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ICJ rules for Singapore on islet dispute with Malaysia
THE HAGUE, May 23: Malaysia on Friday bowed ruling by the International Court of Justice that affirmed Singapore’s sovereignty over a tiny but strategic island that caused a 28-year dispute between the neighbours....
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$8bn misspent in Iraq: report
NEW YORK, May 23: An internal US audit of some $8 billion paid to US and Iraqi contractors has found that nearly every transaction failed to comply with federal laws or...
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Missiles explode in Russian arms depot
MOSCOW, May 23: A fire that raged through an arms depot at an air base in northern Russia on Friday set off air-to-air missiles but caused no casualties, the head of the air force said....
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Blair’s plane causes scare in Israel
JERUSALEM, May 23: Israeli fighter jets scrambled to intercept an unidentified aircraft suspected to be hostile this week, only to find out that it carried none other than international Mideast peace envoy Tony Blair, a top military official said on Friday....
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By-election: Brown suffers another blow
LONDON, May 23: British Prime Minister Gordon Brown suffered another severe blow to his authority on Friday as his Labour Party saw the Conservatives seize a seat it has held for two decades in a by-election....
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Olmert again quizzed in bribery case
JERUSALEM, May 23: Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was questioned by police for an hour on Friday, the second time this month that investigators have quizzed him over allegations he took bribes from an American businessman....
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EU, Russia far from ‘new cold war’
LONDON: There were tears and sweat aplenty in Moscow’s Luzhniki stadium on Wednesday for the Champions League cup final, but barely any blood. English soccer fans kept calm....
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Sun screens threaten reefs
PARIS: Sun screen lotions used by beach-going tourists worldwide are a major cause of coral bleaching, according to a new study commissioned by the European Commission....
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Poverty a recipe for S. Africa unrest
JOHANNESBURG: Failure to spread South Africa’s economic gains to the poor has fuelled violence against immigrants and could spark wider unrest as living conditions become tougher and higher food prices bite....
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Bush bid to isolate Mideast hardliners backfires
WASHINGTON: The Bush administration’s campaign to isolate Iran and Syria has backfired as the two Middle East hardliners ended up this week sidelining the United States, analysts said....
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Microbes found at 1.6km below seabed
OSLO: Microbes have been found living at a record depth of 1.6 km beneath the Atlantic seabed in a hint that life might also evolve underground on other planets, have scientists said....
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‘Cancer train’ offers uncertain route out of despair in India
BATHINDA (India): Too frail to even speak, cancer patient Mukhtiar Singh waits patiently at a railway station seated among his relatives....
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