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Bush pushes Senate to vote for Indian N-deal
President George W Bush has appealed to Republican leaders to ensure the Senate votes on a nuclear cooperation agreement with India before it adjourns this month, senior US officials said on Thursday.
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NAM must make positive contribution to world: India
As the summit of Non-Aligned grouping begins, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh yesterday said the NAM must make a constructive contribution to the new world order free from fear and war and the time hascome
 
Fight for Iran sanctions will take weeks: US
The United States acknowledged Thursday that it will face tough resistance from some of its key allies as it presses for UN sanctions against Iran over its suspect nuclear programme.
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Tagging Terrorism With Islam
Muslims in furore over pope's remarks
Pope Benedict's comments about Islam could hurt global religious harmony, government and religious leaders in the world's most populous Muslim countries said yesterday.
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Dying glaciers draw curious to Swiss Alpine peaks
Tourists are flocking to Switzerland's highest peaks to see formidable Alpine glaciers melt away before their eyes -- and sometimes, onto their heads.
 
Rival Palestinian leaders trade demands amid deadly shooting
5 security officers killed in attack
Rival Palestinian leaders traded demands for a unity government yesterday as five security officers were killed in a brazen daylight attack, underscoring the difficulty of forming a coalition cabinet.
 
Israel army in disarray over Lebanon failures
A general resigns, a colonel is disciplined and the command structure is battered by an unrelenting storm of criticism: the Israeli army is in disarray as it struggles to cope with the failures of the
 
Role In Election Fiasco
Former Thai election officials convicted
Three former election commissioners were convicted yesterday of dereliction of duty and sentenced to two years in prison for their role in Thailand's election fiasco.
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Princess Kiko leaves hospital with son
Japan's Princess Kiko and her newborn son left a Tokyo hospital Friday, a week after the birth of the first new male heir to the Chrysanthemum Throne in four decades.
 
Indian ministers warned for breaking heritage laws
Senior urban planning officials are among a dozen Indian ministers ordered to remove illegal changes made to their grand government residences built during the British Raj, reports said yesterday.
 
Australia to have English tests for new citizens
Australia will demand new citizens pass an English language test and sign up to undefined Australian values, Prime Minister John Howard said on Friday, but denied any racist overtones in the coming policy.
 
Letter from captive Israeli soldier given to family
A letter written by abducted Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit was given to his family by Gaza militants in a potential breakthrough after nearly three months in captivity, a source involved in the talks said
 

 
   
 
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