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Thai PM consults king over escalating protests
BANGKOK, Aug 30: Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej consulted the king over escalating protests on Saturday, after demonstrators forced Phuket’s airport to close indefinitely in their drive to force the premier from office.... 
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Vatican calls for fighting ‘phobia’ against Christians
ROME, Aug 30: “Christianophobia” is a growing problem around the world and it must be fought with the same determination as anti-Semitism or Islamophobia, the Vatican said on Friday....
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Russia asks EU to ignore calls for sanctions
MOSCOW, Aug 30: Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin urged the European Union to ignore calls to punish Moscow over the Georgia conflict as Tbilisi appealed on Saturday for targeted punishment of the Russian leadership....
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45 injured in Colombo market explosion
COLOMBO, Aug 30: At least 45 people were injured, some of them critically, when a parcel bomb placed near a shop in Colombo’s main market, exploded on Saturday....
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Hundreds leave Gaza as Egypt opens border
GAZA, Aug 30: Egypt opened its border crossing with the Gaza Strip on Saturday, allowing hundreds of people to leave the Hamas-controlled territory, Palestinian officials said....
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Gustav kills 85 in Caribbean states
HAVANA, Aug 30: Deadly hurricane Gustav bore down on Cuba headed to the Gulf of Mexico on Saturday, threatening to intensify into a category-four storm after leaving a trail of death and destruction across the Caribbean....
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12 Indian policemen killed in mine blast
RANCHI (India), Aug 30: Twelve policemen were killed in a landmine blast triggered by suspected Maoist rebels on Saturday in eastern India, a police spokesman said....
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Why it could end in disaster for Democrats
LONDON: Maybe it hardly bears thinking about the morning of November 5 if Barack Obama has lost to John McCain the previous day. And it may seem perverse to think about...
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Profile: Sarah Palin
DENVER: She hunts. She fishes. She was voted Miss Congeniality after winning a beauty pageant in her small town in Alaska. She is a mother of five and a churchgoer who says her favourite meal is moose stew....
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China unlikely to loosen its grip in Xinjiang
BEIJING: Violent outbursts are continuing in the Xinjiang region of western China, with the latest resulting in the deaths of two policemen who were attacked on Wednesday while searching a cornfield...
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Croatia’s relationship with fascist past
ZAGREB: Croatia is a “small country for a big vacation”, as the ads tell you. But beyond the marketing and optimistic reports of millions of holidaymakers spending their “big vacation” there,...
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Venice film festival: clash of auteurs
VENICE: It was a spectacular clash of auteurs. Two years ago the writer, Guillermo Arriaga, was effectively banned from the Cannes film festival after falling out with the director of his screenplay for Babel....
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Arriaga is not up to Inarritu’s level
Review by Andrew Pulver...The Burning Plain follows a similar pattern for the screenwriter, Guillermo Arriaga who helped kickstart the Mexican cinema renaissance, having penned Amores Perros, 21 Grams...
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