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Bush enters gesture politics phase
LONDON: The 1980s movie The Ploughman’s Lunch took its title from an early example of what we have now come to know as spin. Ian McEwan’s script took its central image... 
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Indian troops hope for peace
BARAF POST (India): Indian troops once braced for imminent war with Pakistan now pray for a lasting peace amid a historic ceasefire that is finally giving soldiers respite on the highly-militarized...
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Group contests casino owned by Jewish extremists’ backer
WASHINGTON: While US Treasury officials scour financial records worldwide to stop funds donated by wealthy Arabs from flowing to radical Muslim groups, a small group of US citizens is trying to...
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British Muslims plead for peace
LONDON: The shots slammed into a row of Asian businesses on Dudley High Street early last Tuesday (Dec 2). The town’s Muslim Association was the first to be hit, then a...
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Oligarch fights Putin
LONDON: Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the Russian oil magnate arrested by security agents in October, is taking Vladimir Putin’s government to the European Court of Human Rights....
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Ministers flout arms sales code
LONDON: The UK government is selling arms and security equipment to countries whose human rights record it has strongly criticized, according to lists of weapons cleared for export that have been...
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Cheney firm gets contract
LONDON: Halliburton, the engineering group formerly run by US vice- president Dick Cheney, has been given $1 billion worth of reconstruction work in Iraq by the US government without having to...
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King of New York to battle president
NEW YORK: He has been hailed as the King Of New York. With his charming manners and ability to make or break celebrities, Graydon Carter is to the magazine world what...
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Millions move in as Shanghai booms
BEIJING: Shanghai’s population has soared beyond the 20 million mark in the past year as more than three million new job seekers have flocked to the city in the vanguard of...
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Big turnout expected at Dubai airshow
DUBAI, Dec 7: The world’s largest civilian and military aviation companies are vying for a slice of the lucrative regional market at the Dubai air show, which opened here Sunday....
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Decisive week for EU constitution: Final talks session today
BRUSSELS, Dec 7: The European Union is entering a decisive week that should culminate in agreement on a first constitution for an enlarged Europe but could produce a recipe for paralysis...
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US revokes visa of Saudi cleric at mission
WASHINGTON, Dec 7: US authorities have revoked the diplomatic visa of a Muslim cleric associated with the Saudi Embassy in Washington, officials said on Sunday....
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2 Hizb men shot dead in New Delhi
NEW DELHI, Dec 7: Police killed two militants belonging to the Hizbul Mujahedin group in New Delhi Sunday after a tip-off about their whereabouts from two members of the same group...
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Taiwan’s president calls vote
Referendum on Chinese missiles set for March...
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Thailand hosts Indian rebel, govt talks
BANGKOK, Dec 7: Thailand confirmed on Sunday that talks between the Indian government and separatists from the northeastern state of Nagaland, aimed at ending their insurgency, took place in the kingdom...
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Six dead in Indian communal violence
HYDERABAD (India), Dec 7: Six people died in India’s southern city of Hyderabad after clashes between jubilant Hindu hardliners and protesting Muslims on the 11th anniversary of the razing of the...
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In-camera probe of judge’s conduct begins
DHAKA, Dec 7: The Supreme Judicial Council, comprising Chief Justice K.M. Hasan, Justice M. Ruhul Amin and Justice Mohammad Fazlul Karim, on Saturday started in-camera proceedings of its inquiry into the...
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Sri Lanka’s PM rules out national govt
COLOMBO, Dec 7: Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said on Saturday hat he would not be forming a National Government as this would lead to a conflict with President Kumaratunge who is...
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India in touch over kidnapped workers
NEW DELHI, Dec 7: India is in touch with the Afghan government to help find three Indian road construction workers, kidnapped a day ago, Press Trust of India (PTI) said on...
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Geneva Accord authors applauded
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 7: UN Secretary General Kofi Annan on Friday applauded the unofficial Middle-East peace plan known as the Geneva Accord noting that it complemented the American-backed “road map” settlement....
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