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Russia defends attack on Georgia: Army claims withdrawal of troops
GORI (Georgia), Aug 18: Russia on Monday announced the start of a withdrawal from Georgia, as President Dmitry Medvedev lauded his army’s assault on the neighbouring country....
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2,500 held in UK’s knife crime blitz
LONDON, Aug 18: Police have arrested 2,500 people and stopped and searched a total of 55,000 during a massive clampdown on knife crime prompted by a series of high-profile murders, the Home Office said on Monday....
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Rebel attacks claim 34 lives in Philippines
MANILA, Aug 18: Hundreds of Muslim guerillas attacked two towns in the Philippines troubled south on Monday, killing 34 people, burning homes and looting banks before being driven out by the military....
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Ban offers help to resolve Kashmir dispute
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 18: United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki Moon is prepared to use his good offices in helping to resolve the conflict in Jammu and Kashmir provided both —...
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Nepal Maoist leader sworn in as PM
KATHMANDU, Aug 18: The leader of Nepal’s Maoists, Prachanda, was sworn in as prime minister of the new republic on Monday, finalising his transformation from warlord to the country’s most powerful politician....
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10 Afghan civilians killed in suicide attack
KHOST, Aug 18: A Taliban suicide bomber rammed an explosives-packed car into the gate of the main US military base in southeastern Afghanistan on Monday, killing 10 civilians as the country observed its Independence Day....
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Ukraine PM accused of ‘betrayal’
KIEV, Aug 18: Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko’s office on Monday accused Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, his “Orange Revolution” ally, of betraying national interests by not backing Georgia in its conflict with Russia....
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Food crisis: Indians asked to try rats
PATNA: A state government in eastern India is encouraging people to eat rats in an effort to battle soaring food prices and save grain stocks....
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South Korea, US start military drills
SEOUL: South Korean and US forces started annual military drills on Monday denounced by North Korea as a prelude to war, with Pyongyang previously saying they spoiled the prospects for nuclear disarmament talks....
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Iran ready to put Muslim states’ satellite in orbit
TEHRAN: Iran said on Monday it was ready to help fellow Muslim states launch satellites into orbit after it successfully put a dummy satellite into orbit — a move that may increase western suspicions over its atomic ambitions....
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Italy holds imam wanted on terror charges
ROME: Italian police have arrested a Muslim cleric for extradition to his native Morocco to face terrorism charges linked to suicide bombings in Casablanca in 2003....
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‘Bikini killer’ back in court
KATHMANDU: A Frenchman linked to a series of grisly backpacker killings across Asia in the 1970s appeared in Nepal’s Supreme Court to appeal his murder conviction, a lawyer said....
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UN nuclear inspector in Iran
TEHRAN: A top UN nuclear inspector arrived in Iran on Monday for a second round of talks on improving cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency, the official IRNA news agency reported....
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Landslide kills 14 in BD
DHAKA: At least 14 people were killed, a dozen injured and 10 others feared trapped under the rubble of collapsed houses in a landslide in Bangladesh’s Chittagong port city and Cox’s Bazar early on Monday, officials said....
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Time to calm down the rhetoric with Russia
LONDON: Cyril Connolly recalled the summer of 1938 in Enemies Of Promise as “the time of year when wars break out, and a piece of glass betrays the woodland to the vindictive sun”....
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When is a coup not a coup
DAKAR: “First of all,” said the moustachioed army general in his pale green uniform, “this is not a military coup.”...
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Bosnian divide keeps criminals waiting
SARAJEVO: Bosnia’s failure to establish a coherent system of government more than a decade after its ethnic war has had some strange consequences among them a dire lack of prison space for Sarajevo’s small-time criminals....
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Video-games not all bad
WASHINGTON: Playing video games improves manual dexterity among surgeons, making them faster and less likely to make mistakes, US researchers said....
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Do Britons want democracy?
LONDON: The next general election is hurtling towards us with the force of a damp sponge. We have, at most, 20 months until Decision Dayn but who expects there to be...
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Outback mayor seeks ‘ugly duckling’ women
CANBERRA: A plea for lovelorn female ‘ugly ducklings’ to move to a remote Australian mining town to reverse a shortage of eligible women has landed the local mayor in hot water....
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Taiwan offers comics on mobile phones
TAIPEI: Taiwanese mobile service providers have started a comics service on cell phones following the huge success of the business in nearby Japan....
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The school where teachers carry a pen, a ruler and a gun
NEW YORK: When teachers return for a new school term in the tiny Texas farming town of Harrold, they can bring an extra tool of the trade alongside books, pens and worksheets....
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