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US considering nuclear deal with Russia: Move aimed at luring Moscow away from Tehran
WASHINGTON, April 27: The United States is discussing the possibility of a civilian nuclear energy agreement with Russia that could help wean Moscow away from cooperation with Iran, according to US officials.... 
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Air strikes leave 40,000 homeless in Lanka
MUTTUR (Sri Lanka), April 27: Thousands of frightened people have been left homeless in Sri Lanka after air strikes on suspected Tamil Tiger rebel positions, the guerillas and a UN official said on Thursday....
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Egyptian judges call for removal of government
CAIRO, April 27: The confrontation stepped up a notch on Thursday between the Egyptian government and reformist judges, who openly called for a change of government and saw their supporters arrested and beaten by police....
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4 Italians, Romanian killed in Iraq
ROME, April 27: Four Italian soldiers and a Romanian serving in Iraq were killed on Thursday when a bomb ripped through their convoy near Nasiriyah, in the south of the country....
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Iran’s missiles can hit Europe: Israel
JERUSALEM, April 27: Iran has purchased North Korean long-range ballistic missiles capable of hitting Europe, the head of Israel’s military intelligence was reported as saying on Thursday....
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US favours Nato ties with Japan, Australia
SOFIA, April 27: Under US pressure, Nato launched a debate on Thursday on forging formal partnerships with Pacific rim states such as Australia and New Zealand as it expands its role to fight threats around the globe....
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Iranian president remains defiant
TEHRAN, April 27: Iran will pursue uranium enrichment in defiance of outside pressure, its president said on Thursday, a day before the UN nuclear watchdog delivers a verdict on whether Tehran has met UN Security Council demands....
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Moscow opposes key role for SC on Iran
TOMSK (Russia), April 27: Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday the UN atomic agency and not the more politicised Security Council should take charge of efforts to resolve the standoff over Iran’s nuclear programme....
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Construction begins at NY Ground Zero
NEW YORK, April 27: A line of giant earth movers rolled into the pit of the World Trade Center site on Thursday to finally begin construction on the symbolic skyscraper that will replace the fallen twin towers....
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Myanmar junta to ban Suu Kyi’s party: experts
BANGKOK, April 27: Myanmar’s regime is moving to outlaw the political party headed by detained Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, experts said on Thursday....
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Danes indicted for report on Iraq
COPENHAGEN, April 27: Two Danish reporters who cited a secret government report casting doubt on the existence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq before the US-led invasion have been indicted for violating national security, the state prosecutor said on Thursday....
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500 to join force vetoed by Abbas
GAZA CITY, April 27: Around 500 fighters from the Popular Resistance Committees will join a new security force that has been vetoed by Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas, the hardline faction announced on Thursday....
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Australian PM sorry for body bungle
SYDNEY, April 27: Australian Prime Minister John Howard on Thursday publicly apologised to the angry widow of the country’s first soldier killed in Iraq after she was sent a stranger’s body by mistake....
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Held Kashmir CM wins poll
SRINAGAR, April 27: The chief minister of occupied Kashmir won a seat in a state assembly by-election, allowing him to retain his post, an election official said on Thursday....
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Victims of Chernobyl tragedy still suffering
KIEV: Hundreds of thousands of people across Europe on Wednesday commemorated the 20th anniversary of the world’s worst human-made disaster — when Reactor 4 at the Chernobyl nuclear power complex exploded...
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Briton accused of helping Libya build N-bomb
MANNHEIM: A British businessman was named in court in Germany on Wednesday as a key figure in what has been dubbed the world’s worst nuclear proliferation racket, alleged to have helped Libyan attempts to build a nuclear bomb....
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Oil prices pose no big risk to US
WASHINGTON: Record high oil prices pose a risk to the United States but may be blessing in disguise by forcing the world’s biggest consumer of oil to look at conservation and alternative energy....
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Gulf states reluctant to fund Hamas govt openly
DUBAI: Wealthy Gulf Arab states will not let Hamas ministers go home empty-handed, wary that Iran might gain influence by filling the funding vacuum faced by the new Hamas-led Palestinian government, analysts said....
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Traveller ignorance costing industry billions: survey
SINGAPORE: The Philippines, Singapore and Japan escaped the 2004 tsunamis which devastated much of Asia but some potential travelers believe otherwise, a survey released recently found....
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Harriers’ Afghan stay extended
Kabul: A squardon of Harrier fighters is to remain in Afghanistan amid increasing concern about the safety of thousands of British troops about to be deployed in the hostile south of the country....
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