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Mujaddedi callsdelegates 'infidel'
KABUL, 1 Jan: EU representative Francesc Vendrell said on Thursday he was "very disturbed" after the chairman to Afghanistan's constitutional convention branded as "infidels" delegates who did not want the country described as Islamic. ... 
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Baghdad hotel blast toll rises to eight
BAGHDAD, Jan 1: The death toll from a powerful car bomb that tore apart a popular Baghdad restaurant packed with New Year's Eve revellers rose to at least eight on Thursday, as the capital was gripped by fear of more attacks. ...
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Lanka's Muslim party to submit peace proposals
COLOMBO, Jan 1: Sri Lanka's Minister of Muslim Affairs, Rauf Hakeem, said on Thursday that his party, the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress, would be shortly submitting proposals to the government ...
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Hegemonic ambitions holding India back: experts
NEW DELHI, Jan 1: India wants to become a super power by 2020, but it is being held back, according to its own socio-economic intellectuals, by its own hegemonic ambitions in the region ...
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Hopes high for Saarc trade bloc at summit
KARACHI: South Asia's regional forum, representing one fifth of the world's consumers and nearly half of its poor, is set to move a step closer to becoming a trade bloc if a free trade agreement is inked at its forthcoming summit. ...
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US planning rotation of 250,000 Iraq troops: Officials term operation risky
WASHINGTON, Jan 1: The Pentagon is gearing up for a massive rotation of about a quarter million troops in and out of Iraq, a giant logistics chore complicated by concerns about opportunistic attacks targeting Americans as they arrive or depart. ...
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US lifts hurdles to Iran quake aid
CRAWFORD, Jan 1: Citing Iran's "extraordinary humanitarian needs," the United States on Wednesday temporarily suspended restrictions on money and equipment meant to help the Islamic republic recover from last week's devastating earthquake. ...
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US-Iran move for patchup
LONDON/BAM: The US's dramatic shift, signalled on Tuesday, in its attitude towards Iran, a country previously branded by President George Bush as part of an "axis of evil", has put Tehran under political pressure. ...
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Catholic states advocated control of Jerusalem in '40s: papers
DUBLIN: Italy and Spain canvassed Ireland's support in the late 1940s to put the holy city of Jerusalem under Roman Catholic control within the young Jewish state of Israel ...
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Bomb blast kills nine revellers in Indonesia
BANDA ACEH, Jan 1: A bomb killed nine people, including a baby, and injured more than 20 at an open-air new year celebration where hundreds had gathered in Indonesia's troubled Aceh province, officials said on Thursday. ...
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New year begins with tough security
NEW YORK, Jan 1: Millions packed major cities around the world to usher in the New Year in party mood, but bomb attacks in Iraq and Indonesia cast an immediate shadow over attempts to shrug off terrorism fears. ...
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FBI detains British airliner
WASHINGTON, Jan 1: US fighter jets on Wednesday escorted a British Airways passenger plane to Washington's international airport, where it was detained on the tarmac so that its 247 passengers could be questioned by federal agents ...
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US sending positive signals: Rafsanjani
BAM, Jan 1: Former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani said on Thursday the United States had been sending positive signals to his country for several months, following the temporary lifting of US sanctions on Iran in the wake of the Bam earthquake. ...
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Bam: grief among the nameless tombs
BAM: One by one, thousands of faces appeared on three computer screens set up in the back of the car, most of them horribly disfigured. Outside a silent crowd pressed their noses to the car windows, jostling in silence for a better view. ...
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China condemns Japanese PM's shrine visit
TOKYO, Jan 1: Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi visited a controversial shrine honouring the country's war dead on Thursday, triggering instant condemnation from South Korea and China, both victims of Japan's militaristic past. ...
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Labour market undergoes change in UAE
DUBAI: When the United Arab Emirates was formed in 1971 by patching together seven independent "provinces", the country was not much more than a desert land.Nowadays, the country is a modern ...
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