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Israel defies pressure over assassinations
TEL AVIV, Nov 2: Israel will plough ahead with its policy of assassinating Palestinian guerillas in defiance of international criticism, Deputy Defence Minister Dalia Rabin Philosof told army radio on Friday.... 
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Iranian govt opens former ‘nest of spies’ to people
TEHRAN, Nov 2: Curious visitors filed past signs proclaiming “down with USA” into the former US embassy in Tehran on Friday, the first time its doors have opened to the public...
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China, Germany sign deals worth $10bn
SHANGHAI, Nov 2: German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder on Friday ended a three-day trip to China that focused heavily on business with political issues, even the anti-terror coalition, relegated to the background....
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Webcam to put monster on Net
LONDON, Nov 2: Fans of the Loch Ness monster who hope to catch a glimpse of the legendary creature could be in luck thanks to a moving webcam now filming the...
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India’s SC bans smoking in public
NEW DELHI, Nov 2: India’s Supreme Court on Friday directed all states to immediately ban smoking in public places and on public transport....
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‘Witchdoctors’ hanged
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 2: A Malaysian “witchdoctor” couple and their assistant were hanged on Friday for murdering a state assemblyman and chopping him into pieces during a black magic ritual in...
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Army deployed in Nepal
KATHMANDU, Nov 2: Nepal has deployed its army to two tense rural areas where Maoists have clashed with local residents, officials said on Friday....
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Five Bosnian Serbs convicted of war crimes
THE HAGUE, Nov 2: The UN war crimes tribunal sentenced five Bosnian Serbs to jail terms ranging from five to 25 years on Friday for their part in a “hellish orgy...
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Suffering in Kandahar has no effect on Taliban standing
KANDAHAR, Nov 2: Popular support for the Taliban appears undimmed in the militia’s heartland despite the rising tide of misery endured by residents during almost four weeks of US air strikes....
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Anthrax spreads to Germany
WASHINGTON, Nov 2: Two cases of anthrax were reported on Friday in Germany as the United States, which suffered the first casualties from the potentially deadly bacteria, struggled to hunt down...
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IAEA seeks response to ‘nuclear terror’ threat
VIENNA, Nov 2: The UN’s nuclear watchdog called on Friday for an urgent response to new terror threats after Sept 11, while experts warned Osama bin Laden would not hesitate to...
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Amnesty asks UN to ensure HR
WASHINGTON, Nov 2: A call to make human rights the central issue while debating the future of Afghanistan has been made by the Amnesty International in a report issued on Wednesday....
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Ex-German official advises #US not to send armymen
BERLIN, Nov 2: Germany’s former military chief of staff warned on Friday that if American ground forces are deployed in Afghanistan they will suffer the same fate as Soviet troops....
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Americans, Japanese yet to shed fear of flying
LONDON, Nov 2: World tourism lies crippled by fear of flying after the Sept 11 kamikaze attacks in the United States, with Americans and Japanese leading the rush to take cover...
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US critics gagged, says Grass
BERLIN, Nov 2: Guenter Grass, the Nobel Prize-winning author, complained on Friday that intellectuals were being muzzled in their criticism of the US-led military campaign in Afghanistan by political officials’ charges...
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Blair must take bad news to Washington
GAZA/LONDON: British prime minister Tony Blair will report to the US president, George Bush, next week on his three-day trip to the Middle East: it will be a depressing read-out....
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Sept 11 forces rethink of US war doctrine
WASHINGTON: On Sept. 11 the United States came under vicious attack, not by traditional armies waging traditional military campaigns but by hidden enemies, willing — and able — to strike our...
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Georgia on the boil as police raid TV station
MOSCOW: The fragile former Soviet republic of Georgia entered one of its gravest political crises since independence on Thursday when thousands of demonstrators took to the streets and thronged outside the...
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A silent war that wrecks homes and lives
SHUAFAT (Arab East Al-Quds): The wrecking crew came on the first chill morning of an Al Quds winter. As a phalanx of police sharpshooters spread out across the rooftops, a yellow...
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Experience with Kurds to be used on Taliban
ANKARA: Turkey became the first predominantly Muslim country on Thursday to commit troops to the war in Afghan-istan, saying it would send about 90 elite troops in respo-nse to a US...
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