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10 million respond to strike call in Italy
ROME, Oct 18: Much of Italy ground to a halt on Friday as hundreds of thousands of workers took to the streets to mark a general strike protesting Prime Minister Silvio... 
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US fails to get backing from Russia, France: Compromise resolution
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 18: France and Russia withheld immediate public backing on Friday for a US compromise on using the threat of war against Iraq, but a month- long deadlock at...
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Reporter in Hebrew flap
BEIRUT, Oct 18: Security guards rushed a French journalist out the back door of a Francophone summit media centre on Friday after he was hounded by members of the press who...
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Spanish diplomat resigns over Iraq
MADRID, Oct 18: A war of words erupted on Friday between Spain’s conservative government and opposition parties after the top Spanish diplomat in Baghdad stepped down in protest at Madrid’s support...
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Regional governor shot dead in Moscow
MOSCOW, Oct 18: Russian leaders slammed the country’s law enforcement agencies on Friday after the governor of the gold-producing Magadan region was shot dead on a busy Moscow street, the second...
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Reformists threaten to quit Iran parliament
TEHRAN, Oct 18: Reformist allies of Iranian President Mohammad Khatami turned up the heat on conservatives on Friday, threatening to quit parliament en-masse if their rivals blocked two bills aimed at...
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Another carrier off to Gulf
WASHINGTON, Oct 18: The aircraft carrier Constellation with 72 warplanes aboard will head for the Gulf on Nov 2, the latest piece in a quiet US buildup off Iraq, Navy officials...
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Irish vote today in referendum crucial to EU treaty
DUBLIN, Oct 18: Campaigners fanned out across Ireland on Friday in a last-ditch attempt to persuade voters to pass a treaty this weekend that the EU says is essential for enlarging...
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US quizzes Cuba detainees about sniper
WASHINGTON, Oct 18: US officials questioned suspected “unlawful combatants” being held at the US naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, about the Washington-area sniper, who has killed nine people since early...
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France keen for ties with Libya
PARIS, Oct 18: French Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin flew to Tripoli on Friday in a symbolic gesture intended to let Libyan authorities know that France intends resuming diplomatic and economic...
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Francophone summit
PARIS, Oct 18: With the opening on Friday in Beirut of the Ninth Summit of Francophone countries, French President Jacques Chirac has decided to use the event — which this year...
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If they can’t catch the sniper how can US beat terror abroad?
LONDON: In the first few days, it was possible to pigeonhole the Washington D.C sniper as just another American crime tale. The longer the sniper saga has continued, though, the wider...
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North Korea puts US in a bind: N-weapons revelation
WASHINGTON: North Korea’s unexpected admission that it has an ongoing nuclear weapons programme puts the administration of President George W. Bush, currently focused on going to war with Iraq, in a...
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Aborigines fight for recognition
MELBOURNE: Nearly two centuries ago, proclaiming yourself to be an Aborigine on the Australian island state of Tasmania could have cost you your life....
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GM food: politics overcomes science as hunger prevails
SIATUMBU (Zambia): In the woodlands of southern Zambia hunger arrives with the rhythmic clack of stone against stone as villagers pound open the hard mungongo nuts, a food of last resort...
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World’s oldest tree to be cloned
SAN FRANCISCO: US scientists and foresters want to clone what is believed to be one of the world’s oldest trees....
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