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Syria says it reserves right to hit back: Israeli attacks
DAMASCUS, Oct 11: Syria reserves the right to retaliate “by all means at its disposal” against any attack by Israel, the country’s foreign ministry spokeswoman said, a week after an Israeli... 
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US trying to court Saddam loyalists
WASHINGTON, Oct 11: The United States has decided to enlist the support of former Saddam loyalists in Iraq where its forces are getting bogged down in an ever-expanding war of attrition....
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50 Maoists, 7 cops killed in Nepal
KATHMANDU, Oct 11: At least 50 Maoist rebels and seven policemen were killed in Nepal during one of the biggest clashes since a seven-month ceasefire ended six weeks ago, police said...
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Israel ready to strike at N-sites in Iran: weekly
BERLIN, Oct 11: Israel’s spy agency Mossad has drawn up pre-emptive attack plans on six sites in Iran it suspects are being used to prepare nuclear weapons, Der Spiegel magazine says...
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Israel can fire N-arms from subs: paper
LOS ANGELES, Oct 11: Israel has modified US-made cruise missiles to carry nuclear warheads on submarines, giving it the ability to launch atomic weapons from land, air or sea, the Los...
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ME nearing moment of truth: Kidwa
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 11: Chief Palestinian observer, Nasser Al-Kidwa on Friday warned if Israel keeps building a concrete wall into the West Bank, it will plunge the region into perpetual violence....
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1,500 held in Ayodhya
LUCKNOW, Oct 11: Indian police detained more than fifteen hundred people on Saturday as they gathered in Ayodhya to campaign for the building of a temple on the ruins of the...
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No answers to the major questions
LONDON: One of the major weaknesses of journalism today is how easily some are seduced by power. The premier role of the journalist should be as a check on power, however,...
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Performance art shows state terrorism at the doorstep
LONDON: Two handcuffed prisoners in orange overalls kneel in the compound of Camp X-Ray. They can see and hear nothing. One slumps back on his heels as an armed guard keeps...
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Mudslinging season in India
NEW DELHI: This week’s announcement of provincial elections in four states has signalled the start of particularly vicious mudslinging season, with top leaders of both the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)...
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US foreign policy hits landmines
WASHINGTON: This has not been a good month for US President George W. Bush’s robust, tough-minded foreign policy. The world has begun to push back....
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Regime change was first tried in Grenada
LONDON: Spare a thought for Grenada. If the tiny Caribbean “spice island” figures at all these days, it’s as a last-minute holiday bargain in the travel supplements. Even then, many people...
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French probe targets Halliburton subsidiary
PARIS: The public prosecutor’s office in Paris said on Friday it was opening a formal judicial inquiry into alleged corruption by a French engineering firm and the American oil services giant...
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WTO may be in urgent need of an overhaul
PERUGIA: To reform or reject the World Trade Organisation — that is the question raised in this mediaeval and hugely picturesque Italian town that is hosting the 5th UN Peoples’ Assembly,...
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