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Israeli forces begin withdrawal from Gaza
Declare Israel a terrorist State, says Syria

Depleted uranium used?
VIENNA: Arab nations are accusing Israel of attacking Gaza with ammunition containing depleted uranium. They are calling for a UN investigation of reports that traces of the substance have been found in victims of the shelling. The ...

U.K. to lose status?
LONDON: For all the excitement in Downing Street ahead of Barack Obama’s inauguration as America’s 44th President, the omens for Britain’s famously “special relationship” with America did not look good after Mr. ...

New capital for quake-hit Beichuan
CHENGDU: Work on a new capital for Beichuan county, the worst-hit area in last year’s earthquake in southwest China, will start in February, according to local planner. The former capital of Beichuan, which sat on the juncture of ...

LTTE is turning desperate: Army
COLOMBO: Amid claims of further advances by the military into Mullathivu, the last remaining stronghold of the LTTE in the north, Japan on Monday announced that its special representative Yasushi Akashi would visit Sri Lanka on a five-day trip ...

“We’re gonna be in the Hudson,” said pilot
The US Airways pilot who crash-landed a passenger jet in New York after both its engines failed has revealed how he made the decision to ditch the plane in the city’s Hudson river to avert a possibly “catastrophic” crash in ...

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Netherlands for tough action
THE HAGUE: The Netherlands has termed the “Satyam scam” a one-off incident but asserted that those guilty of perpetuating such a fraud should be punished with tough action as a confidence-building measure to convince investors and ...

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