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Vatican City, May 15 (DPA) Pope Benedict XVI praised Thursday the Catholic women who have vowed to remain virgins, a choice which is "as luminous and fruitful in the eyes of the faith as it is obscure and futile in the eyes of the world". Virginity "recalls the transitory reality ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 9:38 pm ICT by admin
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Beirut, May 15 (DPA) The pro-Iranian Shia movement Hezbollah said Thursday it was ready for dialogue with the Western-backed ruling majority to safeguard the unity of the government. "We should solve the issue inside the Lebanese arena and are ready for dialogue to end the Lebanese crisis," Hezbollah's deputy secretary ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 9:17 pm ICT by admin
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Beijing, May 15 (DPA) A south-western Chinese town near the epicentre of Monday's devastating earthquake faced a growing risk of flood Thursday, prompting troops to evacuate as many people as possible while they dug through rubble in the hope of rescuing some of the thousands of people still missing in ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 4:24 pm ICT by admin
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Bangkok, May 15 (DPA) Warnings of a second cyclone heading for Myanmar, which is reeling from the impact of Cyclone Nargis, have been cancelled, meteorologists said Thursday. "The potential for the development of a significant tropical cyclone within the next 24 hours is downgraded to poor," the US Joint Typhoon ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 3:42 pm ICT by admin
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Kabul, May 15 (DPA) A suicide bomber attacked a convoy of police vehicles in south-western Afghanistan Thursday morning, killing 12 and wounding 26, a police official said. "The attack was carried out by a woman wearing burqa," Ali Khan Hussainzada, chief of the criminal department of police forces in western ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 12:24 pm ICT by admin
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Washington, May 15 (DPA) The US is picking up the pace of military aid shipments to Lebanon to help the government provide security following the outbreak of violence between rival militias, the US State Department said. The shipments include protective gear to communications equipment and ammunition under a programme launched ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 11:49 am ICT by admin
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Kuala Lumpur, May 15 (DPA) A special team of Malaysian police began work Thursday at the country's international airport after a spate of crimes. A battalion of 141 officers was formed to provide round-the-clock security at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA), said Musa Hassan, inspector general of police.
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May 15th, 2008 - 11:48 am ICT by admin
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Rio de Janeiro, May 15 (DPA) Brazil national football coach Carlos Dunga has called upon players to fight for their release with their European clubs if they wish to participate in the Beijing Olympics. "I do not want the players to get into an argument with those who pay their ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 11:44 am ICT by admin
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New York, May 15 (DPA) In order to strengthen disaster relief in Myanmar UN-Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon wants to send a high-ranking representative of the UN to that country. Ban told journalists Wednesday that in the next few days he would send Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, John Holmes to Myanmar in ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 3:00 am ICT by admin
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Washington, May 15 (DPA) Under the pressure of a court-ordered deadline, the US Wednesday classified the polar bear as a threatened species because of global warming and rapidly melting Arctic ice. In the surprise decision, US Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne said the decision was prompted by the prospect ...
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May 14th, 2008 - 11:03 pm ICT by admin
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Cannes, May 14 (DPA) American actor-turned-director and screenwriter Sean Penn, who heads this year's Cannes Film Festival jury, lashed out Wednesday at US President George W. Bush and warned White House hopeful Barack Obama of the potential disillusionment if he secures the Democratic Party's presidential nomination. As the US presidential ...
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May 14th, 2008 - 10:33 pm ICT by admin
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Vatican City, May 14 (DPA) Pope Benedict XVI Wednesday urged the faithful to join him in "fervid prayer" for the victims of the earthquake in China. "I am spiritually close to the people who have suffered from such a serious calamity," Benedict said during his traditional mid-week general audience.
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May 14th, 2008 - 10:32 pm ICT by admin
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Bangkok, May 14 (DPA) Thirteen days after Cyclone Nargis smashed into Myanmar, the international community has made some progress in getting emergency aid and even aid workers into the reclusive, military-controlled nation, but not enough, the UN said Wednesday. "We're seeing more flights getting in to the country, we're seeing ...
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May 14th, 2008 - 10:30 pm ICT by admin
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Bangkok, May 14 (DPA) Myanmar's cyclone-devastated Irrawaddy Delta - the country's rice bowl - will need more than $200 million in agricultural aid soon to prevent a severe food shortage this year and next, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said Wednesday. "Every dollar spent now on agriculture will save ...
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May 14th, 2008 - 3:17 pm ICT by admin
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Manila, May 14 (DPA) Two communist rebels were killed Wednesday in a clash with government troops in the central Philippines, an Army commander said. Soldiers also captured a female guerrilla, Major General Jovenal Narcise said.
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May 14th, 2008 - 1:41 pm ICT by admin
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Taipei, May 14 (DPA) The Taiwan cabinet resigned Wednesday ahead of president-elect Ma Ying-jeou's inauguration in six days. Premier Chang Chun-hsiung presided over the ceremony of the cabinet's resignation, putting an end to the eight-year scandal-plagued rule by pro-independence President Chen Shui-bian.
