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Iran boosts nuclear work despite sanctions -IAEA
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Updated Monday, September 06, 2010, 9:59 PM
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VIENNA: Iran's total production of low-enriched uranium has risen by around 15 percent since May to reach 2.8 tonnes, a U.N. nuclear watchdog report said, showing Tehran is pushing ahead with disputed work despite tougher sanctions.
The confidential report,
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Blair "may cancel" book-signing over protests
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Updated Monday, September 06, 2010, 7:45 PM
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LONDON: Tony Blair said on Monday he was considering cancelling a book-signing in London this week to mark the launch of his memoirs, over fears the event would be hit by protests.
Three people were arrested after eggs and shoes were thrown at Blair, 57, as he
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Dhoni goes in to bat for endangered tigers
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Updated Monday, September 06, 2010, 5:16 PM
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NEW DELHI: India cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has gone in to bat for tiger conservation in a north Indian state, local media reported said on Monday.
"We believe Dhoni's association with Jim Corbett National Park and with tiger conservation will help
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Bangladesh plans to build dams to reclaim 600sqr km land
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Updated Sunday, September 05, 2010, 11:54 PM
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DHAKA: Bangladesh plans to build a series of dams to reclaim 600 square kilometres (230 square miles) of land from the sea over the next five years, officials said Sunday.
The government has approved the ambitious project under which dams would be built in the
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Suzuki Motors intends to build a new plant in India
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Updated Sunday, September 05, 2010, 11:19 PM
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TOKYO: Japan's top mini car maker, Suzuki Motor Corp., is to build a new auto assembly plant near the Indian capital New Delhi in a bid to meet growing demand in the country, a newspaper reported on Sunday.
Maruti Suzuki India Ltd., a local subsidiary of
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Taliban vow to disrupt Afghanistan election
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Updated Sunday, September 05, 2010, 10:40 PM
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KABUL: Afghanistan's Taliban said on Sunday they would attempt to disrupt elections this month and warned Afghans to boycott the vote, the first explicit threat against the poll by the hardline Islamists.
The threat came just a day after Afghan President Hamid
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