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Iran won’t halt nuclear work, says Khamenei
TEHRAN, July 30: Iran will pursue its nuclear path, the country’s highest authority, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said on Wednesday, speaking just before a deadline set by world powers in a nuclear dispute.... 
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Kenyan govt blocking abuse report, say Muslim leaders
NAIROBI, July 30: Muslim leaders in Kenya accused a senior government official on Wednesday of blocking the release of a presidential report on injustices against their community, a charge the government immediately denied....
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EU agrees to go beyond sanctions
BRUSSELS, July 30: The European Union has agreed to go beyond United Nations sanctions on Iran, instructing its financial institutions to exercise “restraint” on export credits and allowing its navies to inspect all Iran-bound cargoes, a senior diplomat said on Wednesday....
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Olmert to quit as PM in September
JERUSALEM, July 30: Israel’s Ehud Olmert said on Wednesday he would resign as prime minister after his ruling party chooses a new leader in September, leaving Middle East peace talks in limbo....
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Arroyo asks MPs to stop polls in Muslim areas
MANILA, July 30: Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has formally asked lawmakers to speed up legislation postponing elections in Muslim areas in the south to boost talks with rebels, her peace adviser said on Wednesday....
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Saarc to discuss joint fund proposal
COLOMBO, July 30: To respond collectively to the challenge of managing food and energy crisis in the member countries of the region a proposal to institute a joint fund and create...
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UN council shuts down Eritrea-Ethiopia force
UNITED NATIONS, July 30: The UN Security Council voted on Wednesday to disband its peacekeeping mission to the volatile border between Eritrea and Ethiopia after Eritrea forced out most of the UN troops....
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Kuwait to raise workers’ minimum wages
KUWAIT, July 30: Inflation-hit Kuwait is considering raising the minimum wage to 40 dinars ($151) after Asian workers staged a strike demanding better pay, state news agency KUNA reported....
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Probe into fake degrees of federal employees in US
WASHINGTON, July 30: Immigration officials are looking through a list of more than 9,000 names to see how many federal employees may have bought a phony high school or college degree from a Spokane, Washington-based diploma mill....
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Common South Asian news agency proposed
COLOMBO, July 30: A proposal to create a common South Asian news agency was floated on Wednesday at the forth Saarc media forum organised parallel to the 15th Summit of the regional organisation....
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Kosovo starts issuing own passports
PRISTINA, July 30: Kosovo issued its first passports on Wednesday, five months after its secession from Serbia won recognition from some 43 countries....
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US lawyer goes on trial in Belarus
MINSK, July 30: A US lawyer went on trial behind closed doors in Belarus on Thursday charged with carrying forged documents, drug offences and industrial espionage — offences that could carry up to seven years in prison.Emmanuel...
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Russian soldiers leave Georgian region
SUKHUMI (Georgia), July 30: The last of 400 Russian soldiers sent by Moscow to repair a railway in Georgia’s rebel region of Abkhazia began to pull out on Wednesday, ending a deployment which angered Tbilisi and its Western allies....
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Amnesty asks Iran to end ‘abuses’ against Kurds
LONDON, July 30: Iran’s government is not doing enough to combat widespread discrimination against its Kurdish minority population, according to Amnesty International....
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Saudi court upholds flogging researchers
RIYADH, July 30: A Saudi appeals court upheld a jail and flogging verdict against a biochemist and his female student whose research contact was ruled to be a front for a telephone affair that led her to divorce her husband....
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Sri Lanka to send fewer maids to Arab states
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka will cut the number of maids it sends to the Middle East, a labour official said, citing increased complaints of abuse by women migrant workers....
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Tension vitiates build-up to Saarc summit: India-Pakistan relations
COLOMBO: The 15th Saarc summit, which will open in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo on Aug 2, is unlikely to focus on bread-and-butter issues because of a trust deficit between Pakistan and India....
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Indian MP sacrifices 200 goats after victory
GAUHATI (India): After India’s government won a crucial confidence vote last week, there was relief and celebration in the victors’ camps....
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Nepal parties allow PM to attend Saarc summit
KATHMANDU: Nepal’s major political parties decided on Wednesday to allow the caretaker prime minister to take part in a regional conference in Sri Lanka....
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Indian police ill-equipped to halt bombings
AHMEDABAD (India): It’s a cycle India has seen repeated 13 times in nearly three years: Bombs are planted where they can kill as many people as possible....
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