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Hamas arrests 160 Fatah men after six die in Gaza blast
GAZA, July 26: Palestinian Hamas security forces in the Gaza Strip arrested 160 men aligned with the rival Fatah faction on Saturday, after an explosion there killed five Hamas gunmen and a girl, Fatah officials said.... 
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Nine more killed in Lebanon clashes
TRIPOLI, July 26: Lebanese tanks were out on the streets of Tripoli on Saturday to restore security after nine people were killed in a fresh bout of sectarian fighting in the northern port city....
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Fresh polls show McCain catching up with Obama
WASHINGTON, July 26: The US White House race tightened on Saturday after new opinion polls suggested Barack Obama’s shine was wearing off and Republican John McCain was gaining ground in several important states....
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Police have few leads over Bangalore blasts
BANGALORE, July 26: Indian police have few leads into the eight bombings in quick succession across the south Indian IT city of Bangalore that killed a woman and wounded at least six people on Friday, officials said....
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200 illegal immigrants land in Italy
ROME, July 26: More than 200 illegal immigrants arrived in Italy on Saturday, a day after the government extended a state of emergency to try to combat the problem, the Ansa news agency said....
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Bush gets the worst from Obama’s trip
WASHINGTON: Barack Obama’s electoral rival is John McCain, but Obama’s overseas trip this week has given heartburn to another Republican President Bush....
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Serb hardliners use Karadzic to turn up heat on pro-EU govt
BELGRADE: Serbia’s hardliners, marginalised after May elections, are trying to stir pent up nationalism against a West-leaning government after Radovan Karadzic’s arrest, analysts said on Saturday....
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European base to host Russian rockets
KOUROU (French Guiana): For 40 years, this base on the coast of French Guiana has been the prestigious symbol of French, and then European, ambitions in space....
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Labour’s latest defeat is sinking its future
LONDON: The catastrophe that was last night’s by-election result for Labour had loomed ever since David Marshall MP announced his decision to step down. Glasgow East was the party’s third-safest seat in Scotland and one of the safest in the country....
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Things looking up for US in Iraq
BAGHDAD: The United States is now winning the war that two years ago seemed lost. Limited, sometimes sharp fighting and periodic terrorist bombings in Iraq are likely to continue...
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