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US at odds with Europe over Iran resolution
VIENNA, Nov 24: The deadlock over Iran’s atomic programme continued on Monday as France, Germany and Britain circulated a new draft UN nuclear resolution on Iran’s 18-year concealment of atomic research... 
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Anti-West party wins polls in Croatia
ZAGREB, Nov 24: The leader of the nationalist Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ), Ivo Sanader, claimed victory on Monday in a weekend general election, as voters swung back to the right and...
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Bush signs $401bn defence bill
WASHINGTON, Nov 24: US President George W. Bush signed into law on Monday a record $401.3 billion defence spending bill that gives soldiers an average 4 per cent raise....
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Lockerbie bomber to serve 27 years in jail
LONDON, Nov 24: The Libyan secret agent convicted of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing must serve a minimum of 27 years before he can apply for parole, Scottish judges ruled on Monday....
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5 states to introduce EU-wide warrant
TOLEDO (Spain) Nov 24: Justice ministers from Britain, France, Germany, Portugal and Spain finalized plans on Monday to introduce a Europe-wide arrest warrant that makes it easier to extradite suspects wanted...
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Indian deputy PM rules out early general election
NEW DELHI, Nov 24: Indian Deputy Prime Minister Lal Krishna Advani Monday ruled out a general election earlier than scheduled in October 2004....
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Boeing fires finance chief for ‘unethical conduct’
CHICAGO, Nov 24: Boeing said on Monday it dismissed chief financial officer Mike Sears or improperly recruiting a US Air Force official to join the aerospace firm and then lying about...
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New Zealand’s PM frisked at Sydney airport
SYDNEY, Nov 24: An Australian minister voiced embarrassment and regret on Monday over an incident in which New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark was frisked for explosives by security agents at...
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US wages media war as Iraq resistance deepens
BAGHDAD: US forces are battling a deepening guerrilla insurgency on the ground in Iraq, but they are also waging a major media offensive to try to cast the contested occupation in...
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Al Qaeda introduces new ‘terror’ strategy
BERLIN: Emerging details of last week’s Istanbul suicide bombings support the idea that Al Qaeda is becoming more of a terror “consultancy” and less of a direct actor, security analysts say....
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Kurds fear fallout of Istanbul blasts
DIYARBAKIR (Turkey): Turkey’s Kurds are fearful that security clampdowns after the Istanbul bombings could lead to intensified operations against Kurdish rebels and deal a blow to their recently-won freedoms....
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Wall brings misery to Palestinians
RAFAH CAMP: Hussein Abdel-Al lost a home, then a son, to Israeli-Palestinian fighting. Then he found he was unable to pick up the pieces of his life....
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US plans crackdown on ‘opium’ connection
KABUL: US forces in Afghanistan are planning an offensive against the next opium crop, predicted to be the country’s biggest ever, after calculating that drugs are now Al Qaeda’s main source...
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HIV, TB tests for migrants in UK
LONDON: British ministers are close to a decision on the introduction of compulsory HIV and TB health screening tests for asylum seekers and migrants travelling to the UK....
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