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Iran
discovers billion-barrel
oil field in southwest–minister
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TEHRAN: A new oil field in the southwest province of Khuzestan with
in-place reserves of 1.1 billion barrels has been discovered in
Iran, Iranian Oil Minister Gholam Hossein Nozari said Sunday.
The field, which is located near
Andimeshk in Khuzestan, holds an estimated reserve of 233 million
barrels of recoverable crude oil, state television quoted Nozari as
saying.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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Asian pilgrims
embrace Pope’s Australian visit
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SYDNEY: For Wiyond, a young
Catholic living in Muslim-dominated Indonesia, the World Youth Day
festival in Sydney led by Pope Benedict XVI provides a rare chance
to celebrate his religion with others.
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Global warming may
increase kidney stones
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WASHINGTON: More Americans are
likely to suffer from kidney stones in the coming years as a result
of global warming, researchers at the University of Texas said
Monday.
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Obama: Pullout of
bulk of US troops by mid-2010
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WASHINGTON: US Democratic
presidential candidate Barack Obama on Monday vowed not to seek
permanent US military bases in Iraq and reiterated his pledge to
pull out the bulk of US forces by mid-2010.
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WORLD
IN BRIEF
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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s
opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim could face arrest, police said
Monday, after refusing to be questioned over allegations of sodomy,
the same charge that saw him jailed a decade ago.
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