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HR groups accuse US of flouting law: Prisoners from Afghanistan
LONDON, Jan 14: Human rights groups fearful for the rights of prisoners captured in Afghanistan by US forces have an unusual pitch with which to lobby Western governments: some of the... 
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Saudis complain of harassment in US
DUBAI, Jan 14: Allegations that American law enforcement officers are harassing Saudi nationals, sometimes violently, in the hunt for the Sept 11 plotters are causing a mounting outcry in Saudi Arabia....
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Al Qaeda rehearsed assassinations: TV
SYDNEY, Jan 14: The Australian Broadcasting Corp claimed on Monday it had obtained a video showing Al Qaeda members rehearsing an attack on world leaders at a golf tournament and on...
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Website for jailbirds
LONDON, Jan 14: Ex-British jailbirds, keen to get back in touch with former cellmates or just looking for a getaway driver for the next big bank job, now have a website...
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US embassy in Yemen suspends services
WASHINGTON, Jan 14: The United States embassy in Sanaa suspended consular services on Monday after receiving “terrorist threats” that a senior US official said were related to the Al Qaeda network,...
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Hemingway’s ‘Old Man’ dies
COJIMAR (Cuba), Jan 14: Gregorio Fuentes, former captain of U.S. novelist Ernest Hemingway’s boat in Cuba and his inspiration for “The Old Man And The Sea”, died on Sunday aged 104...
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Arab fighters in hospital show no signs of life
KANDAHAR, Jan 14: Six armed Arab fighters holed up in a Kandahar hospital for more than a month have shown no signs of life for 24 hours, Afghan guards said on...
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Harry may face drugs probe, say police
LONDON, Jan 14: British police say Prince Harry, the second son of Prince Charles, could face police action after revelations that he has smoked cannabis....
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52 trapped whales sold
TOKYO, Jan 14: Fifty-two whales trapped in fixed fishing nets along Japanese coasts were sold in Japan after the government legalized such catches, a news report said on Monday....
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Salang Tunnel reopens after five years
KABUL, Jan 14: The strategically vital Salang Tunnel linking northern and southern Afghanistan has been reopened to vehicles after thousands of tons of debris were removed from its confines....
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Indian Muslims spurn talks to settle temple row
LUCKNOW, Jan 14: Indian Muslim leaders said on Monday they had rejected a proposal by Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee for talks to settle the row over the building of a...
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Russia sneers at US in media spat
MOSCOW, Jan 14: Moscow lashed out at Washington on Monday for criticizing a court ruling to shut an independent television station, the latest sign that a post-Sept 11 honeymoon in Russian-US...
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S. Africa, China for UN role in ‘war on terrorism’
PRETORIA, Jan 14: South Africa and China said on Monday that the international struggle against terrorism, launched last September by the United States, should be fought under the banner of the...
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Most children with cancer die: study
LONDON, Jan 14: Eighty per cent of children with cancer worldwide die of the illness because lifesaving treatments are not available in poor countries, cancer experts said on Monday....
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Another El Nino on way, says agency
LONDON, Jan 14: A new El Nino, the periodic warming of the surface of the Pacific ocean that can trigger severe worldwide weather and environmental disasters, has been observed building up...
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Nepalese worship king as Buddha
KATHMANDU, Jan 14: Nepali Buddhists worshipped King Gyanendra on Monday as an incarnation of Lord Buddha, the founder of Buddhism, in an ancient ceremony that takes place once every 50 years....
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Amnesty fears civil war in Zimbabwe
JOHANNESBURG, Jan 14: Amnesty International warned on Monday of “civil war” in Zimbabwe if opposition to President Robert Mugabe is repressed....
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Research links brain injury to depression
CHICAGO, Jan 14: A recent study of World War Two veterans found those who suffered wartime head injuries were more likely to suffer from major depression even decades later, researchers said...
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Shevardnadze
TBILISI, Jan 14: Georgian President Edward Shevardnadze said on Monday he did not want Russian peacekeeping troops to leave the separatist region of Abkhazia unless they were replaced by United Nations...
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UN to pick up ME where it left off
UNITED NATIONS: The Security Council began its first session of the new year with an impassioned demand that it pay more attention to the Middle East. The preoccupation with Afghanistan threatens...
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