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Hundreds of homes for settlers planned: Israel killing roadmap: Palestinians
TEL AVIV, Oct 23: Israel was accused on Thursday of trying to kill off the US-backed roadmap with plans for hundreds of new homes for Jewish settlers in the West Bank,... 
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Thousands protest Bush visit to Australia
CANBERRA, Oct 23: Thousands of anti-war protesters calling on US President George Bush to return home held a sometimes violent demonstration on Thursday, as the American leader defended his “war on...
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Indian helped Iran build N-plant: daily
NEW DELHI, Oct 23: A leading Indian nuclear scientist is believed to have helped Iran build its nuclear power plant, a report said on Thursday....
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Labour MP expelled for opposing invasion
LONDON, Oct 23: A flamboyant British politician who denounced US President George Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair as “wolves” during the Iraq invasion was expelled from Mr Blair’s ruling...
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Dictionary comes to Rumsfeld’s rescue
WASHINGTON, Oct 23: US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld reached for the Oxford dictionary on Thursday to try to take the sting out of a leaked memo that warned the United States...
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Chandrika calls for sacking of monitor
 COLOMBO, Oct 23: Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga on Thursday asked peace broker Norway to sack the top truce monitor after accusing him of supporting Tamil Tigers and scuttling navy attempts...
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Saudis slam US general’s remarks
WASHINGTON, Oct 23: A senior Saudi official on Thursday criticized Gen. William Boykin’s remarks about Islam, calling them “outrageous” and worthy of Osama bin Laden....
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US soldier killed in bomb blast
BAGHDAD, Oct 23: A bomb blast killed a US soldier and wounded two others on Thursday as troops struggled to break the network of guerilla cells waging daily attacks....
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67pc of Iraqis view US as occupier: poll
BAGHDAD, Oct 23: An increasing number of Iraqis view the US forces as “occupiers”, not liberators, and say they want an Islamic-style democracy, citing Iran as a model, according to a...
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Five states win seats on UN Council
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 23: The UN General Assembly on Thursday elected Algeria, Benin, Brazil, the Philippines and Romania to highly coveted seats on the Security Council....
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Kuwait begins Monitoring charity funds
KUWAIT, Oct 23: Kuwait has assigned its Central Bank to approve and monitor any transfer of funds overseas by Islamic charity organizations in order to regulate their operations....
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Protest call goes unheard
RIYADH: The protest call given by the London-based Movement for Islamic Reform in nine cities of Saudi Arabia reportedly fizzled out....
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Iran deal highlights EU’s leadership
BRUSSELS: Iran’s agreement on Tuesday to accept tougher checks on its nuclear programme and suspend uranium enrichment appeared to be a victory for a controversial new style of European leadership....
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Support to guerillas rebounds on US: ‘Islamic blowback’
BANGKOK: The year is 1985. The Cold War between the world’s two superpowers is unknowingly at its climax. The Soviet Red Army is bogged down in a nasty guerrilla war after...
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Israeli attacks terrorize Gazans
GAZA: Gazans woke up on Tuesday and looked to the heavens. Not to see if any clouds were forming which would signal autumn was finally coming, but to gaze at the...
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Technology bridges India’s divide
BANGALORE: Milling crowds seek beer by the pitcher in noisy pubs on a Saturday night as fashionable Brigade Road comes alive in India’s technology city of Bangalore....
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US ignoring killing of Iraqi civilians: HRW
WASHINGTON: The US military should be investigating the deaths of dozens of Iraqi civilians killed by its troops; instead, it is not even keeping track of their numbers, says a report...
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US firms elbow rivals out of Iraqi reconstruction bonanza
WASHINGTON/BAGHDAD: Rebuilding Iraq promises to be a business opportunity worth billions of dollars, and US firms are leading the pack....
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