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Turkey’s entry into EU is a long way off
ISTANBUL: Turkey’s entry into the European Union is a long way off despite a generally favourable report card by the European Commission. Some wonder if it will ever happen.... 
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Homelessness a problem in China
BEIJING: Under one of central Beijing’s busy freeways, a dozen people brave the capital’s freezing winter weather rolled up like sausages in dirty blankets or huddled behind “walls” made of plastic....
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Sharon’s hardline tactics are helping ‘terrorists’, says Israeli army chief
AL QUDS: Israel’s army chief has exposed deep divisions between the military and Ariel Sharon by branding the government’s hardline treatment of Palestinian civilians counter- productive and saying that the policy...
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Kafkaesque dealings in Baghdad
LONDON: Anwar Diab is a frustrated man. As an Iraqi who has recently returned to his homeland from America to participate in its reconstruction, his description of winning a contract from...
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New EU members to face food hygiene standards
PRAGUE: Poor food and animal hygiene standards are among the biggest problems facing many of the countries that will enter the European Union in less than six months’ time....
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Poland making waves at EU
BRUSSELS: It hasn’t even formally joined the club yet, but Poland is already making waves — and enemies — over its tough, self-centred approach to life in the European Union....
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Bush’s ME reform call seen for US consumption
WASHINGTON: US President George W. Bush’s, in speaking out for Arab democracy, is trying to win sympathy for his Iraq policy at home, as much if not more than to reform...
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PM ready to transfer charge of peace talks: Kumaratunga rules out polls
COLOMBO, Nov 9: Sri Lanka’s beleaguered prime minister on Sunday told foreign backers he was ready to bow out of the peace process with Tamil rebels and transfer the task to...
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Mumbai’s police chief questioned
MUMBAI, Nov 9: The police chief here was questioned by special investigators on Sunday in connection with a multi-million dollar counterfeit stamp paper scam, officials said....
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Georgia ‘out of control’, says minister
TBILISI, Nov 9: The Georgian defence minister said on Sunday the situation in the Caucasus state was out of control as thousands of angry protestors demanded veteran President Eduard Shevardnadze step...
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50pc of US voters want Bush out: poll
NEW YORK, Nov 9: Fifty per cent of registered US voters do not want President George W. Bush re-elected to a second term, and 44 per cent do, according to a...
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Blasts ‘unjust’: Al-Azhar
CAIRO, Nov 9: Leading clerics in Egypt said on Sunday that jihad, or holy war, is not banned during the Muslim holy month of Ramazan but they condemned “unjust acts” like...
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Srebrenica survivors ready to sue UN
SARAJEVO, Nov 9: Families of some 8,000 Muslims killed by Serb forces in 1995 in the former UN “safe area” of Srebrenica will sue the United Nations and the Dutch government...
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Protest in Malaysia over US warning
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 9: Protest mounted in Malaysia against the United States on Sunday for a safety warning to Americans in the country, with one senior minister labelling the advisory an...
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US accuses Myanmar of following its diplomats
WASHINGTON, Nov 9: The United States is accusing Myanmar’s feared military intelligence service of eavesdropping on, filming and tapping the phones of its diplomats, frustrating their work to improve human rights....
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London urges Paris to hold off referendum
LONDON, Nov 9: British diplomats have appealed to France not to hold a referendum on the new European constitution to avoid embarrassing Prime Minister Tony Blair, a newspaper reported on Sunday....
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