No deal on settlements in Mitchell-Netanyahu meet
* Israeli PM says seeking ‘understanding’ with US on peace process
JERUSALEM: US envoy George Mitchell emerged from a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday without a deal on a Jewish settlement freeze but he said they had made “good progress”.
Netanyahu... 
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UN calls on Israel to allow Gaza schools to rebuild
GAZA CITY: UN agencies called on Israel on Tuesday to allow construction materials into the Gaza Strip so that schools damaged in this year’s war can be rebuilt in time for the new academic year. “We call on the government of Israel to urgently facilitate entry of construction materials and supplies...
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Australian admits plotting to kill thousands
* Kent part of conspiracy to bomb sports events
MELBOURNE: An Australian convert to Islam on Tuesday admitted being part of a terror cell that plotted to kill thousands of people by bombing major sports events, just moments before his retrial.
Shane Kent, 33, pleaded guilty to...
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White House reconfirms Obama’s US citizenship
WASHINGTON: A vocal group of conspiracy theorists known as “birthers” are riling the White House with their persistent claim that Barack Obama is not an American citizen and therefore ineligible to be president.
The claim that the United States’ first African-American president was born in Kenya,...
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Baby born infected with swine flu
BANGKOK: Thai health officials said on Tuesday that a baby had been born in Thailand with H1N1 flu having contracted the virus while still in the womb.
The baby was born prematurely on Saturday, when doctors decided to deliver it by caesarean section seven months into the pregnancy of a 24-year-old...
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US urban withdrawal in Iraq going well: Gates
* Washington mulls Iraqi request for procurement of F-16 fighter jets
BAGHDAD: US Defence Secretary Robert Gates said during a visit to Iraq on Tuesday that the withdrawal of US combat troops from urban bases was paying off as Iraqi forces assumed the lead for the fragile security.
Gates...
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UN sees strains on Yemen from Somali refugees
GENEVA: Thousands of Somalis are prepared to risk their lives for the chance to be smuggled into Yemen, a gateway to the Middle East that is under increasing strain from the influx, the UN refugee agency said on Tuesday.
Ron Redmond, spokesman for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, said...
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Indonesia opposition leader challenges vote result
* Megawati demands re-election in 25 provinces alleging irregularities
JAKARTA: Indonesian opposition leader Megawati Sukarnoputri launched a Constitutional Court challenge Tuesday to President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s re-election victory.
The daughter of independence hero Sukarno...
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Robbers net $3.8m in deadly Baghdad heist
BAGHDAD: Bank robbers made off with at least 3.8 million dollars before dawn on Tuesday, leaving eight police guards dead in one of Iraq’s biggest-ever heists.
The money had just been transferred to state-owned Al-Rafidain bank’s branch in the central Baghdad shopping district of Karrada on...
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US turns off billboard in Havana
WASHINGTON: The Obama administration has turned off an electronic sign at the US diplomatic mission in Havana that had displayed pro-democracy and human rights messages to Cuban passers-by and riled the government for the past three years.
The State Department said Monday that the sign, a news...
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