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Israel pins blame on Syria for soldier capture
Olmert asks troops to pursue operations against militants
Israel yesterday stepped up the pressure on arch-foe Damascus, accusing it of supporting Palestinian militants behind the capture of an Israeli soldier that has sparked a new crisis in the Middle East.
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Hamas leaders in hiding as Israel tightens noose
Hiding in friends' houses with their mobile phones switched off, Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniya and his ministers are behaving more like an underground organisation than an elected government.
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EU awaits '1st response' from Iran on its offer
EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana holds key talks today with Iran's chief nuclear negotiator as Europe and the United States await a response to an offer to end a growing nuclear standoff.
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Govt has 'messed up'
Says Indian Left
India's Communists, allies of the ruling Congress-led alliance, said the government had "messed up" economically and announced a week-long protest against high prices and privatisation plans.
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Rains trigger floods in India: 24 die
Rains hit life in flooded Mumbai
Heavy rains triggered floods and landslides in eastern India, killing 24 people overnight and disrupting life in the financial hub of Mumbai for a second day yesterday, officials and residents said.
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US losing 'war on terror'
Say experts
Despite high-profile arrests, security operations and upbeat assessments from the White House, the United States is losing its global "war on terror," experts warn.
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Western states are facing homegrown terror threat
As the London bombings and other recent arrests make clear, Western governments now face the very real threat of homegrown terrorists -- indetectable second- and third-generation immigrants totally assimilated
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Activists reach North Pole in summer
Two environmentalists became the first people to reach the North Pole by canoe and on foot in summer, in an expedition aimed at drawing attention to how global warming is threatening polar bears withextinction,
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EU ban on Tigers a huge mistake
Says Sinn Fein leader
The chief negotiator for Northern Ireland's main Roman Catholic party, Sinn Fein, was quoted by Tamil rebels in Sri Lanka as saying a European Union ban on the guerillas was a "huge mistake.
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Kabul riots in May killed 17
A traffic accident involving the US military and subsequent rioting that tore through Afghanistan's capital a month ago killed 17 people and injured nearly 200, the government said Tuesday after an official
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Five Afghan labourers of US base killed
Suspected Taliban militants shot and killed five Afghan labourers bringing construction supplies to a US military base in eastern Afghanistan, police said yesterday.
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US stars align in anti-Iraq war hunger strike
Star Hollywood actor-activists including Sean Penn and Susan Sarandon and anti-war campaigners led by Cindy Sheehan savoured a last meal outside the White House Monday before launching a hunger strike
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