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Military option on table against Iran: Israel
Military action is one of the options in dealing with Iran's nuclear programme, Israel's deputy prime minister said yesterday, after discussing the issue with senior US officials.
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3 Lebanon soldiers killed in camp clashes
Three Lebanese soldiers were killed yesterday in new clashes with Islamist militants holed up in a Palestinian refugee camp as mediators announced a setback to efforts to broker a peaceful end to the21-day
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Attacks kill 11 cops in Afghanistan
Attacks across Afghanistan left 11 policemen and a dozen Taliban fighters dead, authorities said Saturday as the US military announced it had killed "several" Taliban and al-Qaeda men.
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Death toll from Oman cyclone hits 49
Cyclone Gonu, which tore through Oman this week before veering towards Iran, killed at least 49 people and left another 27 missing in the Gulf sultanate, police said on Friday.
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G8 spurs hope for climate accord
A Group of Eight accord on cutting dangerous greenhouse gas emissions has breathed new life into the search for a follow-up accord on global warming spearheaded by the UN.
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Kim Dae-Jung for 2nd inter-Korean summit
Former South Korea President Kim Dae-Jung yesterday urged a second inter-Korean summit no later than mid-August to help international efforts towards the North's nuclear disarmament.
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Al-Qaeda declares holy war on India
A group claiming to represent the al-Qaeda terror network declared a holy war on India over its partial control of the divided Himalayan region of Kashmir, Indian officials said yesterday.
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Malaysian PM ties the knot again
Malaysia's Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi re-married behind closed doors yesterday before heading straight to the cemetery to pay respects to his late first wife.
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Sarkozy camp takes firm lead in polls
French voters on islands off the coast of Canada cast the first ballots yesterday in a parliamentary election tipped to give rightwing President Nicolas Sarkozy a resounding majority for his ambitious
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India offers new proposal in US nuclear talks
India has proposed to set up a special unit to reprocess spent atomic fuel under international safeguards in a bid to close a major civilian nuclear deal with Washington, a report said Friday.
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Atlantis heads for ISS
The US space shuttle Atlantis headed for the International Space Station early Saturday on this year's first mission, aimed at boosting the station's power-generating capacity.
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Wild storms continue to lash Australia: Six dead
Six people were confirmed dead and another two were missing yesterday as wild storms continued to lash Australia's east coast, smashing boats, flooding roads and cutting power to 200,000 homes.
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Two shot dead in Thailand
Two people were shot dead and nine security officials injured in a roadside bomb attack and shootings yesterday in Thailand's restive Muslim-majority south, police said.
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India HIV cases likely to fall
Says UNAIDS
India will report new estimates of HIV/AIDS infections next month that could show a sharp drop from earlier surveys that left the country with most cases worldwide, a UNAIDS official said yesterday.
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