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- Russia threatens strong action over US-Czech deal
UAE News.Net
A day afterr US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice signed a landmark missile defence deal with the Czech Republic, a war of words has broken out between the United States and Russia.
- Police and gunmen die in Istanbul battle
UAE News.Net
An armed attack on the United States consulate in Istanbul in Turkey has resulted in the deaths of three policemen and three gunmen.
- French town in nuclear emergency
UAE News.Net
The town of Avignon in the south of France has suffered a bad radioactive spill.
- Commission wants to rein in warmongering US presidents
UAE News.Net
Two former U.S. Secretaries of State are recommending that the United States change its procedures for deciding to go to war.
- Osama child in hate rant
UAE News.Net
The son of al-Qaeda chief, Osama Bin Laden, has continued with his father's mission of hate.
- US judge orders fast-track on Guantanamo cases
UAE News.Net
A US federal judge has ordered the Justice Department to delay all other cases while it is involved with overseeing Guantanamo Bay lawsuits.
- Shopping mall in West Bank taken over by troops
UAE News.Net
Israeli troops have stormed a shopping mall in the West Bank city of Nablus, after claiming the centre had been frequented by Hamas members.
- UK lawyers suspicious of anonymous evidence
UAE News.Net
UK lawyers have warned about the broadly based plans to allow anonymous evidence in court cases.
- US and Britain meet resistance over Zimbabwe
UAE News.Net
The US and Britain met strong resistance from within the UN Security Council on Tuesday over proceeding with their proposals to impose sanctions on Zimbabwe and President Robert Mugabe.
- Obama refuses to accept flip-flop description
UAE News.Net
Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama has rejected charges that he has shifted positions on Iraq and other issues.
- Police chief and top prosecutor fired over teenage deaths
UAE News.Net
The police chief in Mexico City has resigned along with the city's Attorney General, over a raid on a nightclub which killed twelve people.
- Rwanda genocide suspect arrested in Europe
UAE News.Net
A genocide suspect from the Rwanda uprising in 1994 has been arrested in Germany.
- Tibetans get out of Nepalese jail
UAE News.Net
Three senior Tibetan refugee officials, recently arrested in Kathmandu, have been ordered to be released.
- Israeli army shuts down Palestinian mall
UAE News.Net
A shopping mall housing more than seventy stores has been closed by the Israeli army.
- Iran distances itself from Sadat film
KeralaNext
Teheran - Iran on Wednesday distanced itself from a documentary film on the assassination of the late Egyptian president Anwar Sadat, saying the film had nothing to doIranian government, the official...
- Armed group kills 3 in south Russia night raid
KeralaNext
An armed group raided a village in the southern Russian republic of Ingushetia overnight, killing three men linked to the security forces, Russian news agencies reported on Wednesday.
- Bush Hails G-8 summit
New York Post
President Bush on Wednesday hailed the G-8 summit's success in coalescing behind a global climate change strategy, saying he hopes the plan ultimately will help developing...
- Fed to curb shady home-lending practices
New York Post
To prevent a repeat of the current mortgage mess, Bernanke said the Fed will adopt rules cracking down on a range of shady lending practices that have burned many of the nation's riskiest "subprime"...
- Who will be the next victim of a serial traffic offender
Haaretz
In its request for remand until the end of proceedings, the Central District Police failed to fully indicate the extent to which Gofer is a repeat offender, with numerous prior convictions for...
- Polygamist Warren Jeffs taken to Vegas hospital
CNN
Jeffs was taken to the Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center in Las Vegas Police spokesman did not reveal why Jeffs was under medical care Jeffs is the leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus...
- FARC pitched peace talks before raid
CNN
FARC leader reportedly sent his supporters a message proposing peace deal The message was dated a few days before a Colombian raid freed 15 hostages It was not possible to determine whether leader...
- Being too fat
BBC
Obese men have poorer quality sperm, perhaps because too much fat around their testicles causes them to heat up, scientists have suggested. University of Aberdeen researchers looked at the sperm...
- Senate to pass bill overhauling eavesdropping rules
New York Post
The Senate finally is expected to pass a bill overhauling rules on secret government eavesdropping, completing a lengthy and bitter debate that pitted privacy and civil liberties...
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