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Report to help defuse Iran N-crisis: IAEA
VIENNA, Dec 4: UN nuclear watchdog chief Mohamed ElBaradei said on Tuesday that a new US intelligence report conceding that Iran is no longer developing nuclear weapons would help defuse tensions with the Islamic republic.... 
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Israel invites bids for new settlements
JERUSALEM, Dec 4: Israel said on Tuesday it has invited bids to build more than 300 new housing units in annexed east Jerusalem, the first settlement expansion since the revival of peace talks with the Palestinians....
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Gulf states welcomeIran idea on security
RIYADH, Dec 4: The Arab Gulf states have welcomed a proposal put forward by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for a regional security arrangement....
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Bush criticises S. Arabia over rape case
WASHINGTON, Dec 4: US President George Bush expressed disappointment on Tuesday at Saudi Arabia’s lack of support to a rape victim, saying he would have been angry if his own daughter had endured such treatment....
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Rare fossil found in Arctic
OSLO, Dec 4: Norwegian researchers have discovered a second rare fossil in the Arctic of a pliosaur, a giant reptile described by experts as the “T-Rex of the oceans”, the project leader said on Tuesday....
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Charges filed against Indian tycoon
LUCKNOW, Dec 4: Indian police on Tuesday filed criminal charges against one of the country’s wealthiest executives after his telephone company circulated a joke equating Sikhs with donkeys....
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Bush plans to visit Israel
JERUSALEM, Dec 4: US President George Bush will visit Israel next month, Israel’s Channel 2 TV reported on Tuesday. The report said Bush would focus on promoting Israeli-Palestinian peace talks in...
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Scientists show off experiments on websites
LOS ANGELES: Haim Weizman is a chemist by trade and an Internet moviemaker on the side....
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Tattoos used to advertise cars, food, shoes
NEW YORK: What does Angelina Jolie have in common with Josef Stalin and Thomas Edison as well as two out of every five Americans between the ages of 26 and 40?...
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Manila nears deal with Muslim group
MANILA: The Philippines and the country’s largest Muslim separatist group are preparing to sign off on a peace deal after years of tortuous negotiations, but that may be the easy part....
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Looking for long-term investment? Try violin
LONDON: Violins can offer investors a stable long-term return in a diversified portfolio, plus an unusual dividend — enjoyment, economic researchers say....
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Children taught through songs
LONDON: “I’d like to (.....) the world to sing in (.......) harmony. I’d like to (....) it in my arms and (....) it company.”...
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US intelligence on Iran’s N-weapons goes the Iraq way
WASHINGTON: First Iraq, now Iran. The United States has operated under a cloud of faulty intelligence in both countries....
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Referendum defeat shatters Chavez’s invincibility
CARACAS: It was approaching midnight and something was wrong at Miraflores Palace. Thousands of people in red T-shirts were gathered outside the balcony waiting for Hugo Chavez, waiting for another victory, but the hours dragged by and he did not appear....
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