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Abkhazia threatens to attack Georgia
TBILISI, Oct 18: Georgia’s breakaway region of Abkhazia warned on Thursday that its troops were ready to cross the unofficial border with Georgia in order to wipe out pro-Georgian guerrillas threatening... 
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Protestant ministers to resign in N. Ireland
BELFAST, Oct 18: In a deep setback to Northern Ireland’s peace process, all five Protestant ministers in the province’s executive decided to resign their posts on Thursday in response to the...
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EU commissioner praises protesters
PARIS, Oct 18: European Union Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy admitted on Thursday that the anti-globalisation movement presented some arguments which were not far removed from the EU’s own position....
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Harry Potter author under fire
LONDON, Oct 18: JK (Joanne) Rowling, author of the Harry Potter series, has come under attack for allowing the wizard hero to be linked with the products of Coca-Cola in a...
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Manila, Moros ink ‘manual’ for monitoring ceasefire
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 18: The Philippine government and a Muslim separatist group on Thursday agreed upon a “manual” to guide monitoring teams as they begin to implement a ceasefire pact inked...
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Yugoslav officer to hand himself in to UN tribunal
PODGORICA (Yugoslavia), Oct 18: A retired general who is among four former Yugoslav army officers charged over war crimes committed in Croatia is to hand himself in to the UN tribunal...
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Peter Carey again wins Booker award
LONDON, Oct 18: Australian writer Peter Carey on Thursday celebrated his success in winning the Booker Prize, Britain’s leading fiction award, for his novel “True History of the Kelly Gang”....
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Asha gets Phalke award
MUMBAI, Oct 18: The Indian government has awarded Bollywood singer Asha Bhonsle the nation’s most prestigious cinema award, officials announced here on Thursday....
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Kenyan family first target outside US: Anthrax attack
NAIROBI, Oct 18: Four members of a Kenyan family were the targets of the first confirmed anthrax attack outside the United States after they were exposed to the deadly bacteria through...
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Arafat hints at Israeli plot to murder him
GAZA CITY, Oct 18: Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat personally asked Arab and European diplomats on Thursday to stop Israel’s assassination policy which he said targeted him as well, a senior Palestinian...
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US toughens law on money laundering
LOS ANGELES, Oct 18: The US House of Representatives on Wednesday approved tough recommendations of the Treasury Department by overwhelmingly passing a law on money-laundering....
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UN sidestepping landmines in race to find water for DPs
QUETTA, Oct 18: UN and foreign aid workers find themselves tip-toeing around unexploded landmines and rockets as they resumed their race to find water to support a mass influx of Afghan...
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Armed, unmanned aircraft in combat
WASHINGTON, Oct 18: The United States is for the first time flying armed unmanned aircraft into combat in Afghanistan, with operators controlling the planes thousands of miles away in the US,...
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Security threat at US N-plant
WASHINGTON, Oct 18: A nuclear plant in Pennsylvania was placed under tight security on Thursday in response to new security threats, an official said....
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Palestinians fire on settlement
Bethlehem, Oct 18: Palestinians fired on the Jewish settlement of Gilo on the outskirts of Jerusalem from a town on the edge of Bethlehem, following the assassination of three Palestinian militants...
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Bush wooing of Iran marked by intrigue
WASHINGTON: Eager to take advantage of sympathetic signals from Tehran in the wake of last month’s terrorist attacks on New York and the Pentagon, the administration of US President George W....
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Imperfect US record on manhunts
JABAL SARAJ (Afghanistan): A US gunship pounded Taliban headquarters in Kandahar on Wednesday, signalling that the offensive against Osama bin Laden and the Taliban leadership had entered a new phase.. A...
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Arabs don’t trust West on support for Palestinian state
DUBAI: If Washington and its Enemy Number One Osama bin Laden think they are winning over Arabs by pledging support for creation of a Palestinian state, they are probably both wrong....
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Urgent aid need for Afghans
ISLAMABAD: Several leading British aid agencies on Wednesday called for an immediate pause to the bombing in Afghanistan to allow for the urgent delivery of humanitarian aid before winter sets in...
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War hurting Afghanistan’s children the most
ISLAMABAD: Seven-year-old Muhammad Mugheez, who reached a slum here two weeks ago after coming from Afghanistan, spends the day begging in the streets with his mother. In the night, he and...
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