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Baghdad calls for pullout timetable: Defence pact with US
BAGHDAD, July 7: Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Monday he is negotiating a deal with Washington that will for the first time set a timetable for a withdrawal of... 
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US holds naval exercise in Gulf
DUBAI, July 7: The US Navy said on Monday it was carrying out an exercise in the Gulf, days after vowing that Iran will not be allowed to block the waterway which carries crude from the world’s largest oil-exporting region....
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Settlers caught beating Palestinian
Al Khalil (West Bank), July 7: Jewish settlers tied a Palestinian to a pole in the occupied West Bank and beat him before he was rescued by Israeli soldiers, the man and an Israeli human rights group said on Monday....
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Russian, British leaders fail to break the ice
TOYAKO, July 7: The first meeting between Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown failed on Monday to thaw bilateral relations that are at their lowest point since the Cold War....
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G8 divided over climate change
TOYAKO (Japan), July 7: World leaders head into the second day of the annual G8 summit preoccupied by soaring food and oil prices and deeply divided over how to tackle climate change....
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Iraqi uranium transferred to Canada
WASHINGTON, July 7: At Iraq’s request, the US military recently transferred hundreds of metric tons of yellowcake uranium from Iraq to Canada in a secret, weeks-long operation, a Pentagon spokesman said on Monday....
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EU close to deal on new guidelines: Immigration control
CANNES, July 7: EU interior ministers pushed on Monday for a rapid agreement on new guidelines for controlling immigration, rejecting concerns that the plan would create a fortress Europe....
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Russian ‘faith healer’ convicted
MOSCOW, July 7: Russian faith healer Grigory Grabovoi was convicted on Monday on 11 counts of fraud for promising followers he could resurrect their dead relatives, Russian media reported....
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3 Asian sites added to heritage list
QUEBEC CITY, July 7: A Hindu temple in Cambodia, historic Malaysian towns and an agricultural site from Papua New Guinea were added to Unesco’s World Heritage List on Monday....
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Germany plans to attract foreign skilled workers
BERLIN, July 7: Germany plans soon to adopt measures aimed at relieving a shortage of qualified workers in certain sectors by attracting foreign candidates, an official spokesman said on Monday....
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Nato urges EU to boost defence ties with Turkey
PARIS, July 7: Nato Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer urged the European Union on Monday to deepen defence ties with Turkey in a bid to overcome a long-running row hampering the two bodies’ security missions....
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Communists’ exit gives Congress leeway for reforms
NEW DELHI: Having lost the shackles of its communist allies that stymied years of economic reforms, India’s government finally has political space to push for change....
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One-child rule leaves 100 million Chinese with no siblings
BEIJING: China now has over 100 million people with no siblings since introducing rules in the late 1970s that limit many couples to only one child, a state news agency reported on Monday....
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Turkey’s politics puts EU in dilemma
BRUSSELS: The European Union is in a dilemma over how to respond to worsening political tension in Turkey, which is shaking political and financial stability in its largest and most difficult candidate country....
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Technology reshapes America’s classrooms
BOSTON: From online courses to kid-friendly laptops and virtual teachers, technology is spreading in America’s classrooms, reducing the need for textbooks, notepads, paper and in some cases even the schools themselves....
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Lies, kidnapping and a mysterious laptop
LONDON: Sometimes you hear a stray sentence on the news that makes you realise you have been lied to. Deliberately lied to; systematically lied to; lied to for a purpose....
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