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Iran, Sudan close ranks in face of Western pressure
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on his first visit to Sudan on Wednesday extended full support to his opposite number Omar al-Beshir, blaming the United States and its allies for the region's woes.
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Congress gets wake-up call from prices, polls
Stung by soaring prices, state election defeats and a resurgent opposition, the ruling Congress party will likely stay in damage control mode with an eye on polls in the next two years.
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Militants to be forced out
Says Musharraf
President Pervez Musharraf said Pakistan will force foreign al-Qaeda and Taliban militants to leave the troubled tribal belt bordering Afghanistan, state media reported yesterday.
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Iran kills 17 rebels in northwest province
Iranian security forces killed 17 rebels in the latest clashes in West Azarbaijan province close to the Turkish and Iraqi borders in northwest Iran, a Revolutionary Guards commander said yesterday.
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Embattled Israeli PM faces fresh scam
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was yesterday accused of unlawfully appointing scores of political cronies from his former Likud party in the latest scandal to mar his beleaguered leadership.
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Ex-PM's party threatens to quit Iraqi govt
US Army chopper makes 'hard landing'
The secular party led by former Iraqi interim prime minister Iyad Allawi threatened yesterday to quit the country's embattled government of national unity, accusing officials of sectarian bias.
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Hawking to make zero gravity flight
Renowned theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking, who authored the best-selling book, "A Brief History of Time," soon will experience a brief history with weightlessness.
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McCain enters 2008 US presidential race
Influential Republican Senator John McCain announced Wednesday that he will run for the White House in the 2008 race. McCain, who lost his party's nomination in 2000 to now-President George W.
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