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Annan’s assertiveness raises eyebrows : Walking the middle ground
UNITED NATIONS: When UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan recently faulted a lop-sided US resolution for failing to assure self-rule for Iraqis, he was accused of threatening a regime change in the White... 
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Bollywood reserves its best fare for Eid
MUMBAI: As Muslims across India practise abstinence during Ramazan, Bollywood will be engaging in its own form of frugality and denial....
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Yukos turmoil threatens growth of Russia’s oil output
MOSCOW: The Kremlin’s crackdown on oil giant Yukos could jeopardise Russia’s ability to sustain a production surge that the United States hoped could ease western reliance on Middle East oil supply,...
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World’s biggest hydro-electric project
L0NDON: The first proposals for a dam across the Yangtze were made in 1919, but it wasn’t until 30,000 people were killed in the floods of 1954 that Mao Zedong called...
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US gropes for answers in a hostile Iraq
BAGHDAD: Iraq may not yet have spun beyond control, but the United States is groping to counter the hostility stirred by its occupation among Iraqis forced to pay a heavy price...
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Car crashes into building at Bush rally
 SOUTHAVEN, Nov 1: A car crashed into the building where US President George Bush was attending a political rally on Saturday, briefly delaying the president’s departure....
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Tigers propose federal state, end talks boycott
COLOMBO, Nov 1: Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tiger rebels on Saturday ended a boycott of peace talks after handing over historic proposals to end three decades of ethnic bloodshed....
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Witness loves man she is testifying against
VANCOUVER, Nov 1: The star government witness in the Air India terrorism trial told the judge on Friday that she still loves the man she is testifying against....
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Saudi TV to televise Shura debates
RIYADH, Nov 1: Excerpts of debates in Saudi Arabia’s Majlis ash Shura (consultative council) are to be shown in a weekly television programme for the first time as part of moves...
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Most Europeans see Israel as threat to peace
LOS ANGELES, Nov 1: A leading US Jewish lobby group on Friday denounced as “shocking” and “antisemitic” a poll indicating that 60 per cent of Europeans felt Israel was a greater...
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Fears of attack keep Iraqis indoors
BAGHDAD, Nov 1: Terrified by rumours of a “day of resistance” against the US-led occupation on Saturday, schoolchildren across Iraq remained home, some businesses shut and the capital’s choking traffic was...
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Saddam is in Iraq: Bremer
BAGHDAD, Nov 1: US overseer in Iraq Paul Bremer pledged on Saturday that the US-led administration planned to speed up the handover of political and security powers to Iraqis....
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Head count at Saddam’s home town
OUJA (Iraq), Nov 1: US forces sealed the town of Ouja, the birthplace of ousted president Saddam Hussein, to count the adult population in an effort to root out suspected former...
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Turk kidnapped in Afghanistan
ISTANBUL, Nov 1: Afghan insurgents have kidnapped a Turkish engineer working in Afghanistan and are demanding the release of six Taliban prisoners in exchange, Turkish officials said on Saturday....
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Foreigners going to Iraq: paper
NEW YORK, Nov 1: Hundreds of militant Muslim men from Europe and the Middle East are heading to Iraq to fight the US-led occupation, the New York Times said on Saturday,...
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16 killed in clashes in Nepal
KATHMANDU, Nov 1: Sixteen people, including thirteen Maoists and three security personnel, were killed in clashes across Nepal on Saturday and Friday night....
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A.R. Rahman scores for Chinese film
MUMBAI, Nov 1: Top Bollywood music director A.R. Rahman has scored the music for a Chinese film that has already been selected for consideration at next year’s Oscars....
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Saarc moot on media begins
DHAKA, Nov 1: Editors and journalists of the Saarc region began a two-day conference in Dhaka on Saturday to review measures for promoting media freedom, better working conditions and flow of...
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Iran protests Blair remarks
TEHRAN, Nov 1: Iran’s Foreign Ministry summoned the British ambassador in Tehran on Saturday to complain about remarks by Prime Minister Tony Blair, the British Embassy said....
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Malaysia’s new PM tells party to get ready for polls
PENANG, Nov 1: A day after being sworn in as Malaysia’s new prime minister, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi told supporters on Saturday to get ready for a general election....
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