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Democrats seek probe over delayed report: US-India nuclear deal
WASHINGTON, July 29: Democratic lawmakers on Friday requested an investigation into why the State Department delayed word of sanctions on two Indian companies for Iran-related dealings until after the US House of Representatives approved a nuclear agreement with New Delhi.... 
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ME states to buy $4.6bn arms from Washington
WASHINGTON, July 29: The Bush administration spelled out plans on Friday to sell $4.6 billion of arms to moderate Arab states, including battle tanks worth $2.9...
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More towns to be hit: Nasrallah
BEIRUT, July 29: Hezbollah’s leader said on Saturday that US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice aimed to impose conditions on Lebanon and serve Israeli interests in her mission to end war between his group and Israel....
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Oil slick affects 80kms of Lebanese coastline
NAIROBI, July 29: The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) on Saturday expressed ‘grave concern’ over the environmental crisis unfolding off the Lebanese coast, where thousands of tons of fuel are gushing into the sea after Israeli aircraft bombed a power plant....
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McCartney divorce turns bitter
LONDON, July 29: The divorce between ex-Beatle Paul McCartney and estranged wife Heather Mills has exploded in acrimony as a large chunk of his huge fortune lies at stake, Britain’s tabloid press alleged on Saturday....
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Syria opposes Lebanon force
DAMASCUS, July 29: Syria on Saturday slammed international proposals for the deployment of a multinational force in southern Lebanon as ‘an occupation force’ that would do Israel’s job....
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Arms flights: Blair gets Bush apology
ABOARD THE PRIME MINISTER’S PLANE, July 29: President George Bush apologised to British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Friday for the use by the United States of a Scottish airport to transport bombs to Israel, Mr Blair’s spokesman said....
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Foreign spies in BD?
DHAKA, July 29: A number of foreign intelligence agencies have initiated moves to woo one or the other political party in Bangladesh in the run-up to general elections slated for January, a newspaper said on Saturday....
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Lankan military claims killing 40 Tigers
COLOMBO, July 29: The Sri Lankan air force killed 40 fighters belonging to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in air strikes this week, a military spokesman claimed on Saturday....
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Israel strikes Syria border crossing
MASNAA (Lebanon), July 29: Israeli warplanes on Saturday struck the Lebanese main crossing point of Masnaa near the border with Syria, closing the passageway....
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Hezbollah dashes Israel’s hopes of swift victory BEIRUT: Confronting one of the world’s strongest armies, Hezbollah fighters are still battling Israel’s tanks and raining rockets over the border, denying Israeli hopes of a swift victory in its 17-day-old war in Lebanon....
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UN peacekeepers offer lessons to future force
NAQURA (Lebanon): The fluttering whoosh of a Hezbollah rocket was instantly followed by the thud and boom of Israeli artillery. At the UN peacekeepers’ headquarters in Lebanon, just 300 meters from...
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Arab media, people shower praise on Lebanese guerillas
RIYADH: As fighting between Hezbollah guerrillas and Israel enters 18th day, the people an media in the Arab world are full of praise for the gurilla force for standing up to the Israeli military might for such a long period....
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Lebanon conflict is not a proxy war
LOS ANGELES: All along the avenues of Beirut’s southern suburbs, posters depict Hezbollah’s fiery spiritual leader, Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, flanked by Syrian President Bashar Assad and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the Dome of the Rock often gleaming in the background....
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Stateless children in Malaysia in limbo
KINARUT (Malaysia): Living in a foetid slum, eight-year-old Cynthia wants to learn to read and write, but in the eyes of the country of her birth, she has no legal status and cannot go to school....
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Thousands march on Dhaka: poll reforms
DHAKA: More than 20,000 activists marched in the Bangladeshi capital on Saturday, defying driving rains, on the fifth day of protests to press for electoral reforms before January polls....
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