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US firm’s oil pipeline blown up in Nigeria
LAGOS, June 21: Nigerian militants blew up a key oil supply pipeline operated by US oil group Chevron, slashing output by 120,000 barrels per day, military and industry sources said on Saturday.... 
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BD parties oppose plan to hold local body polls
DHAKA, June 21: In line with the military-controlled caretaker government’s defiance of the opinions of the political parties, Bangladesh’s Election Commission has announced the schedules for the local government’s elections to...
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US court rejects Canadian’s Guantanamo appeal
WASHINGTON, June 21: A US federal appeals court has refused to review the case of Omar Khadr, a Canadian who faces trial by a special military tribunal in October at the “war on terror” camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba....
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Hundreds run in revival of ancient Greek games
ATHENS, June 21: Some 600 people clad in tunics raced barefoot in the ruins of an ancient stadium on Saturday in a revival of games held in antiquity at Nemea, 120 kilometres southwest of Athens....
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New ‘breed of terrorists’ trained in Pakistan: US officials
NEW YORK, June 21: Dozens of white Europeans who, US officials allege ,trained in camps in Pakistan’s tribal regions in recent months, in what officials fear may be the beginnings of...
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Mugabe breathes fire as pressure builds ahead of run-off
HARARE, June 21: Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe dismissed opposition claims of violence in state media on Saturday, remaining defiant in the face of Western criticism ahead of next week’s tense run-off election....
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Colombo threatens Indian giant with takeover
COLOMBO, June 21: Grappling to control soaring oil prices, Minister for Petroleum A.H.M. Fowzy has warned that the Sri Lankan government would take over more than 150 petrol and diesel stations...
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Iran accuses US of backing Sunnis
TEHRAN, June 21: Iran accused the United States on Saturday of supporting a Sunni group which said on Friday it had killed two of 16 Iranian policemen kidnapped last week in a volatile area near the border with Pakistan....
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China’s fuel price hike a move to test global clout
BEIJING: China’s surprise fuel price rise on Friday may look an inevitable domestic measure, but analysts say it also reveals Beijing’s desire to be seen joining world powers in a desperate bid to tame global oil prices.In...
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UK authorities told to drop buzzwords
LONDON: British bureaucrats have been warned: no more synergies, stakeholders or sustainable communities....
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Bengal tiger beaten to death after killing three people
DHAKA: Thousands of villagers armed with sticks and machetes beat to death a Royal Bengal tiger on Saturday after it killed three people in southwestern Bangladesh, police said....
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Dotcom crash, credit crunch and now oil bubble
LONDON: The Dotcom boom and bust shook the world economy almost a decade ago, last year the credit crunch seized up financial markets, now an oil price bubble may cause more havoc....
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Mrs Sarkozy seeking ‘something fundamental’ as first lady
PARIS: Supermodel-turned-singer Carla Bruni-Sarkozy says she wants to do “something fundamental” in the field of humanitarianism as France’s first lady, in an interview published on Saturady....
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Jellyfish outbreaks a sign of nature out of sync
PARIS: The dramatic proliferation of jellyfish in oceans around the world, driven by overfishing and climate change, is a sure sign of ecosystems out of kilter, warn experts....
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Islamic law has a place in Britain
LONDON: It was a clear case of irreconcilable differences....
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