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Tribal council attacked as blasts kill 40 in Iraq
BAGHDAD, June 26: Bombers killed nearly 40 people in Iraq on Thursday, including 20 at a tribal council meeting in Anbar province just days before the US military transfers control of security for the vast western region to Iraqi forces.... 
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Drug cultivation up in Afghanistan: UN
UNITED NATIONS, June 26: A hike in opium and coca cultivation in rebel-held areas of Afghanistan and Colombia in 2007 could put at risk progress in worldwide drug control, said a UN report released on Thursday....
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Obama leads McCain in four states
WASHINGTON, June 26: Democrat Barack Obama has opened up leads of five to 17 points over Republican White House rival John McCain in four battleground states, according to Quinnipiac University surveys on Thursday....
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Plane soars past destination as pilots doze
NEW DELHI: An Air India flight headed for Mumbai overshot its destination and was halfway to Goa before its dozing pilots were woken out of a deep slumber by air traffic control, a report said....
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EU leaders hold talks with Medvedev
KHANTY-MANSIYSK (Russia), June 26: EU leaders on Thursday began their first major summit with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, holding talks in Siberia expected to touch on energy and unrest in ex-Soviet Georgia....
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India may see snap poll after nuclear deal end game
NEW DELHI: After more than four years of alliance, the Indian government and its communist allies appear closer than ever to a split over a civilian nuclear deal with the United States, which could spark early general elections....
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US strike may delay, not suspend Iran nuclear plan
WASHINGTON: A US military strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities could set Tehran’s programme back years but would raise the risk of retaliation against American troops in the region and of driving...
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IT waste a ‘major challenge’ to human health
NUSA DUA (Indonesia), June 26: Millions of discarded mobile phones and computers are posing a “major challenge” to human health, the chief of the United Nations Environment Programme said on Thursday....
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Paris accused of tightening media control
PARIS, June 26: The French government on Thursday fought off accusations it was tightening its grip on public television after President Nicolas Sarkozy unveiled major changes....
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Maldives okays multi-party polls for presidency
COLOMBO, June 26 : Lawmakers in the Maldives on Thursday approved a new constitution that will clear the way for the country’s first multi-party presidential election, a minister said....
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Afghan police chief sacked over jailbreak
KABUL: Afghanistan has sacked the police chief of southern Kandahar province and two senior aides over an embarrassing mass jailbreak earlier this month, the interior ministry said on Thursday....
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Goya’s ‘Colossus’ painted by his apprentice
MADRID: “The Colossus,” one of the best-known paintings attributed to Francisco Goya, is in fact the work of an apprentice of the Spanish master, experts at Madrid’s Prado Museum revealed on Thursday....
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Briton gets life terms for killing wife, baby
WOBURN (Massachusetts): A British man convicted of shooting dead his wife and nine-month-old daughter was sentenced on Thursday to life in prison without possibility of parole....
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US hits Air France, KLM with price-fixing fine
WASHINGTON: A group of airlines including Air France, KLM and Cathay Pacific Airways have agreed to pay US criminal fines totaling 504 million dollars to settle charges of a conspiracy to fix air cargo rates, officials said on Thursday....
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US top court upholds right to own guns
WASHINGTON, June 26: The US Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that Americans have a constitutional right to bear arms, ending a ban on owning handguns in the capital city in its first ruling on gun rights in 70 years....
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You can eat ‘grenades’ at ‘Buns and Guns’
BEIRUT: At the “Buns and Guns” restaurant, deep here in Hezbollah-dominated southern suburbs, the chefs wear military helmets, the food is wrapped in camouflage paper, and the motto is “a sandwich can kill you”....
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Volcanic eruptions reshape Arctic ocean floor: study
PARIS: Recent massive volcanoes have risen from the ocean floor deep under the Arctic ice cap, spewing plumes of fragmented magma into the sea, scientists who filmed the aftermath reported on Wednesday....
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Robots ready for support in battlefield
TEXAS: At a desert test site in Texas, a street battle rages between US soldiers and local “insurgents”. It’s much like any other training exercise, except the soldiers are accompanied by...
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