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Israel, Hamas reach Gaza truce deal
GAZA CITY, June 17: Israel and the Islamist Hamas movement have agreed to begin a Gaza truce in two days, Egyptian mediators said on Tuesday after months of negotiations to try to halt bloodshed in and around the impoverished territory.... 
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Indian govt fails to woo left on nuclear deal
NEW DELHI, June 17: The future of a key nuclear energy pact between New Delhi and Washington appeared bleak on Tuesday with the Indian government apparently failing to win over sceptical left-wing allies....
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Russia opens 4th chemical weapons destruction plant
MOSCOW, June 17: Russia opened a fourth plant on Tuesday to destroy its chemical weapons stockpiles, which are the largest in the world....
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Strike by Gurkhas cripples Darjeeling
KOLKATA, June 17: Protesters shut down India’s famous Darjeeling hills on Tuesday, threatening its tea and tourism industries, as the Gurkha community pressed its demand for autonomy with an indefinite strike....
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Syria lacks skills for N-facility, says IAEA
DUBAI, June 17: There is no evidence Syria has the skilled personnel or the fuel to operate a large-scale nuclear facility, the head of the United Nations atomic watchdog said in remarks aired on Tuesday....
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Canada lists World Tamil Movement as terrorist body
OTTAWA, June 17: Canada has listed the World Tamil Movement (WTM) as a terrorist group. This was announced by Public Safety Minister at a news conference here on Monday evening....
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Iran insists enrichment to continue
DUBAI, June 17: Iran said on Tuesday that it respond at the “appropriate” time to an international incentive package aimed at reining in its nuclear programme....
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Doctors urged to rethink blood pressure tests
LONDON, June 17: Doctors need to rethink the way they measure blood pressure and focus only on the higher of the two conventional readings in patients older than 50, European experts said on Tuesday....
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Military police can’t have lovers: Italy court
ROME, June 17: Italy’s highest court has ruled that the nation’s paramilitary police, the Carabinieri, must not have extra-marital affairs to avoid sullying the force’s name....
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Nobel laureates meet today
AMMAN, June 17: Twenty-nine Nobel laureates and other prominent figures are to meet on Wednesday in Jordan’s ancient city of Petra to discuss the global food crisis, economic development and education.—AFP...
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Badawi keeps nation guessing
KUALA LUMPUR: Saying he will leave but without spelling out when, beleaguered Malaysian premier Abdullah Ahmad Badawi hopes to buy time from fractious critics in a move that could prolong political uncertainties....
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Rare polar bear sighted in Iceland
REYKJAVIK (Iceland): A polar bear has been discovered on Iceland, which is hundreds of kilometres from the threatened species’ natural habitat, a local photographer said on Tuesday....
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US troops are taught ‘abusive tactics’
WASHINGTON: Military officials tasked with training US troops to evade enemy interrogations provided Pentagon lawyers a list of abusive tactics that could be used in prisons like Guantanamo Bay, a top Senate Democrat disclosed on Tuesday....
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EU has opportunity to lead world in preserving peace
LONDON: This past week saw not only the Irish rejection of the Lisbon treaty, forcing a crisis summit this week to chart an alternative path to EU continuity, but also the...
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Battle of the web titans
LOS ANGELES: At long last, we have resolution: Microsoft will not, despite the efforts of activist financier Carl Icahn, be taking over Yahoo and going toe-to-toe with mighty Google in the brave new realm of search-based web advertising....
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