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North Korea agrees to disable nuclear facilities by October
BEIJING, July 12: North Korea agreed on Saturday to completely disable its main nuclear facilities by the end of October and to allow thorough site inspections to verify that all necessary steps had been taken.... 
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Syria seeks French help in direct talks with Israel
PARIS, July 12: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad asked France on Saturday to assist in direct peace negotiations between Syria and Israel, alongside the United States, and contribute to future security arrangements in the region....
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‘Magician of heart’ dies at 99
HOUSTON, July 12: Surgeon Michael DeBakey, whose ground-breaking heart transplants and coronary bypass operations made him one of the giants of 20th century medicine, has died at age 99....
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US claims Iran missile tests showed no new capabilities
WASHINGTON: Iran’s missile test this week demonstrated no new capabilities, according to a US official familiar with the intelligence, and the test may not have included one of the longer-range missiles that Iran said was among those launched....
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Book accuses White House of ignoring report about Guantanamo
WASHINGTON: A CIA analyst warned the Bush administration in 2002 that up to a third of the detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, may have been imprisoned by mistake, but White House...
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Mediterranean summit begins today
PARIS, July 12: Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak met French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Saturday to prepare the founding summit of the Union for the Mediterranean, a new forum to bolster regional cooperation....
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Suit filed against US law on surveillance
WASHINGTON, July 12: The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit to stop the US government from conducting surveillance under a new wiretapping law that gives the Bush administration virtually unchecked power to intercept e-mails and telephone calls....
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Former Bush spokesman Tony Snow dies
WASHINGTON, July 12: Tony Snow, a former White House spokesman and veteran radio and television journalist, has died following a long battle with cancer, his former employer said on Saturday....
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Malaysia freezes police leave
KUALA LUMPUR, July 12: Malaysia has frozen the leave of its police across the country as it braces for possible opposition-led mass street protests, a newspaper reported on Saturday....
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African migrant shot dead
EL ARISH, July 12: An African migrant was shot dead by Egyptian police as he crossed the border into Israel on Saturday, while 30 suspected illegal migrants were arrested in a separate raid, security officials said....
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Rebels say they were betrayed in Betancourt rescue
BOGOTA: Colombia’s biggest guerrilla force said on Friday t was betrayed by its own men in last week’ military rescue of Ingrid Betancourt and 14 other hostages that added to a string of recent setbacks....
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Americans’ privacy in danger
LOS ANGELES: If the sweeping surveillance law signed by President Bush on Thursday giving the US government nearly unchecked authority to eavesdrop on the phone calls and emails of innocent Americans...
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Hopes, doubts over possible Kafka trove in Israel
JERUSALEM: Does the Tel Aviv apartment of a lately deceased centenarian hold a trove of mouldering manuscripts that could rewrite our understanding of Franz Kafka?...
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Republicans and Democrats disagree on sites for more oil drilling
WASHINGTON: More oil production suddenly has become the mantra for Republican and Democratic politicians alike as voters seethe over gasoline costing more than $4 a gallon and the inability of the...
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