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Beijing, Caracas to boost energy ties
China will get 50,000 barrels of oil per day, says Chavez

Impeachment move against Arroyo fails
SINGAPORE: An impeachment `complaint' against President of the Philippines Gloria Macapagal Arroyo was defeated in Manila on Thursday. This was the second such move by the Opposition after the mandatory gap of a year since the previous ...

Sri Lankan displaced are distraught
50,000 Muslims from Muttur town languish in makeshift tent camps

Germany threatens E.U. timetable
Fears grow over Europe's capacity to absorb new members

Asian students demand apology
LONDON: Two Asian students who were removed from a plane in the Spanish resort of Malaga because passengers thought they were terrorists demanded an apology from the airline involved. Sohail Ashraf and his friend Khurram Zeb, both 22, ...

Gaps in U.S. data on Iran
WASHINGTON: A U.S. congressional report has warned that the U.S. is facing ``significant gaps'' in its intelligence on Iran that could be as serious as the shortcomings in its pre-war knowledge about Iraq, leaving Washington ill-prepared to ...

GROWING CATASTROPHE

Hot toxic mud engulfs villages and farmland
11,000 persons have lost their homes or been forced to evacuate

Stephen Hawking to receive Copley medal
It is the U.K. Royal Society's most significant award for scientific achievement

Found after 8 years
VIENNA: Austrian authorities said on Thursday a young woman found near Vienna had been identified as a girl who went missing more than eight years ago. The woman said her name was Natascha Kampusch and told police she had been kidnapped and kept ...

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Promise of a small ultra-light

Abu Sayyaf rebels killed

Katsav questioned

India & World

Role of Pakistani being probed
Sketch of the unidentified body released

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