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Buffon plays down Italy repeat chances

ROME: Italy and Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon on Thursday played down the…

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Pakistanis create rival Muslim Facebook

ISLAMABAD: Pakistanis outraged with Facebook over "blasphemous" caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed…

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Hamas faces rising anger after bulldozing Gaza homes

RAFAH: Huddled in a tent near the mound of rubble that used…

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Lebanese leaders delay defense strategy talks

BEIRUT: Rival Lebanese politicians have postponed to June 17 talks that were…

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US Senate passes $60-billion funding for Afghan war

WASHINGTON: The US Senate has passed a supplementary funding bill worth some…

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Nuclear powers, non-aligned clash at nuclear conference

UNITED NATIONS: The rift between non-aligned states and nuclear powers opened wide…

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Turkey chides US in Iran row, urges support for swap deal

ANKARA: Turkey insisted Thursday that rejecting a nuclear swap deal with Iran…

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Britain vows arrest rules change after Israel row

LONDON: New Foreign Secretary William Hague vowed Thursday to "act speedily" to…

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Two Israelis arrested for heckling Obama aide in Jerusalem

JERUSALEM: Two right-wing Israeli activists were arrested on Thursday after they heckled…

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Saudi diplomats in Sudan receive threat messages, says official

RIYADH: Saudi diplomats in the Sudanese capital have recently received threats that…

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