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15 illegal migrants die aboard boat on way to Spain
MADRID, July 10: At least 15 migrants, including nine children, died aboard a boat trying to reach southern Spain from Africa in what Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero on Thursday called “an intolerable tragedy.”...
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Khaleda to cooperate with govt for free polls
DHAKA, July 10: Bangladesh’s detained former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia has offered an olive branch to her rivals, saying it was time for the country’s feuding politicians to work together to salvage the country from a severe crisis....
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Russia should not add to tension in Georgia: Rice
TBILISI, July 10: Russia should help resolve tension over Georgia’s rebel regions instead of contributing to it, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Thursday, and she urged an end to violence there....
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Thai FM quits over temple row
BANGKOK, July 10: Thai Foreign Minister Noppadon Pattama quit after political row over an ancient temple on Thursday, the latest blow to a shaky government hit by a series of damaging court rulings and ongoing street protests....
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US seeking Congress approval for N-deal
WASHINGTON, July 10: The Bush administration is trying to persuade key lawmakers to hold a special session of the US Congress to finalise the Indo-US nuclear deal before it adjourns....
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Badawi to seek party nod for handover
KUALA LUMPUR, July 10: Malaysian premier Abdullah Ahmad Badawi is asking his party on Thursday to back a plan for him to retire in June 2010, a party source said, in a move some say could deepen the country’s political turmoil....
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Singh to seek vote of confidence
NEW DELHI, July 10: India’s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh asked for a vote of confidence in his government after his communist allies withdrew their support to protest a nuclear deal with the United States....
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Rushdie wins ‘Best of Booker’ award
LONDON, July 10: Salman Rushdie’s novel “Midnight’s Children”was named on Thursday as the greatest Booker Prize winner ever, scooping a special “best of the best” award for the second time....
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Philippines army sacks 11 coup plotters
MANILA, July 10: A Philippine military tribunal dismissed 11 officers from service on Thursday for participating in a short-lived mutiny against President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo in July 2003....
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Fulbright scholarships for Gaza students
GAZA, July 10: Three Palestinian students hoping to take up prestigious scholarships to study in the United States despite an Israeli travel ban met US consular officials on Thursday at the Israel-Gaza border for visa interviews....
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Uzbekistan blasts kill three
TASHKENT, July 10: A series of explosions at a Soviet-era arms depot in Uzbekistan has killed at least three people and injured many more, witnesses and media said on Thursday....
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Iraq, Turkey agree to boost ties
BAGHDAD, July 10: Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan pledged on Thursday to boost ties with Iraq and urged the region to do more to help the Baghdad government rebuild after years of war....
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HK passes ‘flawed’ anti-racism bill
HONG KONG, July 10: Hong Kong passed a landmark anti-racism bill on Thursday, with rights activists welcoming the breakthrough but also criticising the bill for not going far enough to fully enshrine minority rights....
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1,300 Asians held in football gambling swoop
LYON, France, July 10: Police across Asia have arrested more than 1,300 people and seized $16 million dollars in a major swoop on illegal football gambling networks, Interpol said on Thursday....
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French uranium leak
PARIS, July 10: France’s nuclear safety authority (ASN) said on Thursday it had provisionally classified a leak of liquid containing uranium on a site in southeastern France earlier this week at level one of the INES nuclear scale....
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G-8 looks back on modest but measurable results
TOYAKO: If this year’s G-8 summit achieved anything, it was to reinforce two truisms: the problems of the age, such as global warming, are extraordinarily complex and the Group of Eight alone cannot resolve them....
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Gypsies’ persecution is Italy’s shame
LONDON: At the heart of Europe, police have begun fingerprinting children on the basis of their race with barely a murmur of protest from European governments....
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US and Iran appear set on Mideast collision course
WASHINGTON: The United States and Iran appear on a collision course in the Middle East, firing off mixed messages that are raising world tension and roiling oil markets amid fears that an eventual confrontation may be military....
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Greener image of Southeast Asian tourism industry
PHNOM PENH: As climate change guilt among tourists grows, many hotels and resorts in emerging hotspots like Cambodia are touting their environmental credentials in an effort to cash in on the “eco” tag....
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