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Bush: US to continue isolating Iran(1)
2019-04-08WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President George W. Bush said on Monday that he would continue efforts to isolate Iran because the government in Tehran is “not a force for good“ in the world.U...
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Three U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq
2019-04-08Special report: Tension escalates in Iraq BAGHDAD, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- Three American soldiers were killed in a roadside bomb explosion near Baghdad, the U.S. military said on Tuesday. Three Task Force...
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LONDON, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- A second outbreak of foot and mouth disease has been found at another farm inside the quarantine area set up around where the first outbreak occurred, the British authoritie...
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Yao Ming slam-dunks singledom
2019-04-08SHANGHAI: China's NBA star center Yao Ming tied the knot with his long-term girlfriend Ye Li in a low-key wedding ceremony yesterday. A private wedding banquet for the couple of eight years was held i...
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Britney fails to recognise Beckham
2019-04-08Britney Spears had an awkward moment with Victoria Beckham when they met at a Hollywood hotel last week.The troubled singer bumped into Victoria and her husband David at the Chateau Marmont last Tuesd...
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KABUL, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- Taliban militants on Tuesday expressed readiness to swap all the Korean female hostages with their women supporters held by Afghan and U.S. military, insurgents' spokesman Qa...
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Haneya aide: Hamas, Fatah in secret talks
2019-04-08Special report: Internal situation in PalestineGAZA, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- Secret talks are going on between the rival movements of Fatah and Hamas to resume the general dialogue, which collapsed followi...
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German carmakers see buoyant sales in July
2019-04-08BERLIN, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- Germany's leading luxury carmakers have seen buoyant sales in July, figured released on Monday showed. Volkswagen said the deliveries of Audi rose to about 81,000 vehicles i...
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The head office of ABN AMRO bank is seen in Amsterdam May 29, 2007.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)Photo Gallery>>>BRUSSELS, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- The Dutch-Belgian bank Fortis won approval from its...
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Beckhams launch his & hers fragrances
2019-04-08You don't have to bend it like Beckham to smell like the soccer star.David Beckham and his Spice-Girl wife, Victoria, now have their own brand of his-and-hers fragrances — Intimately Beckham....