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| 681. |
Ocean may be losing ability to soak carbon dioxide
MIL/AP May 19, 2007 Author:
Washington, May 19, 2007 - The ocean, which has absorbed some excess carbon dioxide from the atmosphere for centuries, may be losing that ability, a new report says.
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| 682. |
Iran condemns recent bombing at Hyderabad Mosque
MIL/Agencies May 19, 2007 Author:
Tehran, May 19, 2007 - Iran's foreign ministry spokesman strongly condemned the terrorism attack at Mecca Mosque in Hyderabad, India. Mohammad Ali Husseini stated that such animosities illustrated the enemies' plot to create division among Muslims.
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| 683. |
Contractor Deaths in Iraq break Record
MIL/NYT May 19, 2007 Author:
Washington, May 19, 2007 - Casualties among private contractors in Iraq have touched the record level this year. At least 146 contract workers were killed in Iraq in the first three months of the year, by far the highest number for any quarter since the war began in March 2003 as per the Labor Department, which processes claims for death and injury for people working as United States government contractors in Iraq.
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| 684. |
Five killed in blast in Hyderabad mosque
MIL Agencies May 18, 2007 Author:
HYDERABAD: It is feared more than five people are killed in a blast in Mecca Masjid compound near Charminar on Friday afternoon here. It is reported several more are injured.
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| 685. |
Garry Kasparov prevented from attending protest
MIL/Agencies May 18, 2007 Author:
Moscow, May 18, 2007 - Russian police today barred the chess grandmaster and opposition leader Garry Kasparov from boarding a plane, preventing him from taking part in a protest against the Vladimir Putin regime. Mr Kasparov's plane ticket and passport were confiscated by officers at Shermetyevo airport, in Moscow.
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| 686. |
 | New French President to get the EU out of its current paralysis
MIL/Agencies May 17, 2007 Author:
Paris, May 17, 2007 - After officially taking over from Jacques Chirac as France's President yesterday - Nicolas Sarkozy is beginning his first full day in the job. However, he has already got down to work. No sooner had the pomp and circumstance of his swearing-in been concluded than he had hopped on a plane to Berlin for talks with German chancellor, Angela Merkel.
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| 687. |
 | Global Warming - Antarctica is melting
MIL/UT/NASA/JPL May 16, 2007 Author:
May 16, 2007 - Much of the concern for global warming is focused on the Arctic Ocean, where sea ice is disappearing faster than scientists had predicted. The southern regions of the Earth didn’t seem to be as affected. But new satellite images from NASA’s QuikScat satellite are showing that Antarctica is melting too.
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| 688. |
TADA court to hear Sanjay Dutt's probation plea
MIL/Agencies May 16, 2007 Author:
Mumbai, May 16 , 2007 - A special TADA (Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention Act) court will take up actor Sanjay Dutt's probation plea today in connection with the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case, which killed 257 people and left more than 700 people injured.
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| 689. |
Court refuses to stay demolition drive in Munnar
MIL/ Agencies May 16, 2007 Author:
Kochi (Kerala), May 16, 2007 - The Kerala High Court dismissed a petition seeking a directive to stop demolition of illegal buildings that have come up on public land in the popular hill station of Munnar.
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| 690. |
Russia, US move to ease tensions
MIL/Boston Globe May 16, 2007 Author: IRS/David Holley, Los Angeles Times
Moscow: May 16, 2007 - Russia and the United States agreed yesterday that upcoming political campaigns in the two countries must not be allowed to damage ties between them, as officials on both sides sought to ease tensions that have built in recent months
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| 691. |
Raja to replace Maran as Communications and IT Minister
MIL/Zee News May 15, 2007 Author:
Delhi, May 15: A Raja would replace Dayanidhi Maran as the new Cabinet Minister for Communications and Information Technology. S Regupathy would be the Minister of State for Environment and Forest. DMK chief M. Karunanidhi on Monday sent a list of seven party MPs as replacement with Union Minister A Raja heading the roll for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to chose from.
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| 692. |
Bush Calls for Work for Higher Fuel Efficiency
MIL/NYT May 15, 2007 Author:
Washington, May 15, 2007 - President Bush announced on Monday that he had directed his administration to begin the long process of establishing higher fuel efficiency standards for new cars.
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| 693. |
A Corporate Divorce on the Cheap
MIL/NYT May 15, 2007 Author:
Stuttgart, Germany, May 15, 2007 — Nine years after they exchanged vows at a huge, lavishly choreographed news conference in London, Daimler and Chrysler signed their divorce papers Monday at a sparsely attended briefing in an auditorium at an aging Mercedes-Benz factory here.
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| 694. |
IT & Telecom Minister Maran Quits
MIL/Agencies May 14, 2007 Author:
May 14 2004 - As per reports from within the DMK party, the Indian Union Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Dayanidhi Maran, has quit the Cabinet as well as the party. He submitted his papers yesterday, following a bitter fight within the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) party.
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| 695. |
 | Pak clashes cause 41 dead - Judicial Crisis getting deeper
MIL/BBC May 14, 2007 Author:
May 14, 2007 - After Mr Chaudhry's suspension, an organization of lawyers has regularly protested - defying security restrictions and barbed wire barricades in all the big cities of Pakistan and that has ultimately led to 41 people are dead Karachai in the worst battle of the country.
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| 696. |
Palestinian's interior minister resigns
MIL/Agencies/Associated Press May 14, 2007 Author: Ibrahim Barzak
Gaza Strip : May 14, 2007 - The Palestinian interior minister has stepped down on Monday accusing leaders of upsetting his plans to halt a new wave of violence that is threatening the survival of the new coalition government.
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| 697. |
Key Taliban Leader Is Killed in Afghanistan in Joint Operation
MIL/NYT May 14, 2007 Author:
Kandahar, Afghanistan, May 14, 2007 - The man who probably was the Taliban’s foremost operational commander, Mullah Dadullah, was killed in a joint operation by Afghan security forces, American forces and NATO troops in Helmand Province, Governor Asadullah Khaled of the neighboring Kandahar Province said on Sunday.
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| 698. |
Mayawati on the seat of power
MIL/Agencies May 12, 2007 Author:
Lucknow: May 12, 2007 - After getting an absolute majority in the Uttar Pradesh state assembly, BSP supremo Mayawati shall meet the party MLAs to day to formally get her elected as the BSP legislature party leader so as to become the Chief Minister.
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| 699. |
Mayawati may become Chief Minister of UP
MIL/Agencies May 11, 2007 Author:
May 11, 2007 – BSP has come up and set to emerge the single largest party in Uttar Pradesh holding the lead in 204 of the total 402 seats. This trend is based on the counting of votes in the assembly elections. Mayawati has thus appeared set for a fourth term as Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh.
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| 700. |
Tony Blair steps down
MIL/Agencies/NDTV May 11, 2007 Author:
London, May 11, 2007 - Tony Blair has announced that he is stepping down. He has served for over a decade in office as one of the most successful Prime Minister of United Kingdom. It is Iraq and Blair's alliance with US President George W Bush that shot him to prominence. Though criticized due to Iraq affairs, his statesmanship remained unquestionable.
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