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Turkey unlikely to break IMF clutches
ISTANBUL: Some parties are kicking against the traces ahead of a November 3 election, but whatever its complexion, Turkey’s next government may be effectively locked in collaboration with the IMF.... 
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Kenya’s ‘wildlife’ is on the roads
NAIROBI: Forget lions and crocodiles — the real adventure for thrill seekers in Kenya is on the roads....
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Australia lied about refugees throwing children overboard: Senate inquiry’s finding
SYDNEY: Australia’s government deliberately lied to the public during last year’s parliamentary election when it said that refugees had thrown their children into the sea to attract the attention of an...
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Nine wives boycott king’s return
MBABANE: For the third time in a row at a major public event, the nine wives of Swaziland’s King Mswati III’s on Wednesday failed to turn up at the airport to...
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Bush goes for broke
WASHINGTON: President George Bush is gambling his personal authority and turning next month’s congressional elections into a virtual referendum on his record by plunging into several knife-edge contests in the hope...
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Fifty per cent engagement in western democracy
LONDON: In the Irish referendum on Europe, only half the people voted. This, though more than the number that turned out last time and voted “no” to the EU treaty in...
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EU dashes Turkey’s membership hopes
BRUSSELS, Oct 24: European Commission chief Romano Prodi praised Turkey’s “historic” democratic reforms on Thursday but insisted Ankara was unlikely to get a starting date for European Union membership talks this...
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Doctor in spotlight in hostage drama
MOSCOW, Oct 24: When Russian heart specialist Maria Shkolnikova stepped out of a cold, wet Moscow night and shook off her coat in a warm theatre she thought she was in...
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Two held in Washingtonsniper case
NEW YORK, Oct 24: The police on Thursday arrested two suspects in connection with the sniper case, terrorizing the greater Washington area for last three weeks....
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Bahrain holds elections after 30 years
MANAMA, Oct 24: Bahrainis began voting on Thursday for their first parliament in nearly three decades but an opposition boycott and sectarian tensions have clouded prospects for this historic election....
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RSF condemns death sentence
PARIS, Oct 24: The Reporters Sans Frontieres (RSF) has denounced the Supreme Court of Qatar for sentencing to death a Jordanian journalist, Firas Majali, for alleged espionage....
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Libya threatens to quit Arab League
TRIPOLI, Oct 24: Libya told the Arab League on Thursday it intends to pull out of the 22-member organization, an official at the African Unity ministry said....
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Militia sends guards to protect Bashir
SOLO (Indonesia), Oct 24: About 30 members of a radical Muslim militia, many wearing face masks and some carrying knives, arrived here on Thursday and said they aimed to protect hospitalised...
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Muslim leader to appeal writer acquittal
PARIS, Oct 24: Dalil Boubakeur, the rector of the Grande Mosquee de Paris and close friend of French President Jacques Chirac, said on Wednesday that he had decided to appeal the...
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