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May 14th, 2008 - 1:25 pm ICT by admin
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Dhaka, May 14 (DPA) At least eight people were killed and over 50 injured Wednesday when a train rammed into a stationary intercity express in eastern Bangladesh, officials and witnesses said. The collision occurred in Ashuganj, about 55 km east of the capital Dhaka.
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May 14th, 2008 - 11:25 am ICT by admin
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Washington, May 14 (DPA) Swedish golfer Annika Sorenstam has announced that she will draw a curtain to her professional career at the end of the 2008 season. Sorenstam, 37, announced her retirement plans Tuesday, two days after winning her 72nd Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) title Sunday at the Michelob ...
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May 14th, 2008 - 12:58 am ICT by admin
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Tehran, May 13 (DPA) Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Tuesday predicted no changes in relations with Russia during the presidency of Dmitry Medvedev. "Iran and Russia are two old neighbours and their relations should naturally be united and therefore I predict no changes," Ahmadinejad told a press conference in Tehran.
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May 13th, 2008 - 11:48 pm ICT by admin
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Tehran, May 13 (DPA) Rejecting accusations of Iranian interference in the Lebanon crisis, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Tuesday that Iran sought only a "friendly settlement" of the crisis there. "All are doing is to recommend that the relevant sides find a friendly settlement to end the crisis," Ahmadinejad told reporters ...
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May 13th, 2008 - 11:45 pm ICT by admin
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Baghdad, May 13 (DPA) Iranian artillery Tuesday shelled villages in northern Iraq where Iranian Kurdish rebels are believed to be operating, according to a local Iraqi Kurdish official. The artillery shelled several villages in the area of Bashdar in Sulaymanyah province in Iraq's Kurdish Autonomous Region, the official said on ...
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May 13th, 2008 - 6:18 pm ICT by admin
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Algiers, May 13 (DPA) Nine Algerian soldiers were killed by suspected Islamic terrorists in two separate attacks, Algerian media reported Tuesday. Six soldiers died when they were ambushed late Sunday near Medea, some 90 km southwest of the capital Algiers, by terrorists suspected to be members of Al Qaeda, the ...
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May 13th, 2008 - 4:37 pm ICT by admin
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Nairobi/N'Djamena, May 13 (DPA) Chad closed its border with Sudan overnight and cut off all economic ties with its neighbouring country amid accusations of aggression from Khartoum, news reports said Tuesday. A Chadian diplomat accused Sudan of looking for excuses to launch an attack on Chadian territory in a report ...
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May 13th, 2008 - 4:26 pm ICT by admin
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Singapore, May 13 (DPA) An Indian national is on trial in Singapore's High Court on charges of sexually abusing his stepdaughter for two years starting when she was only 11, media reports said Tuesday. The 37-year-old IT specialist faces a total of 42 counts, with the offences alleged to have ...
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May 13th, 2008 - 3:28 pm ICT by admin
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Vienna, May 13 (DPA) The price for crude oil produced by the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) continued its record-breaking climb, OPEC said. One barrel (159 litres) of crude produced by OPEC's reference basket stood at $119.71 Monday, compared to $119.13 Friday.
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May 13th, 2008 - 5:33 am ICT by admin
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New York, May 13 (DPA) UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Monday "strongly condemned" those responsible for the violence in Lebanon and voiced support for the embattled government in Beirut. "Lebanon needs a political process that will result in the election of a president and a solution to the prolonged political ...
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May 12th, 2008 - 4:59 pm ICT by admin
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Hanoi, May 12 (DPA) A flash flood triggered by heavy rains has killed four people, including two small children, in Vietnam's central highlands, a police officer said Monday. The flash flood occurred early Sunday in Dac Ngo commune in Dak Nong province, 250 km north of Ho Chi Minh City, ...
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May 12th, 2008 - 12:40 pm ICT by admin
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Milan, May 12 (DPA) Inter Milan squandered a chance to win the Serie A title before their home crowd Sunday as Siena held them to a 2-2 draw while Roma beat Atalanta 2-1 and are now one point behind with a single game left. The race for a fourth available ...
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May 12th, 2008 - 12:16 pm ICT by admin
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London, May 12 (DPA) Chelsea captain John Terry insisted that he would be fit for the Champions League final despite suffering a partial dislocation of the elbow in his side's draw against Bolton Wanderers. The former England captain sustained the injury after 10 minutes of the Premier League match Sunday ...
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May 11th, 2008 - 9:40 pm ICT by admin
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Washington, May 11 (DPA) At least 19 people were killed Saturday and many injured as tornadoes ploughed across the mid-west and south-east of the US, reports said Sunday. The numbers injured and the extent of the damage to property and infrastructure was still unclear, according to reports from US broadcaster ...
