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Key oil route can be closed ‘easily’: Tehran
TEHRAN, Aug 4: Iran can easily close a key Gulf shipping route if it were attacked over its nuclear programme, the head of the Revolutionary Guards was quoted as saying on Monday, a move that could choke off world oil exports.... 
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Court halts Manila’s deal with Muslim fighters
MANILA, Aug 4: The Philippine Supreme Court on Monday stopped the government from signing a land deal with Muslim separatist rebels, in yet another setback to efforts to end more than 30 years of deadly insurgency....
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Tornado hits French towns; 4 killed
HAUTMONT (France), Aug 4: A freak tornado ripped through towns in northern France overnight, killing three people and injuring nine as it gutted houses and hurled cars through the air, officials said on Monday....
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EU, Iran hold N-talks
BRUSSELS: EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana held “inconclusive” talks with Iran’s top nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili on Monday but further contacts are possible, a spokesman said....
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Kuwait bill to punish abuse of foreign workers
KUWAIT, Aug 4: Kuwait may bring in tough penalties for employers abusing foreign workers and maids as a result of criticism by the United States and violent protests by Asian workers demanding better pay and conditions....
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Troops deploy in Italian cities to fight crime
ROME, Aug 4: Hundreds of troops fanned out across Italy on Monday to help police fight crime on orders from Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, an unorthodox use of the armed forces dismissed by critics as a purely symbolic gesture....
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Plutonium leak at IAEA lab contained
VIENNA, Aug 4: A small amount of plutonium leaked in an ageing International Atomic Energy Agency laboratory outside Vienna but radioactive contamination was contained to a storage area and no one was injured, the UN watchdog said....
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‘Great rail robber’ jailed
LONDON, Aug 4: A thief who used a crane to steal five lorry-loads of track from one of Britain’s busiest railway lines has been jailed for nearly three years....
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Israeli parents forget daughter at airport
JERUSALEM, Aug 4: An Israeli couple going on a European vacation remembered to take their duty-free purchases and their 18 suitcases, but forgot their three-year-old daughter at the airport....
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Thailand asks Cambodia to withdraw from second temple
BANGKOK, Aug 4: Thailand’s military chief on Monday asked Cambodia to withdraw its soldiers from around a second Khmer ruin along their joint border, raising fears of a fresh territorial dispute....
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Morgan Freeman injured in accident
TUPELO (USA), Aug 4: Oscar-winning US actor Morgan Freeman was in serious condition in a Memphis, Tennessee, hospital on Monday after being injured in a road accident, authorities said....
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‘Millionaire shoplifter’ jailed
LONDON, Aug 4: A Briton dubbed the “millionaire shoplifter” who enjoyed the high life on the back of his crimes, was jailed on Monday for a string of offences across the country....
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Assad gets top billing in ME by doing nothing
LONDON: President Bashar al-Assad is once more one of the “triple pillars” of the Middle East. We may not like that. George Bush may curse the day his invasion of Iraq...
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Credit card industry can use a dose of wise regulation
WASHINGTON: In many ways, the credit card industry is an American success story. Only 30 years ago, access to “plastic” was the prerogative of a prosperous minority; today about three-quarters of US households have at least one credit card....
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Untouched forests store more carbon than thought
SYDNEY: Untouched natural forests store three times more carbon dioxide than previously estimated and 60 per cent more than plantation forests, said a new Australian study of “green carbon” and its role in climate change....
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Why Osama needn’t bother us
LONDON: Imagine if tomorrow the CIA and MI6 discover that Osama bin Laden has invented an incredible new weapon. This machine stashed away in some dusty Afghan cave doubles the intensity...
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New multi-core chip coming up
WASHINGTON: The computer revolution has been powered by chips that operated at ever-higher frequencies. From the Ataris and Commodores of the late 1970s, which ran at roughly one megahertz, to today’s...
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Dying for a salad?
LONDON: Celebrity chef Antony Worrall Thompson has apologised after accidentally recommending a potentially deadly plant in organic salads. He said in a magazine article that the weed henbane, also known as stinking nightshade, made an excellent addition to summertime meals....
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Afghan settlers, nomads fight over grazing land
BEHSUD (Afghanistan): The attack was two days ago but fire still smoulders in a house and two shops in a small village in remote central Afghanistan....
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