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Egypt denies report of banning GM imports: state agency

CAIRO: Egypt s state news agency MENA on Thursday quoted an agriculture…

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'New' Swiss chocolates – this one really won't melt in your hand

Chocolates that melt into a gooey mess at the bottom of a…

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Israelis, Palestinians play Beethoven's 'Fidelio' in Salzburg

Argentinean-Israeli maestro Daniel Barenboim brought his pioneering West-Eastern Divan Orchestra to Salzburg…

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Iraq book ban raises fears of free speech clampdown

Moves by Iraq's government to control the flow of information both in…

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Lockerbie bomber to be freed, says British media

LONDON: Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmet al-Megrahi, who has prostate cancer, is…

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Budapest's Sziget festival kicks off with anti-racism Day Zero

Hungary's Sziget music festival, one of the biggest in Europe, kicked off…

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Sex show flap sparks Saudi attacks on satellite TV

The scandal over a man boasting about his sex life on a…

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ICRC chief: Conflicts to get more 'pernicious'

GENEVA: Conflicts will get ever more "pernicious, the ICRC's chief said Wednesday…

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'This is It': Jackson film out in October

Fans saddened by Michael Jackson s sudden death on June 25 before…

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Terror suspects lose extradition case in Britain

LONDON: Two alleged leading conspirators of Osama bin Laden on Friday lost…

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