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US warns NATO invitees against leaking secrets
BRATISLAVA, Nov 22: US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said on Friday that seven former communist states invited to join NATO must make reforms to fight corruption and ensure the protection of... 
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Russia asked not to worry
PRAGUE, Nov 22: NATO leaders wound up a landmark summit on Friday reaching out to Central Asia while reassuring Russia that the alliance’s expansion into the former Soviet empire posed no...
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Ex-Indian cop spills beans on kidnap saga
BANGALORE, Nov 22: A former Indian police chief claimed on Friday a state government paid a 200-million-rupee ransom to a bandit to secure the release of a movie star....
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US govt to monitor all purchases
LOS ANGELES, Nov 22: A massive database that the government will use to monitor every purchase made by every American citizen is a necessary tool in the “war on terror”, the...
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Turkish speaker’s wife sparks controversy
ANKARA, Nov 22: Turkey’s new speaker of parliament, Bulent Arinc, created an uproar on Thursday when he attended an official ceremony with his wife, who was wearing a headscarf....
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UK freezes charity’s accounts
LONDONDERRY, Nov 22: Financial institutions in Britain have frozen the accounts of the Benevolence International Foundation (BIF) after accusing it of raising funds for the Al Qaeda and Osama bin Laden....
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Abdullah calls for poverty eradication
RIYADH, Nov 22: Admitting the problem of poverty in Saudi Arabia, otherwise one of the wealthiest countries in the world, Crown Prince Abdallah has called for a national strategy to wipe...
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BD concerned over arrests in India
DHAKA, Nov 22: Bangladesh has expressed amazement over India’s non-response to Dhaka’s request to hand over two Bangladeshi fugitives arrested in Kolkata on Nov 16....
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Clashes in three Iranian cities after pro-Khatami rallies
TEHRAN, Nov 22: Dozens of people were arrested and several hurt in clashes in three Iranian cities on Friday when the anniversary of a dissident’s murder added impetus to the largest...
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Dogs, humans go further back together in history: study
LONDON: Man’s best friend has been around longer than anyone thought. The great Dane, pit bull and Pekinese are all descended from a few far-eastern wolves that befriended humans at least...
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Erdogan on charm offensive in Europe
ANKARA: Tayyip Erdogan, repentant firebrand, now the most powerful politician in Turkey, stands in the shadows of the Vatican, papal robes hanging awkwardly about his shoulders. “Enough now,” an aide whispers...
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Pentagon, State Dept in disagreement: Saddam’s successor
WASHINGTON: As in all things linked to US foreign policy these days, the question of who should lead a post-Saddam Hussein Iraq is a matter of deep disagreement within the administration...
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Japan’s Ainu race fights for identity
TOKYO: Discriminated against and almost wiped out as a distinct ethnic group by disease and assimilation, Japan’s surviving indigenous Ainu people are fighting a legal battle to defend their rights and...
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Revamped Nato gropes in the dark
PRAGUE: NATO says it has reinvented itself to confront new security threats after a deep “relevance crisis” following the Sept 11 attacks on the United States, but the jury is still...
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