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Bush okays vast security dept: Massive govt overhaul planned
WASHINGTON, Nov 25: US President George Bush signed a law on Monday creating a vast Department of Homeland Security to prevent terrorist attacks on the United States, setting in motion the... 
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Iran’s judiciary agrees to review death sentence
TEHRAN, Nov 25: Iran’s judiciary announced on Monday it would review the case of a prominent academic condemned to die for blasphemy, as a top government official said an outright ban...
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Niyazov survives attempt on life
ASHKABAD, Nov 25: A motorcade carrying Turkmen President Saparmurat Niyazov came under submachinegun fire on Monday in an assassination attempt on the controversial leader of the ex-Soviet republic, government officials and...
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Scientists on alert for hidden island
ROME, Nov 25: A volcanic island submerged off the coast of Sicily for the last 170 years could reappear in the coming weeks if furious seismic rumblings continue, Italy’s chief seismologist...
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100 Bhopal disaster protesters arrested
BHOPAL, Nov 25: About 100 protesters were arrested in central India on Monday after they invaded a plant that was the site of the 1984 Bhopal poison gas disaster and demanded...
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Tension grips Jordan town
AMMAN, Nov 25: Tense calm gripped the southern Jordanian town of Maan on Monday as authorities enforced a curfew a day after clashes between residents and security forces left at least...
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Party rejects Haider’s offer to resign
 VIENNA, Nov 25: Austrian far-rightist Joerg Haider said on Monday he was sick of politics after his Freedom Party was trounced in elections, but party leaders rejected his offer to quit...
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Two European journalists held in Bangladesh
DHAKA, Nov 25: Two European television journalists have been charged with subversion after being arrested on Bangladesh’s western border, police said....
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Underage DPs a concern for France
PARIS, Nov 25: Last year, they numbered almost 1400, this year, the figure could climb to 1700, indeed 2000. The problem of parentless minors who arrive at Roissy Charles de Gaulle...
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D’estaing calls for ‘pause’ in EU expansion
PARIS, Nov 25: Valery Giscard d’Estaing, President of the European Constitutional Convention and the man most responsible for defining the future of the European Union, says that the EU should “take...
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US asks Tamil Tigers to accept Colombo’s sovereignty
OSLO, Nov 25: The United States on Monday led international support for Sri Lanka’s fragile peace bid at a historic meeting here, and urged Tamil Tiger rebels to give up violence...
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Kurds keep away from Arabic roots: Linguistic barrier
SULEYMANIEH (Iraq): Kurds living in the autonomous region of northern Iraq are gradually distancing themselves from their Arab roots, even though for strategic reasons Kurdish officials still stress they remain part...
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‘Austrian problem’ not yet over for EU
VIENNA: The EU seems to think its “Austrian problem” is over with the decimation of the populist right in Sunday’s general elections....
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Blacks mistrust US medical system: survey
WASHINGTON: Up to 80 per cent of US blacks and 52 per cent of whites believe that they or “people like them” could be used as guinea pigs for medical research...
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India’s dams do more harm than good
NEW DELHI: “The dam will serve you breakfast in bed, get your daughter married, and cure your jaundice.” With these words, renowned Indian author Arundhati Roy effectively describes the pathetic faith...
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Scientists quarrel over tests on primates
LONDON: Controversial plans to build a $38 million research centre where scientists will experiment on the brains of primates are set to ignite a ferocious battle between researchers and animal rights...
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Blix portrait on ‘good news’
BAGHDAD: Chief UN inspector Hans Blix may go down in history, art history, if his much-awaited report confirms that Iraq has none of the weapons of mass destruction claimed by the...
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Old bombs, weapons pose health risks: study
WASHINGTON: Unexploded munitions at 16,000 inactive military ranges, including chemical and biological weapons, pose “imminent and substantial” public health risks and could require the largest environmental cleanup programme ever implemented by...
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