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Sadr, Iraqi govt strike deal to end fighting
BAGHDAD, May 10: Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr’s movement and the Iraqi government struck a deal to end weeks of fighting in Baghdad, officials said on Saturday as 13 more people were killed overnight.... 
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100 states attend NPT meeting
UNITED NATIONS, May 10: Over 100 countries took part in a two-week meeting seeking to review the United Nations-backed Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), which forms the foundation of the world’s nuclear non-proliferation regime....
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UN launches $187m aid appeal for Myanmar
UNITED NATIONS, May 10: The United Nations on Friday appealed to the international community for $187 million to help provide humanitarian relief to some 1.5 million people severely affected by the recent cyclone in Myanmar for the next six months....
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Curfew in Khartoum
KHARTOUM, May 10: An overnight curfew has been imposed on Khartoum after Darfur rebels attacked a suburb of Sudan’s capital on Saturday, state television said....
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Lynchpin of Bush’s ME policy near collapse: Fighting in Beirut
WASHINGTON: On the eve of his trip to the Middle East next week, President Bush faces the collapse of one of his three top priorities in the region stabilizing Lebanon, a...
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A desperate population is getting angry with Myanmar junta
BOGOLAY (Myanmar): Wading through the swollen waters, we headed out to see the dead. It wasn’t long before we came across the first of the corpses, advertising itself with a putrefying stench....
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Widows’ struggle goes unsung
BAGHDAD: Ducking bullets and dodging car bombs may be part of daily life for millions of Baghdadis but behind black veils yet another struggle is being waged the battle of war widows to keep young families alive....
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Lost luggage finds a new home at auctions
LONDON: “At least I have a good one,” said Hannah Taylor as she opened a suitcase full of clothes she had just bought at a London auction which sells dozens of pieces of lost luggage each week....
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US code of secrecy extends to curtailing public right to know
WASHINGTON: The Bush administration recently announced it will allow select members of Congress to read Justice Department legal opinions about the CIA’s controversial detainee interrogation programme that have been hidden from Congress until now....
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