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Nigerian death toll hits 200
KADUNA, Nov 23: The number of people killed in riots sparked by an article on the Miss World beauty pageant has risen to 200, a civil rights group monitoring the unrest... 
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Israel troops enter another West Bank town
JENIN (West Bank), Nov 23: Israeli armoured vehicles entered the West Bank town of Qabatiyeh in the northern West Bank on Saturday and started searching houses for militants, Palestinian security sources...
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Bush castigates Saddam
BUCHAREST, Nov 23: US President George W. Bush delivered a fresh warning on Saturday against Iraq and President Saddam Hussein, saying he was a threat to all free nations....
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US to withdraw staff from Jordan
WASHINGTON, Nov 23: The United States has decided to withdraw embassy dependents and non-essential staff from Jordan, the State Department said on Friday....
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Moulin Rouge condemned for discrimination
PARIS, Nov 23: The Moulin Rouge, the legendary Paris nightclub, known to tourists around the world, has been condemned by a French judge to a Euros 10,000 ($10,000) fine, for having...
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Saudis being interrogated on 9/11 count: Naif
RIYADH, Nov 23: More than 100 Saudis are still under arrest in the kingdom on charges of terrorism. The Saudi authorities are interrogating them from among hundreds rounded up after the...
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Al-Jazeera causes rift in GCC
RIYADH, Nov 23: Due to differences with Qatar on the role of Al-Jazeera satellite channel, foreign ministers of three key Gulf Cooperation Council states, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Bahrain, did not...
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4 die in UK’s firefighters strike
LONDON, Nov 23: Britain’s Labour government came under increasing criticism on Saturday over its handling of a national firefighters strike as four people suffered fire-related deaths and a striking fireman’s home...
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Karnataka may bow to bandit’s demand
BANGALORE, Nov 23: The government of the southern Indian state of Karnataka said on Saturday it may drop criminal charges against a Tamil nationalist leader in a bid to defuse a...
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11 killed as bus plunges into river in India
SHIMLA, Nov 23: Eleven people were killed and 23 injured when a bus plunged into a gorge in the Himalayan tribal district of Kinnaur in northern India, police said on Saturday....
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US ‘war on terror’ yet indecisive
WASHINGTON: One year after President George W. Bush won his first big battle in his “war against terrorism,” the balance sheet looks decidedly mixed....
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Child soldiers in new battle amid Lankan truce
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tiger rebels have been slowly demobilizing their baby brigades, but teaching child soldiers to become children again is becoming a 40-million dollar problem....
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US sailors ‘warm up’ for Iraq
HONG KONG: More than 5,000 US sailors hit Hong Kong’s shops, bars and restaurants this weekend in the knowledge that their next stop could be war with Iraq....
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FBI may link Saudi govt with hijackers
WASHINGTON: The FBI said on Friday that it has investigated two Saudi Arabian men who provided assistance to at least two of the Sept 11 hijackers, a disclosure that comes amid...
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NATO expands to act ‘anywhere’
PRAGUE: NATO’s two-day summit ended on Friday with a decision to drop its former reluctance to act “out of area”. The Western defence alliance also signalled its readiness to strike against...
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Information matrix to track movements of potential terrorists
WASHINGTON: In 1986, when the world first heard of the events now known as the Iran-Contra affair, John Poindexter, then national security adviser, purged more than 5,000 incriminating emails. Unfortunately for...
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