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Two retired generals held in Turkey coup probe
ANKARA, July 6: Two former Turkish generals were arrested on Sunday on charges of forming and leading a terrorist group and seeking to overthrow the Islamist leaning government, the state Anatolian news agency said.... 
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UAE scraps $7bn Iraq debt, names envoy
ABU DHABI, July 6: The United Arab Emirates said on Sunday it was waiving Iraq’s debt of nearly seven billion dollars and also named an envoy to Baghdad during a visit by Iraq’s premier to the oil-rich Gulf state....
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At least 20 die as rains lash Bangladesh
CHITTAGONG, July 6: At least 20 people have died and more than 20,000 left marooned as heavy rains over the past week triggered landslides and floods in southeast Bangladesh, an official said on Sunday....
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Opposition holds rally as Malaysian turmoil deepens
KUALA LUMPUR, July 6: Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim told some 20,000 supporters at an anti-inflation rally on Sunday that the government should quit over a recent fuel price hike....
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Airlines shed weight as fuel costs soar
TOKYO: Next time you take to the skies you may find there are fewer pages in your in-flight magazine, your fork is slimmer and your plate feels different....
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Israel tests missile interceptor
JERUSALEM: Israel has successfully tested a new defence system designed to intercept rockets fired from southern Lebanon and the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, public radio reported on Sunday....
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Hindu activists to stay in detention
KUALA LUMPUR: Five Hindu activists, including one elected to parliament from behind bars, will stay in detention under Malaysia’s harsh internal security laws, the Home Minister said....
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Tigers pay homage to 356 suicide bombers
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tigers on Sunday commemorated 356 men and women who have staged suicide attacks since the tactic was first used by the rebels 21 years ago....
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Sadat family angered by Iranian film
CAIRO: The family of former Egyptian president Anwar Sadat has threatened to sue the Iranian producers of a documentary film portraying his 1981 assassination as the killing of a traitor by a martyr....
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Battle continues to contain hundreds of wildfires
LOS ANGELES: Exhausted firefighters raced to contain hundreds of wildfires raging across California as forecasters warned on Sunday that a looming heatwave was set to deliver drier, hotter conditions....
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Seoul cuts back on driving to save energy
SEOUL: South Korea said on Sunday it would drastically reduce the use of government vehicles from next week as part of its first major contingency plan aimed at saving energy amid soaring oil prices....
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Hopes of Turkish democracy hanging in the balance
LONDON: It is too soon to know how the battle between the AKP and the secular establishment will play itself out, but, while we wait, spare a thought for Turkey’s beleaguered democrats....
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Trafficked women need ‘safe haven’
LONDON: There may be one near where you live: a flat or house that looks unremarkable but is actually a prison for women and teenage girls who are being forced to work as prostitutes....
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Waiter, waiter there’s a cricket in my bread
VANCOUVER(Canada): The owners of Vij’s restaurant knew they were taking a huge gamble when they decided to add bugs to the menu of their upscale, internationally-known Vancouver eaterie....
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The party awaits the issue to topple Brown
LONDON: She really does not want to be prime minister. That was my first thought when Jacqui Smith, the home secretary, voted on Thursday night to keep MPs’ expenses payments....
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