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Moscow begins talks with Chechens
MOSCOW, Nov 18: Negotiators for Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chechen leader Aslan Maskhadov opened their first direct peace talks on Sunday in a bid to end a 25-month war in... 
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Harry Potter film breaks records
LOS ANGELES, Nov 18: The Harry Potter film, a hugely hyped fantasy about a young English wizard, weaved magic at the North American box office, whipping up a record 93.5 million...
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Albanian nationalist wins Kosovo polls
PRISTINA, Nov 18: Moderate ethnic Albanian nationalist Ibrahim Rugova on Sunday claimed victory for his party in general elections in Kosovo, and immediately issued a new call for independence for the...
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Nepalese twins back home after surgery
KATHMANDU, Nov 18: Siamese twins Ganga and Jamuna Shrestha, who underwent an operation to separate them in Singapore seven months ago, on Sunday returned home to Nepal with their parents....
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Monk killed in Lanka explosion
COLOMBO, Nov 18: A Buddhist monk was killed and three other people injured on Sunday in a landmine explosion triggered by Tamil rebels in north-central Sri Lanka, police said....
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Reformists threaten to boycott Iran polls
TEHRAN, Nov 18: A new power struggle is shaking Iran’s political scene, as reformers surrounding President Mohammad Khatami on Sunday accused the nation’s powerful conservatives of “excluding” their candidates for an...
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Vitamin overdose toll now14
GUWAHATI, Nov 18: Four more children have died of an alleged vitamin-A overdose in the northeastern Indian state of Assam under a UNICEF-backed anti-blindness drive, taking the death toll to 14,...
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White elephant gets red-carpet welcome
BANGKOK, Nov 18: A rare white elephant discovered in Myanmar was given a red-carpet welcome by top junta officials in Yangon, where awestruck spectators have gathered to see the auspicious beast,...
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Ex-communist wins Bulgarian presidency
SOFIA, Nov 18: Ex-communist Georgi Parvanov scored an upset victory in run-off presidential elections against Bulgarian head of state Petar Stoyanov on Sunday, exits polls said....
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150 civilians killed in US airstrikes
 ISLAMABAD, Nov 18: Nearly 150 people have been killed by US air strikes on Taliban targets in eastern Afghanistan in the past two days, the Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) reported on...
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CIA keeping mly in the dark: officials: Agency active in Afghanistan: paper
WASHINGTON, Nov 18: Secret paramilitary CIA units have been active inside Afghanistan since late September providing key intelligence and targeting information, the Washington Post reported on Sunday, quoting well-placed sources....
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EU snubs Sharon; Powell chides Arafat
TEL AVIV, Nov 18: A top-level EU delegation pushing for a breakthrough in the Middle East peace process crashed on Sunday into Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s insistent demand for seven...
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Maverick warlords carving out fiefdoms
ISLAMABAD, Nov 18: Notorious Afghan warlords are carving out territory for themselves following the collapse of the Taliban, raising the spectre of more internal chaos and civil war....
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Don’t form govt, US tells Alliance
WASHINGTON, Nov 18: Top US officials are pressing the Northern Alliance to refrain from forming a government and meet their promise to let the United Nations help put together a multi-ethnic...
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NGOs not being allowed to work
KABUL, Nov 18: The Northern Alliance is refusing to let aid workers return to Afghanistan to prepare relief efforts for the onslaught of winter, the United Nations said on Sunday....
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Al Qaeda murdering Taliban men: press
LONDON, Nov 18: Elite Al Qaeda guard have slaughtered Taliban troops to prevent them surrendering to the Northern Alliance army besieging Kunduz, a British newspaper reported on Sunday....
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Osama has US air force jet, says daily
LOS ANGELES, Nov 18: Osama bin Laden cobbled together a makeshift air force to support his terror activities, drawing on Afghanistan’s national airline, clandestine charter flights, and even a surplus US...
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Urgent need to fill Kabul power void
WASHINGTON: As the triumphant Northern Alliance sets about forming a single-faction government in Kabul, a perilous vacuum has opened up this weekend as the United Nations remains absent from Kabul and...
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US can bring end to Middle East conflict
WASHINGTON: As the United States looks to victory in Afghanistan, its Arab and Muslim allies look to Washington to avert another war down the road by bringing 50 years of Israeli-Palestinian...
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Debate on whether media coverage helps terrorists
BALTIMORE: If unimaginative terrorists are lurking out there, boiling with hatred but short on ideas, they need only turn to the prolific US media for advice, say some infuriated Americans. Crash...
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