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Israel plans to create buffer zone in Gaza
The move may torpedo ME peace effort
Israel's army has developed a plan to create a "buffer zone" inside the edge of the Gaza Strip to halt the latest wave of Palestinian rocket attacks, military officials said yesterday.
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N Ireland 'now a place of peace and promise'
Says Irish PM
Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern said Tuesday the current generation in Northern Ireland should be the last to feel the "anger and pain of old quarrels" as self-rule was restored to the province.
 
Pressure mounts on Musharraf to end military rule
An extraordinary mass rally in support of Pakistan's suspended chief justice is increasing the pressure on President Gen Pervez Musharraf to end nearly eight years of military rule.
 
Sarkozy win sets off riots in France
The leader of France's defeated Socialists appealed for calm yesterday after a second night of post-election violence left cars burned and store windows smashed.
 
Iran accepts compromise at nuclear meeting
Iran yesterday accepted a compromise on the agenda of a 130-nation nuclear conference, clearing the way for the meeting to approve it and end six days of deadlock that threatened to doom the gathering
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Astronomers spot exploding faraway star
A massive exploding faraway star the brightest supernova astronomers have ever seen has scientists wondering whether a similar celestial fireworks show may light up the sky much closer to Earth sometime
 

 
   
 
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