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US considering recourse to UN: Iraq accused of shooting at planes
WASHINGTON, Nov 18: The United States could ask the UN security council to address its complaints of Iraq shooting at US and British aircraft enforcing “no-fly” zones over parts of that... 
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Suspected terrorist arrested in Riyadh
RIYADH, Nov 18: A suspected terrorist was wounded and captured after a shootout with police in the Saudi capital on Sunday, a spokesman informed newsmen....
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Tape has Osama’s voice: US officials
WASHINGTON, Nov 18: A US intelligence analysis has concluded that an audio recording broadcast last week was almost certainly the voice of Osama bin Laden and the tape was genuine, US...
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Oil specialist foresees conflicting scenarios
PARIS, Nov 18: According to Jean-Francois Giannesini, an official of the Institut Francais du Petrole (IFP), the French- based petroleum industry thinktank, the price of oil could be affected in two...
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Tension hampers poverty fight: BD
DHAKA, Nov 18: The finance and planning minister of Bangladesh, M. Saifur Rahman, observed on Sunday that the Saarc countries could not take concrete steps towards alleviating poverty owing to political...
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Driver breaches checkpoints
KUWAIT, Nov 18: An unidentified man in a civilian car broke through Kuwaiti and United Nations checkpoints on Monday and crossed the border into Iraq, Western defence sources said....
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Astronomers track runaway black hole
WASHINGTON, Nov 18: A runaway black hole is streaking through the Milky Way galaxy, dragging an aging star along to snack on as it heads in Earth’s general direction, astronomers reported...
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Europe to get meteor shower
PARIS, Nov 18: Europe is to be hit on Tuesday by an important meteor shower, and although the meteors that will descend on the Continent are infinitesimal in size, French specialist...
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US determined to be the king of Nato
LONDON: The Nato summit in Prague this week will determine the security interests of European countries, including Britain, for decades to come. It will determine what strategic direction they should take....
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Asian scientists working on new rice species
LOS BANOS (Philippines): Asia’s landscape would be incomplete without water buffaloes dragging heavy ploughs through water-logged paddy fields....
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GM food row stalls relief effort in Africa
PARIS: A bitter row over genetically modified food is casting a shadow over efforts to rush aid to millions of Africans facing starvation....
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Somalis talk peace
ELDORET (Kenya): Vicious tackles, noisy tantrums and giant egos — Mowlid Maan saw his fair share of foul play in 10 years as an international soccer referee....
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Russian census smokes out underlying social issues
MOSCOW: Russia has declared the country’s first post-Soviet census a success, but analysts say the preliminary results indicate the country’s continued population decline, while numerous refusals to be counted are seen...
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Indians lead foreign enrolment in US
WASHINGTON: India has become the largest source of foreign students in US universities and colleges, according to a new report which found that the aftermath of last year’s Sept 11 attacks...
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