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S. Koreans hunt for missing after storm: Death toll to go above 100
SEOUL, Sept 14: More than 100 people were dead or missing on Sunday as South Korea counted the cost after the most powerful typhoon on record pulverised buildings, triggered floods, derailed... 
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Yemeni guests held at US airport
WASHINGTON, Sept 14: A delegation of 18 Yemeni citizens invited to Washington by the US State Department was held for five hours after arriving at Dulles International Airport while immigration officials...
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Swedes in resounding ‘No’ vote to euro
STOCKHOLM, Sept 14: Swedes voted a resounding “No” to the euro on Sunday, defying expectations that sympathy votes might lift the “Yes” side after the murder of pro-euro Foreign Minister Anna...
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Fears about Pope’s health deepen
BRATISLAVA, Sept 14: Pope John Paul II left Slovakia for Rome on Sunday, at the end of a gruelling four-day visit to the former Communist country dominated by fresh concern over...
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BD court unseats Jamaat MP
DHAKA, Sept 14: The High Court on Sunday unseated Delwar Hossain Sayeedi of Jamaat-e-Islami from Parliament by declaring his election from a Perojpur constituency void for giving false statement of election...
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Majority in US opposed to new budget for Iraq
WASHINGTON, Sept 14: A majority of Americans disapprove of President George Bush’s request to Congress for an extra 87 billion dollars to fund the reconstruction of Iraq, according to a survey...
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German airport evacuated after bomb threats
DUESSELDORF, Sept 14: The international airport in the western German city of Duesseldorf was evacuated on Sunday following several bomb threats, affecting tens of thousands of travellers, authorities said....
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Estonians strongly vote ‘Yes’ for EU
TALLINN, Sept 14: Estonians voted strongly in favour of joining the European Union in a referendum on Sunday, preliminary results showed, crowning this small Baltic nation’s break with its Soviet past....
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Lankan peace talks set to resume
COLOMBO, Sept 14: Norway is expected to renew its efforts to resume the stalled government-LTTE peace talks with the arrival of its facilitators in Colombo this week....
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Fatimid era Cairo gate restored, reopened
 CAIRO, Sept 14: Egypt on Sunday celebrated the completion of the US-aided restoration of Bab Zuweila, the centuries-old gate to walled Islamic Cairo, whose four-ton doors now open and close for...
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Sister of Venus & Serena shot dead
LOS ANGELES, Sept 14: The eldest sister of tennis stars Venus and Serena Williams was fatally shot early on Sunday in a Los Angeles suburb, police said....
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Political transition in Iraq not worked out: Annan demands bold steps
GENEVA: Continued differences among the five members of the United Nations Security Council blocked an accord on Iraq’s political future during a meeting here on Saturday, hosted by UN Secretary-General Kofi...
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Malaysian elections shape up as fight for ‘Muslim soul’
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s first elections in 22 years without Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad’s dominating presence are shaping up as a fight for the soul of the Muslim majority, a congress of...
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Mideast peace process under death warrant
AL QUDS: Thanks to the Oslo autonomy accords, signed 10 years ago on the White House lawn, Israelis and Palestinians started to believe peace was possible, but disillusion has replaced such...
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US difficulties in Iraq spurs search for scapegoats
WASHINGTON: Faced with the rising costs and complications of occupying Iraq, the hardline coalition around US President George W. Bush that led the drive to war with Iraq appears to be...
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Book lists US crimes against Iraqis
BEIRUT: Geoff Simons, writer and analyst of Middle East politics, addresses in his new book, “Targeting Iraq: Sanctions & Bombing in US policy”. Simons argues that the current incessant military activity...
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