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EU again snubs Turkey over membership
STRASBOURG, Nov 13: The European Union said on Tuesday that Turkey had still not met the political and economic conditions for joining 12 other countries in membership talks.... 
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Israel rejects UN call to leave Palestinian areas
TEL AVIV, Nov 13: Israel said on Tuesday its forces would remain in two Palestinian-ruled West Bank areas despite a demand by the five permanent members of the United Nations Security...
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Kumaratunga invites LTTE for talks
COLOMBO, Nov 13: Sri Lanka’s president on Tuesday issued a fresh invitation to Tamil Tiger guerrillas to open peace talks, but ruled out compromise on issues that derailed a Norwegian-brokered peace...
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UN sacks seven Bosnian cops for wartime acts
SARAJEVO, Nov 13: The UN mission in Bosnia said on Tuesday it had sacked seven local police officers after discovering they either worked in detention camps during the Bosnian war or...
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Aga Khan calls for tolerating ‘pluralism’
AL KHWABI (Syria), Nov 13: The Aga Khan on Monday described how he saw Syria facing the challenges of the future in the context of the current global situation....
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Fighters flew over NY after crash
WASHINGTON, Nov 13: Fighter aircraft were scrambled and put in the air over New York and other locations around the country as a precaution on Monday in the immediate aftermath of...
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Two firms sign deal for delivering films, music via Internet
LAS VEGAS, Nov 12: Sony and AOL Time Warner announced an alliance on Monday to allow the two firms’ vast libraries of films, music and other content to be delivered to...
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100 Taliban troops killed in school: UN
ISLAMABAD, Nov 13: The United Nations said on Tuesday that Northern Alliance forces had “apparently” killed more than 100 young Taliban recruits hiding in a school in Mazar-i-Sharif....
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Kabul celebrates with music, looting
KABUL, Nov 13: They poured onto the streets in tens of thousands, emptied the Taliban prisons, prayed and rejoiced at the return of once-forbidden music. It was freedom Kabul-style....
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Alliance says it has no plans to govern
KABUL, Nov 13: The Northern Alliance has no plans to rule the country following its triumphant march into Kabul and remains committed to a peace process under the ex-king, a senior...
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Millions stolen from money market
KABUL, Nov 13: Millions of dollars were stolen from Afghanistan’s main money market as the Taliban pulled out of Kabul, dealing a heavy financial blow to one of the poorest capitals...
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Memorable day for radio newsreader
 KABUL, Nov 13: The capture of Kabul by the Northern Alliance was a memorable day for a woman radio announcer....
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Jazeera TV says US bombed its office
DOHA, Nov 13: Qatar’s al-Jazeera television said on Tuesday US warplanes bombed its offices in Kabul hours before Northern Alliance forces entered the Afghan capital....
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Americans fear economic downturn
LOS ANGELES, Nov 12: Americans remain solidly behind the Bush administration’s war against terrorism, even as they fear about the deteriorating economy....
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Pakistan to endorse NAM summit in Delhi?
NEW DELHI, Nov 13: Leaders of the 114-nation Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) could assemble in New Delhi as early as December or perhaps by January for their 13th summit meeting after Dhaka...
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Kabul’s dangerous power vacuum
LONDON: The military overtook the political in spectacular manner in Afghanistan on Tuesday as the Northern Alliance captured Kabul and left a dangerous power vacuum in the war-ravaged country....
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Bush’s credibility on the line in ME
JERICHO (West Bank): - A senior Palestinian negotiator said on Tuesday that US President George W. Bush’s credibility would be on the line if he failed to make good on his...
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‘Grenades’ — child’s play in Gaza Strip
RAFAH (Gaza Strip): Playing on a pile of concrete rubble here, one of the most wrecked towns, Khalil proudly estimates he has thrown 30 or 40 “grenades” at Israeli soldiers in...
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Afghan children bear brunt of attack
UNITED NATIONS: Military conflict in Afghanistan threatens the lives of millions of children already victimized by disease, malnutrition, and human rights abuses, warns a top UN children’s affairs official....
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Meagre result of climate talks
MARRAKESH: After two weeks of tough bargaining, representatives from 167 countries managed to hammer out an accord that would pave the way for the ratification of a treaty aimed at reducing...
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