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"Da Vinci Code" fails to impress
CANNES (FRANCE): Reaction ranged from half-hearted admiration to boredom to derision among journalists at the first press screening of the Ron Howard-Tom Hanks blockbuster in waiting, premiering on Wednesday at the Cannes Film Festival and ...

Iran terms E.U.'s package childish
DUBAI: Iran has dismissed the European Union's expected offer of a package of incentives that includes the transfer of a nuclear reactor amid signs of serious divisions among the five permanent members of the Security Council on ways to deal with ...

Villepin defeats no-trust motion
PARIS: Embattled French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin easily defeated the no-confidence motion tabled against him by the Opposition Socialist Party, but it became clear that his party members' confidence in him has been badly shaken. In ...

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Water, by the shipload

A complex parting of ways

Chinese, Arab leaders to discuss new partnership

Globescan
Prodi sworn in Italian Premier
PARIS: After a long night of negotiations, Italy's new Prime Minister Romano Prodi announced his Government in the early hours of the morning on Wednesday. The names were presented to the country's new President Georgio Napolitano at noon and Mr ...

Typhoon disrupts Hong Kong traffic
HONG KONG: Typhoon Chanchu battered Hong Kong on Wednesday causing halt of air, sea and land traffic. The Hong Kong Airport Authority said that 52 incoming and outgoing flights have been cancelled and eight were delayed so far due to the weather ...

India & World
Pakistan denies media reports
Says it did not petition the Nuclear Suppliers Group against the India-U.S. deal

For a concert in Singapore
Sunidhi Chauhan and Krishna Kumar Kunnath to perform

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