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US planning to set up bases in Tajikistan
WASHINGTON, Nov 6: US military teams are checking airfields in Tajikistan and other countries in the region to see if they could serve as bases for increasing air strikes in Afghanistan,... 
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US bungled commando raid on Taliban: officials
WASHINGTON, Nov 6: The Pentagon’s only publicly-announced commando raid on Taliban positions, hailed as a success and beamed around the world in grainy video pictures only hours after it took place...
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Al Qaeda looking for N-arms: Bush
WARSAW, Nov 6: US President George W. Bush warned eastern European leaders on Tuesday that the Al Qaeda network of Osama bin Laden was seeking nuclear weapons and compared the threat...
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Most detainees still in custody: Justice dept contradicts White House
WASHINGTON, Nov 6: The White House said on Monday the “lion’s share” of the more than 1,100 people detained in connection with the Sept 11 attacks on the United States have...
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Taliban stocking up on fruit: traders
QUETTA, Nov 6: Fruit from the Afghan oasis of Kandahar adorns ancient Persian manuscripts and was served to Iranian kings and the British colonial masters of India....
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Israeli, five Palestinians killed in West Bank
NABLUS, Nov 6: Two senior Palestinian fighters were blown up in their car in the West Bank late on Tuesday in an attack labelled an Israeli assassination by a leader of...
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Man boards plane with combat knives
LONDON, Nov 6: A British man was charged with possessing illegal weapons after customs officials here found two large combat knives hidden in luggage on a flight from the United States,...
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No copter lost, says Pentagon
WASHINGTON, Nov 6: The Pentagon denied Tuesday reports that a US military helicopter crashed in Pakistan after taking fire from the Taliban militia, saying it had no information any US helicopters...
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Russia seeks greater role for India
MOSCOW, Nov 6: Russian President Vladimir Putin called on Tuesday for India to be given a greater role in determining the nature of a post-Taliban regime in Afghanistan, signing a joint...
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Nightmare scenario: infinite Afghan war
ISLAMABAD: A scenario haunts those who know Afghanistan: the Taliban disperse into small groups and from inaccessible bases hidden across the moonscape terrain wage an endless low-level war that ensures the...
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Only outside pressure can bring peace in ME
LONDON: Pessimism has become a cliche in the Middle East. The past year of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict has been a deep sea dive that never quite touches rock bottom: from an...
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S. Lanka’s Frustrated youth may turn violent
COLOMBO: The Sri Lankan government has to address the mounting frustrations among the country’s youth if it wants to stave off another uprising against the state, warn researchers. Fuelling such frustrations...
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UN concern over fate of detainees in US
GENEVA: The United Nations torture sleuth expressed concern on Tuesday about the potential scope for abusing hundreds of people being held in custody in the United States in connection with the...
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Afghanistan is best left alone
LOS ANGELES: The destruction of Osama bin Laden’s Al Qaeda terrorist network and the destabilization of Afghanistan’s Taliban regime will be difficult enough to achieve. Recently, though, US Secretary of State...
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Blunder replaces intelligence
LONDON: There are, you may distantly recall, four horsemen to this pending apocalypse: military action, financial action, diplomatic action - and intelligence. But without intelligence, there is precious little useful action...
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9 states reject deal with Microsoft
WASHINGTON, Nov 6: Nine of the 18 states in the Microsoft antitrust case on Tuesday rejected a settlement accepted by the US Justice Department, clouding prospects for an end to the...
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‘Osama’ name outlawed
BUCHAREST, Nov 6: Romanian authorities have refused to register a baby as “Binladen”, the name its mother gave her baby son after repeatedly hearing the name on television....
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Germany offers 3,900 troops
BERLIN, Nov 6: Germany is ready to send up to 3,900 troops to back the US offensive against the Taliban, Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder said here on Tuesday....
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