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Turkish police detain 38 ‘Al Qaeda men’
ISTANBUL, Dec 19: Turkish police have detained 38 people in raids on suspected members of Al Qaeda, state-run Anatolian news agency reported on Friday.... 
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Russia to axe some arms plans if US drops shield
MOSCOW, Dec 19: Russia will stop developing some strategic weapons if the United States drops plans for a missile shield in Europe, Interfax news agency quoted the commander of Russia’s strategic missile forces as saying on Friday....
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French institute in Athens attacked
ATHENS, Dec 19: Masked youths smashed up a French cultural institute in the Greek capital on Friday, as students and trade unionists staged new protests nearly two weeks into a crisis sparked by the police killing of a teenager....
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Japanese ask Google to stop map service
TOKYO, Dec 19: A group of Japanese lawyers and professors asked on Friday that Google Inc stop providing detailed street-level images of Japanese cities on the Internet, saying they violated privacy rights....
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World’s first commercial spaceport
WASHINGTON, Dec 19: The US Federal Aviation Administration has given the green light for the world’s first commercial spaceport, New Mexico authorities said on Thursday....
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Man repays loan after 39 years
LONDON, Dec 19: A Briton who lent five pou |