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Iraq proposes timetable for 2010 US withdrawal
BAGHDAD, Aug 8: Iraqi negotiators have proposed a timetable for US withdrawals that would see combat troops leave the country by October, 2010, although Washington has not yet agreed to it, a senior Iraqi official said on Friday.If... 
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Sadr to disarm if US withdraws on timetable
BAGHDAD, Aug 8: Anti-American Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr would dissolve his Mehdi Army militia if the United States started withdrawing troops according to a set timetable, a spokesman said....
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Kurdish rebels threaten more attacks after pipeline blast
ANKARA, Aug 8: Kurdish rebels threatened more attacks on economic targets on Friday after claiming responsibility for a blast in eastern Turkey that shut down a strategic oil pipeline, an agency close to the rebels reported....
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Iran says nuclear talks with IAEA ‘constructive’
TEHRAN, Aug 8: Iran described two days of talks with a top International Atomic Energy Agency official as “constructive” and vowed future discussions with the UN agency about Tehran’s nuclear programme, a news agency reported on Friday....
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Thousands flee Sri Lanka fighting: UNHCR
GENEVA, Aug 8: Twelve thousand families are reported to have been displaced in July by fierce fighting in Sri Lanka between government troops and Tamil rebels, the United Nations refugee agency said on Friday....
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Chronic protein deficiency hard on kids’ brains
NEW YORK, Aug 8: Chronic protein deficiency may cause delays in a child’s brain development that improve little over time, a new study shows....
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Ivory Coast toxic sites still a threat: UN expert
GENEVA, Aug 8: Tens of thousands of people in Ivory Coast are still suffering serious health problems two years after toxic waste was dumped there, a United Nations human rights expert said on Friday....
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Avoid the cliche like the plague? never
LONDON: Opposite my apartment in Beirut there used to live an American-born English teacher called Marion Lanson. When she departed Lebanon, I inherited her 1949 Random House American College Dictionary, edited...
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Attack would only slow down Iran’s nuclear capability: study
WASHINGTON: A military strike against Iran’s nuclear facilities would likely only delay the country’s progress toward a nuclear-weapons capability, according to new study that concludes that such an attack could backfire by strengthening Tehran’s resolve to acquire the bomb....
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Time to rethink war on immigration
LONDON: Europe prides itself on being a continent of human rights, freedom and international solidarity. Yet it is fighting an increasingly dirty war against immigration, with casualties mounting every day....
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Clintons creating headaches for Obama
WASHINGTON: Two months after grudgingly admitting defeat, Democrat Hillary Clinton and her ex-president husband are causing new headaches for Barack Obama as he tries to focus on Republican rival John McCain....
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Global warming threatens indigenous peoples: FAO
ROME: Global warming and limited access to land and other resources threaten many indigenous peoples, the UN food agency warned on Friday....
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Petrol coupons traded as cash in Zimbabwe
HARARE: Just a week after Zimbabwe got a new currency when the government lopped 10 zeros off banknotes to counter hyperinflation, a drastic shortage of cash has led to shops and businesses using petrol coupons as an alternative currency....
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