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Britain row widens Moscow’s split with West
MOSCOW, July 18: The bitter diplomatic row with Britain marks yet another step in steadily worsening relations between Moscow and the West that are reminiscent of the Cold War, analysts said this week.... 
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Republicans block Senate’s Iraq withdrawal plan
WASHINGTON, July 18: President George Bush escaped a Senate showdown over Iraq on Tuesday with his war policy intact after Republicans blocked a bid by Democrats to force most US troops home by the end of April....
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Japan’s N-plant ordered to stay shut
KASHIWAZAKI (Japan), July 18: The world''s largest nuclear plant was ordered on Wednesday to stay shut indefinitely after Japan''s deadly earthquake, as it revealed a radiation leak was worse than first thought....
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UNSC affirms support for Afghan stability
UNITED NATIONS, July 18: The UN Security Council on Tuesday affirmed its support for recent initiatives aimed at enhancing security, stability and development in the war-torn Afghanistan and condemned recent attacks against civilians in the country....
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S. Arabia to set up work centres for women
RIYADH, July 18: With the number of women in work force growing in Saudi Arabia, ministries are setting up more women-only work centres to meet the cultural requirements of segregation and to create jobs for women....
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Anxious moments for foreign medics in Libya
TRIPOLI, July 18: Six foreign medics reprieved from a death sentence in Libya after an eight-year ordeal over the infection of hundreds of children with HIV-tainted blood were facing an anxious...
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Sri Lankan Tamils getting fed up with civil war KALMADUNAGAR (Sri Lanka): Thamalin Thirvakumar and her baby son live in a camp for war-displaced in rebel-held north Sri Lanka. Her husband is stuck across an impassable frontier in territory held by the Sri Lankan army....
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Tigers threaten to spread terror
COLOMBO: As Colombo was swathed in posters congratulating government troops on their ousting of the LTTE in the eastern Batticaloa district and preparations were afoot for Thursday’s government organised public celebration...
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Taliban growing stronger in Afghanistan: UK report
LONDON: The British-led Nato force in Afghanistan does not have enough troops to carry out its mission and the Taliban show worrying signs of growing stronger, a report by Britain’s parliament has found....
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Ray’s novels to be turned into films
KOLKATA: The son of India’s only Oscar-winning film director Satyajit Ray plans to transform many books written by his father into celluloid. Ray, widely seen as one of the world’s greatest...
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Nepalese ‘goddess’ returns from US
KATHMANDU: A Nepali girl worshipped as a “living goddess”, but who may be stripped of her religious title after travelling to the United States, returned to Nepal on Wednesday seemingly unaware of the controversy....
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Actress to spread green message
MUMBAI: Sienna Miller teamed up with Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan on Tuesday to urge Indians to do more to slow global warming. The 25-year-old actress met Bachchan in Mumbai at...
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