Hamas delegation due to arrive Cairo Monday
Cairo - A delegation from the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas is due to arrive in Cairo on Monday for talks with the Egyptian government, a senior official from Hamas has said. Ayman Taha, a spokesman for Hamas, said in a statement that a delegat...
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Workers find unexploded bomb in central Hanoi
Hanoi - Vietnamese workers found an unexploded bomb believed to have been dropped by the US Air Force during the Vietnam War, a military official said Monday. The bomb, estimated to weigh 250 kilograms, was 1.2 metres long and has a diameter of 30 ce...
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Malaysian state to blacklist builders hiring foreign workers
Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia's opposition-ruled northern state of Penang announced Monday that builders hiring foreign workers over local applicants would be blacklisted from receiving state contracts. Contractors and developers awarded contracts would on...
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EXTRA: Israel has not yet met all Gaza aims, Barak says
Jerusalem -Israel's offensive in the Gaza Strip will continue, since its aims have not yet been met, Defence Minister Ehud Barak said Monday. But, Israeli media quoted him as telling the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defence Committee, ground troops op...
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EU sends gas fact-finding mission to Ukraine
Brussels - The European Union on Monday sent a fact-finding mission to Kiev in a bid to clarify the situation surrounding Russia's shut-off of gas supplies to Ukraine, EU officials confirmed. The delegation of top officials from the Czech Republic, w...
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1STLEAD: Israeli naval shell kills family of seven
Gaza/Tel Aviv - Israel pounded Gaza from the air, sea and ground on the second full day of its ground offensive Monday, with the air force, navy and artillery backing its ground troops and one naval shell killing a family of seven in western Gaza Cit...
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Bangladesh leader Hasina cleared of graft charge
Dhaka - Police on Monday cleared Bangladesh's prime minister-in-waiting Sheikh Hasina Wazed of an extortion charge brought by a businessman eight months ago, officials said. Police said investigators found no evidence that Hasina, the head of the Awa...
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