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US sees Europe integration as threat: Belgium
BERLIN, Nov 25: The United States, for decades after World War Two an ardent supporter of European integration, increasingly sees closer unity on the continent as a threat, Belgian Prime Minister... 
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Creation of state for Palestinians opposed: Settlers hit back with own plan
AL QUDS, Nov 25: Israel’s right wing hit back on Tuesday with its own alternative peace plan which rules out the creation of a Palestinian state or dismantling any settlements, after...
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Troops to be sent to Iraq: Japan PM
TOKYO, Nov 25: Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on Tuesday defended US policy in Iraq and vowed to send troops to help rebuild the country despite strong public opposition....
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UN body to track Iraq’s assets
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 25: The United Nations Security Council on Monday unanimously decided to establish a new committee to continue tracking the financial assets removed from Iraq by persons connected to...
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Americans, Saudis share hope for peace: Bush
RIYADH, Nov 25: Americans share with Saudis their hope for Middle East peace, US President George Bush told Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz in an Eid message....
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Iraqi council submits self-rule timetable
BAGHDAD/UNITED NATIONS, Nov 25: Iraq’s interim authority has submitted a timetable for self-rule and asked the...
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9 charged over Istanbul bombings
ISTANBUL, Nov 25: Nine people were charged by a Turkish state security court on Tuesday over massive bomb attacks on British targets during a week of carnage in Istanbul....
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Jurors recommend death for Washington sniper
WASHINGTON, Nov 25: Jurors in the United States have recommended the death penalty for John Allen Muhammad, the so- called DC sniper who is accused of masterminding last year’s random shootings...
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7 killed in blast at dynamite plant in India
HYDERABAD (India), Nov 25: At least seven people were killed and three injured on Tuesday in an explosion at a dynamite factory in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh....
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Two US men jailed over plot to help Taliban
LOS ANGELES, Nov 25: Two admitted conspirators got 18-year prison terms on Monday for plotting to help the Taliban wage war against the United States....
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Superpowers act only out of self-interest
LONDON: It is no use telling the hawks that bombing a country in which Al Qaeda was not operating was unlikely to rid the world of Al Qaeda. It is no...
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Camp X-ray better than Afghan jails: prisoners
WASHINGTON: Many among more than two dozen Pakistanis and Afghans released recently from the US prison at Guantanamo Bay complain about harsh living conditions and torture. However, all of them are...
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Rescuing street children
TEGUCIGALPA: Honduran first lady Aguas Ocana, a former Spanish diplomat, charms her way through state dinners and genteel charity events....
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Indian parties face tough challenge from eunuchs
BHOPAL: Political parties in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh are faced with a tough electoral challenge from scores of eunuchs, marginalized for centuries, in the Dec 1 provincial polls....
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Scientists push for open access publishing
LONDON: Scientific publishing may never be the same again if a group of crusading researchers have their way....
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Sri Lanka school battles war scars
JAFFNA: The bullet holes in the walls at St Patrick’s school in the Jaffna peninsula are slowly being covered over, but it may take a little longer for the students to...
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