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Russia accuses Nato of using aid as cover
MOSCOW/BERLIN, Aug 23: A top Russian general accused Nato on Saturday of using humanitarian aid deliveries to Georgia as “cover” for a build-up of naval forces in the Black Sea.... 
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Suu Kyi refuses to meet UN envoy
BANGKOK, Aug 23: Myanmar’s detained democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi refused to meet with visiting UN envoy Ibrahim Gambari, state television said on Saturday, leaving him little to show for his six-day mission....
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Stolen children ‘adopted in Australia’
SYDNEY, Aug 23: The Australian government is investigating a media report that 13 Indian children may have been stolen from their parents as part of a child-trafficking network and brought to Australia for adoption....
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UK’s top Muslim cop claims $2.2m: Discrimination
LONDON, Aug 23: Britain’s most senior Muslim policeman has launched a discrimination claim against his employers, London’s Metropolitan Police, the force said on Friday....
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Give them noodles if they don’t have bread
SEOUL, Aug 23: North Korea, facing its worst food shortage in nearly a decade, has come up with a culinary innovation aimed at delaying the feeling of hunger noodles made from soybean, a report said on Saturday....
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Woman attacks to get help
TOKYO, Aug 23: A 79-year-old woman slashed two women with a fruit knife near a crowded Tokyo railway station because she wanted police help after running away from a shelter for homeless people, police said on Saturday....
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Plane makes unscheduled landing at London
LONDON, Aug 23: An outgoing passenger plane en route to Barbados was forced to make an unscheduled landing at Britain’s second biggest airport, London Gatwick, on Saturday after the flight crew decided to turn back....
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Chad floods force 10,000 from homes
N’DJAMENA, Aug 23: Floods in southern Chad have forced 10,000 people from their homes and killed three, the United Nations said on Saturday, adding to the toll from seasonal rains spreading destruction and disease across Africa’s Sahel region....
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Convention tests Dean’s party revolution
WASHINGTON: As almost everyone in at least two hemispheres knows, next week’s Democratic party convention will be the most important four days so far in the life of Barack Obama....
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Tbilisi’s ethnic Russians face uncertain future
TBILISI: They are 21st century barbarians, thugs, thieves, fascist hordes bent on killing, sacking Georgian cities, burning treasured forests, humiliating and crushing a proud people....
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Painter misses art show
DELHI: He may be India’s most famous living artist, but Maqbool Fida Husain was conspicuous by his absence from the country’s first art fair which opened on Friday in Delhi....
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Couple seeks to build windmill at home
WASHINGTON: After years of battling the owners of the massive coal-fired power plant near his suburban home, Ken Robinson decided to reduce his dependence on electricity....
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Pentagon’s intelligence arm steps up lie detection
WASHINGTON: The Pentagon’s intelligence arm is adding more polygraph studios and relying on outside contractors for the first time to conduct lie detection tests in an attempt to screen its 5,700 prospective and current employees every year....
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