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May 11th, 2008 - 6:38 pm ICT by admin
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Hong Kong, May 11 (DPA) The sighting of two rarely seen tropical birds in Hong Kong could be due to climate change, bird experts here have said. The birds - a great frigate and the white-tailed tropic-bird - were both spotted around Po Toi, Hong Kong's southern most island, over ...
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May 11th, 2008 - 6:33 pm ICT by admin
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London, May 11 (DPA) Nobel Prize-winning author Doris Lessing has said that winning the award for literature in 1997 has been a "bloody disaster", reports said Sunday. "All I do is give interviews and spend time being photographed," Lessing said during a BBC radio interview to be broadcast Monday.
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May 11th, 2008 - 5:59 pm ICT by admin
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Baghdad, May 11 (DPA) The US military said Sunday an operation targeting gunmen from the Al Qaeda terrorist network in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul left four people dead, including a woman and a child. In the operation Saturday, Al Qaeda suspects riding in a vehicle refused to stop, ...
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May 11th, 2008 - 5:57 pm ICT by admin
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Taipei, May 11 (DPA) An earthquake measuring 5.7 on the Richter scale jolted Taiwan early Sunday morning, but there was no report of damage or casualties. The quake struck at 3.42 a.m. (1942 GMT Saturday), with its epicentre 85.1 km off Hualien on Taiwan's east coast, the Seismological Observation Centre ...
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May 11th, 2008 - 2:35 pm ICT by admin
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New York, May 11 (DPA) Want to take a photo immediately? No photo opportunity will be lost if you have a pair of sunglasses with an integrated digital camera. A tiny lens has been built into the frame of the $100 sunglasses and uses 1.3 mega pixels to take still ...
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May 10th, 2008 - 9:09 pm ICT by admin
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Gaza, May 10 (DPA) Egypt Saturday re-opened its border with the Gaza Strip for three days to allow Palestinians stranded on both sides to cross, witnesses and Hamas security officials said. On Saturday, the crossing was opened from 9.30 a.m. to 4.00 p.m. for patients with bookings at Egyptian hospitals. ...
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May 10th, 2008 - 6:03 pm ICT by admin
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Baghdad, May 10 (DPA) The Iraqi government and the Shia al-Sadr movement agreed Saturday to quit the intense fighting that continued since March 25 in Baghdad's Shia Sadr City, media reports said. However, Al-Arabiya news channel said gunfire was still heard in the Shia enclave, despite the agreement between the ...
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May 10th, 2008 - 4:59 pm ICT by admin
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Pretoria, May 10 (DPA) Zimbabwe's opposition Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai said Saturday he would take part in a runoff presidential election against incumbent President Robert Mugabe. The MDC leader topped the poll in the March 29 elections, taking 47.9 percent of the votes to Mugabe's 43.2 percent ...
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May 9th, 2008 - 7:12 pm ICT by admin
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Frankfurt, May 9 (DPA) Oil prices are ending the week on a record high after surging towards $125 per barrel in trading Friday. A weak US dollar combined with American supply worries ahead of the summer holiday season along with strong demand from the world's leading emerging economies have led ...
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May 9th, 2008 - 3:40 pm ICT by admin
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Vienna, May 9 (DPA) The price for crude oil produced by the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) continued its record-breaking climb towards the end of the week, OPEC said Friday. One barrel (159 litres) of crudes from OPEC's reference basket stood at $116.93 Thursday, up 90 cents from ...
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May 9th, 2008 - 3:18 pm ICT by admin
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New York, May 9 (DPA) UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has urged Myanmar's military government to focus on its national tragedy in the wake of Cyclone Nargis as it prepared instead to hold a referendum this weekend on a new constitution. Ban hinted that the referendum should be postponed, while ...
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May 9th, 2008 - 3:18 pm ICT by admin
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Colombo, May 9 (DPA) Government troops recaptured a strategic town from Tamil rebels after killing at least 15 insurgents and losing two soldiers in military operations in the area, military spokesman Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara said Friday. Adampan town, 312 km north of the capital, was taken in the early hours ...
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May 9th, 2008 - 3:11 pm ICT by admin
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Baghdad, May 9 (DPA) Abu Ayyub al-Masri, leader of the Iraqi branch of the terrorist network Al Qaeda, has been arrested in the northern city of Mosul, the Iraqi defence ministry said according to broadcaster al-Jazeera. A native Egyptian also known as Abu Hamza al-Muhajir, he was arrested in what ...
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May 9th, 2008 - 3:04 pm ICT by admin
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Lyon (France), May 9 (DPA) Within 48 hours of Interpol sending a worldwide alert for a suspected paedophile, a man was arrested by US customs and immigration agents, Interpol said. The suspect, 58-year-old Wayne Nelson Corliss, of Union City, New Jersey, had been photographed abusing young children in Southeast Asia ...
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