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Attacks on US troops to intensify, warns Bremer: Oil executive shot at
BAGHDAD, Nov 10: Iraq’s US administrator Paul Bremer predicted on Monday local and foreign fighters would step up violence to stop reconstruction, and a weekend grenade attack killed another US soldier... 
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Israeli barrier to affect 680,000: UN
TEL AVIV, Nov 10: Israel’s barrier in the West Bank will have severe humanitarian consequences for 680,000 Palestinians, a third of the Palestinian population in the area, a UN report said...
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Justice not being done in Gujarat, says Amnesty
NEW DELHI, Nov 10: The Amnesty International has called for immediate action to end illegal detentions and torture, particularly of Muslims, in the Indian state of Gujarat....
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Bush govt trampling on liberties, says Gore
WASHINGTON, Nov 10: Top Democrats have stepped up their attacks on the Bush administration for its handling of the occupation of Iraq and the “fight against terrorism”, which they say has...
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Errant plane causes scare at White House
WASHINGTON, Nov 10: A small plane violated restricted air space around Washington on Monday, causing a brief security alert at the White House before military jets intercepted it and steered it...
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India’s SC stays arrest of six journalists
NEW DELHI, Nov 10: India’s supreme court on Monday halted attempts to arrest six journalists sentenced to 15-day jail terms for writing articles criticizing the government of the southern state of...
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Aid workers forced to run for their lives
STOCKHOLM, Nov 10: Unidentified assailants opened fire on Sunday on a vehicle carrying Swedish and Iraqi aid workers after a dramatic high-speed car chase in southern Iraq, but there were no...
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UN urges Tehran to release dissidents
TEHRAN, Nov 10: The UN’s Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Opinion and Expression, Ambeyi Ligabo, said on Monday he had asked Iran to release all dissidents, including prominent academic Hashem Aghajari....
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15 drown as ferry capsizes in India
HYDERABAD (India), Nov 10: Fifteen people were killed on Monday when a ferry capsized in Andhra Pradesh, police said....
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US suspending operations at Sudan embassy
WASHINGTON, Nov 10: The US embassy in the Sudanese capital Khartoum will suspend normal operations from Wednesday because of a threat to US interests in the city, the embassy said on...
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Indian arrested in US over N. Korea links
NEW YORK, Nov 10: Sitaram Rai Mahadevan, an engineer of Indian origin, was arrested by the local police on the charges of sending blueprints of specialized valves considered critical parts of...
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West Bank man expelled to Gaza
GAZA, Nov 10: The Israeli military expelled an alleged Palestinian militant from the West Bank to the fenced-in Gaza Strip on Monday without charge or trial, a policy condemned by human...
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Japan’s election: party position
TOKYO, Nov 10: Following are the results of Japan’s general election for the 480-seat House of Representatives (lower house) on Sunday, according to the final returns released by the ministry of...
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US stuck without a Turkish crutch
ISTANBUL: Turkey’s decision not to send troops to Iraq has brought relief to Iraqis and Turks, but comes as a setback to an increasingly beleaguered United States....
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Syria may force Israel into talks over Golan
LONDON: They call it Shouting Valley — a remote spot in the Golan Heights where Syrians go to meet their relatives on the opposite side. Across the valley they can see...
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French bishops oppose law regarding Muslim veil
PARIS: France’s bishops, assembled at Lourdes for their episcopal conference, have declared their “hostility” to any law that would attempt to legislate with regard to the wearing of the Islamic veil...
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Thailand becomes less hospitable place for LTTE
BANGKOK: Within the space of three weeks, Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tiger rebels have earned unflattering stripes in Thailand, a country they once roamed freely in search of weapons for their separatist...
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Al Qaeda not seen hitting oil facilities
DUBAI: Saudi Arabia is standing guard over its vital petroleum assets after a weekend bombing in Riyadh sparked fears on world crude markets that the next attack might target oil facilities...
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Non-US firms frozen out of Iraq
LONDON: The US is to reaffirm that non-American companies cannot win government contracts in the multi-billion dollar effort to rebuild Iraq ....
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WWF flays EU body for unfair practices
BRUSSELS: A damning new report from environment charity WWF accuses the European commission of forging EU trade policy in a secretive and undemocratic way that frequently ignores the views of EU...
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