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UN and Israel discuss flotilla probe |
UNITED NATIONS: Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak discussed the Security Council’s demand for an international investigation of Israel’s deadly commando raid on a Turkish ship trying to bring aid to Gaza, a UN diplomat said Friday. ...
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Curfew in Kashmir as fourth protester dies |
SRINAGAR: Troops enforced a curfew in major towns in Indian-administered Kashmir on Saturday as a fourth person died from injuries suffered when soldiers opened fire to quell demonstrators the previous day...
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Earthquake in Iran injures 170 people |
TEHRAN: An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.7 hit northeastern Iran, injuring around 170 people, state radio reported on Saturday. The tremor hit the city of Torbat-e Heydariyeh, about 700 km (435 miles) east of Tehran, at 6:20 pm (1350 GMT) on Friday,...
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Inquiry slams “systemic failings” in killer Australia fires |
SYDNEY: An official inquiry into Australian wildfires which killed 173 people Saturday found there were “systemic failings” of leadership and chaos had plagued the emergency response. Australia’s worst ever natural disaster, the so-called...
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Blast hits tax office in China’s Changsha |
SHANGHAI: A blast rocked a local tax office in central China, killing at least four people and injuring 19, in what police say appeared to be a deliberate attack, the official Xinhua news agency said on Saturday....
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SHANGHAI:
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US worried more secret documents may be released |
WASHINGTON: US officials are worried about what other secret US documents the whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks may possess and have tried to contact the group without success to avoid their release, the State Department said on Friday. ...
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US worried more secret documents may be released |
WASHINGTON: US officials are worried about what other secret US documents the whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks may possess and have tried to contact the group without success to avoid their release, the State Department said on Friday. ...
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Israeli warplanes hit Gaza after rocket attack |
GAZA CITY: Israeli warplanes fired missiles at several targets in the Gaza Strip on Friday, killing one person and wounding eight people, witnesses and medics said after a rocket fired from the strip hit a southern Israeli city....
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US, India formally sign nuclear reprocessing pact |
WASHINGTON: The United States and India on Friday formally signed an agreement on reprocessing spent nuclear fuel that US officials hope will allow American firms a share of Indias $150 billion nuclear energy market....
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India expresses grief over air crash |
NEW DELHI: Indian External Affairs Minister S M Krishna has condoled the unfortunate loss of innocent lives in the tragic plane crash near Islamabad in Pakistan. The aircraft of the private airlines Air Blue, flying from Karachi to Islamabad, ...
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NEW DELHI:
30/07/2010 |
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Soldiers fire on protesters in Kashmir, two wounded |
SRINAGAR: Clashes erupted again in Indian-administered Kashmirs main city Friday after two men were wounded when paramilitary forces opened fire on a group of protesters. Paramilitary soldiers in an armoured vehicle shot at rock-throwing demonstrators,...
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Three foreign troops killed by bombs in S.Afghanistan |
KABUL: Three foreign soldiers were killed in two separate Taliban-style bomb attacks in Afghanistan’s volatile south, Nato said Friday. The three, whose nationalities were not released, were all killed on Thursday,...
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KABUL:
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Mexican army kills kingpin in drug war coup |
WASHINGTON: US and senior Israeli officials were to meet Thursday to discuss the crisis over Iran’s suspect nuclear program and economic sanctions meant to curb it, a senior US diplomat told lawmakers. ...
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GUADALAJARA:
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US, Israeli officials meet on Iran: US diplomat |
WASHINGTON: US and senior Israeli officials were to meet Thursday to discuss the crisis over Iran’s suspect nuclear program and economic sanctions meant to curb it, a senior US diplomat told lawmakers. ...
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Leaked Afghan war files pose ‘dangerous’ risks: Gates |
WASHINGTON: US Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Thursday said leaked US documents on the Afghan war posed grave risks for Americans in battle and for US relationships in the region. ...
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