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Medvedev seeks deals in Azerbaijan
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Agence France Presse
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BAKU: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Thursday he wanted to regain Russian access to the vast energy reserves of the ex-Soviet Caspian region, where Western energy firms have displaced Moscow's influence.
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Iraq bans pictures of non-candidates in vote
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Associated Press
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BAGHDAD: The Iraqi government has banned candidates in upcoming provincial elections from using pictures in their campaign materials of people not running for office, the government's spokesman said Thursday.
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Colombia rescues hostages in daring raid
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Agence France Presse
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BOGOTA: French-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt, three US nationals and 11 other hostages were rescued from Marxist FARC rebels Wednesday, freed from years in captivity by a daring Colombian military raid.
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Second Qaeda suspect freed from UK jail
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The Post Monitoring
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LONDON: An Algerian accused by Britain of links to Osama bin Laden and bomb plots in the United States and France has been freed on bail after more than seven years in prison, a spokeswoman for a British tribunal said on Thursday, reports The Washington Post.
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Frenchman killed in UK ‘was stabbed 196 times’
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The Post Monitoring
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PARIS: One of the two French research students found dead in a burned-out London flat had been stabbed 196 times, the detective leading the murder investigation said today, reports The Times.
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Turkish party fights for survival in court
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Agence France Presse
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ANKARA: Turkey's Islamist-rooted ruling party Thursday defended itself in the country's highest court against charges that it had sought to undermine the secular system and should be closed down.
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US, Yeminis meet about Gitmo detainees
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Associated Press
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SAN'A: Yemen's government held talks Thursday with a visiting US delegation in hopes of securing the release of about 100 Yemenis held at the Guantanamo Bay prison, a Yemeni official said.
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Palestinian minister praises Obama
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Agence France Presse
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TOKYO: A senior Palestinian minister said Thursday that he was pinning his hopes on US presidential candidate Barack Obama, believing he would seal an elusive deal on creating a Palestinian state.
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Explosions rock Bulgarian capital
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The Post Monitoring
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SOFIA: A series of powerful explosions rocked an arms disposal depot storing 1,500 tonnes of obsolete munitions outside Sofia on Thursday, shaking apartment blocks and panicking thousands, authorities and eyewitnesses said.
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Srebrenica Muslim chief cleared
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The Post Monitoring
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THE HAGUE: The ex-commander of Bosnian Muslim forces in Srebrenica, Naser Oric, has had his war crimes conviction quashed by the UN tribunal in The Hague, reports BBC News.
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10 held in Indonesia over terror suspect
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Agence France Presse
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JAKARTA: Indonesian police said Thursday they had cracked a terrorist cell linked to some of the region's most wanted fugitives after the arrest of 10 suspects with a cache of powerful homemade bombs.
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UN chief gets hero’s welcome in S Korea
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Agence France Presse
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SEOUL: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon received a hero's welcome Thursday as he returned to his native South Korea for the first time since taking up the post.
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India to get Russian nuclear submarine
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The Post Monitoring
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MOSCOW: India will get its first Akula class Russian nuclear submarine next year, equipping its navy with the quietest and lethal underwater war machine after a gap of 17 years to enhance its blue water capabilities, reports Express India.
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LeT leader killed in Kashmir
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Agence Frances-Presse
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SRINAGAR: The Indian security forces on Thursday shot dead the alleged chief commander of the Lashkar-i-Tayyiba, a hardline militant group, wanted for attacks in Kashmir and others parts of India, according to the state police.
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Bush to receive Gillani in White House
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Monitoring/Agencies
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WASHINGTON: President George W Bush will welcome Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani in the White House on July 28 and will discuss on ways to further advance bilateral cooperation with Pakistan on issues like counterterrorism, economic development, and regional cooperation.
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