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Palestine’s
rival groups
to establish unity govt
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CAIRO: Rival Palestinian groups Fatah and Hamas agreed on Thursday
to work together to set up a unity government after
Egyptian-sponsored reconciliation talks aimed at ending long-running
factional feuding.
“It is indeed a historic
day,” former Palestinian premier Ahmed Qorei said at a press
conference announcing the creation of five joint committees,
including one tasked with forming a national unity government.
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Dhaka begins
crackdown on mutineers, collars nearly 200
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DHAKA, Bangladesh: Bangladesh
security forces arrested nearly 200 border troops Friday in a
nationwide manhunt for mutineers who staged a bloody two-day revolt
that turned the capital into a battle zone.
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Israel’s
Netanyahu, Livni in new bid to form govt
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JERUSALEM: Likud leader Benjamin
Netanyahu was making a fresh bid on Friday to persuade Foreign
Minister Tzipi Livni to bring her centrist Kadima party into an
Israeli coalition that would otherwise be dominated...
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Australian
wildfire sparks anew amid drought
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LILYDALE, Australia: Australian
firefighters bracing for a renewed threat from wildfires that killed
more than 200 people were cautiously optimistic they had prevented
the blazes flaring again Friday.
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Pakistan’s
premier struggles to temper unrest
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Prime
Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani Friday convened his cabinet to discuss
political upheaval following a court decision to ban the main
opposition leader from contesting elections.
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WORLDINBRIEF
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KUALA LUMPUR: A Catholic
newspaper in Malaysia said Friday it had won the right to use the
word “Allah” after a long battle with the government, which
threatened to close it down.The editor of the Herald newspaper,...
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