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US bombs Tora Bora as hunt continues: Aid train enters Afghanistan
KABUL, Dec 9: US forces on Sunday stepped up efforts to hunt down Osama bin Laden and Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar, as Afghanistan’s new leader said he had peacefully ended... 
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Mubarak, Assad in talks over ME conflict
DAMASCUS, Dec 9: Presidents Hosni Mubarak of Egypt and Syria’s Bashar al-Assad held talks here Sunday on the escalating violence in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict....
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US to supervise charities in S. Arabia
RIYADH, Dec 9: A top level US delegation is in the Kingdom to discuss the establishment of a mechanism to supervise the workings of the charities, it was reported here....
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UN mission will not be like Kosovo: official
KABUL, Dec 9: The United Nations will need at least two-and-a-half years to help get war-shattered Afghanistan back on its feet but will keep a backseat role — unlike in Kosovo...
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INS readies list of 300,000 illegals
LOS ANGELES, Dec 9: The US Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) has started its drive to prepare a list of over 300,000 illegal immigrants, who have received orders for deportation. The...
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Broadband firm goes under
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 9: Broadband, the high-speed Internet connection that technology gurus promised would make the Internet as ubiquitous as electricity, is starting to go the way of other high-tech promises:...
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Millions on the move in Indonesia as Eid nears
JAKARTA, Dec 9: Millions will be on the move in the world’s largest Muslim-populated nation as the holy month of Ramazan draws to a close, prompting Indonesian authorities to brace themselves...
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Kabul seeks India’s help to set up police force
NEW DELHI, Dec 9: Afghanistan’s interim government, which is set to take office in a fortnight in Kabul, has sought India’s assistance in setting up an “effective policing system” in the...
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50 Maoists killed in fierce battle
KATHMANDU, Dec 9: At least 50 Maoists and four soldiers were killed in an overnight battle at an army post in western Nepal, the Defence Ministry said on Sunday....
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Delhi-Kabul flights soon
NEW DELHI, Dec 9: Indian Airlines and Afghan carrier Ariana are set to launch commercial flights between New Delhi and Kabul next week, the interior minister of Afghanistan’s new interim administration...
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Bush weighs options beyond Afghanistan
WASHINGTON: As President Bush weighs further military action in the global war on terror, one blunt statement seems to sum up his approach: “Either you are with us, or you are...
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Aftermath of Israel’s attacks on Palestinians
RAMALLAH: Several dozen Palestinians wait at the Israeli army’s Kalandiya checkpoint between Al Quds and here. They shiver in the sudden cold spell that has accompanied the tightened Israeli closure on...
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Sad plight of women asylum-seekers in UK
LONDON: Walking the few feet from her gas fireside chair to the window is slow and painful for Fawzia. The struggle to move her crippled limbs is barely worth the desolate...
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Pesticides use harms brain function
WASHINGTON - Preliminary results from the first government study of the cumulative effects of a group of pesticides show that they might be harming brain development and function in a small...
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Italy’s spies may be allowed to steal
ROME: The Italian government says its intelligence service agents should be given free rein to commit certain crimes as they seek to complete their secret missions, though not assassination or other...
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Cloning may end diseases
LONDON: Scientists have taken a major step towards cloning organs for patients suffering from cancer, Alzheimer’s or diabetes after creating monkey embryos and used them to generate bone and nerve tissue....
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