades in July as it seeks to rein in a bull market that has ignored its previous two supply increases....
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Political labels no longer mean very much
LONDON: You just can’t tell these days. David Davis, a man with a hard glint in his eyes, a boxer’s oft-flattened nose and rigid Conservative certainties, goes all sentimental and wobbly over human rights....
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In parts of Europe, migrant workers head home
WARSAW/EDINBURGH: Four years after Polish graphic designer Chris Rychter headed to Britain to find work and study as a citizen of the European Union, he and his wife have returned home....
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Japanese are a vibrant part of Brazil
SAO PAULO: When Shunji Nishimura decided to leave Japan in 1932 for a job in Brazil his mind was set on making money quickly and returning to Kyoto....
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Stupid thief
BERLIN: A man caught breaking into a German supermarket late at night escaped despite being handcuffed to railings only to be arrested after he ran to a nearby police station to get the cuffs removed....
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