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Fahim vows to support Karzai's rival in election
KABUL, Aug 4: Afghan Defence Minister Mohammed Qasim Fahim vowed on Wednesday that he and several key ministers would oppose President Hamid Karzai and back his rival in the October 9 presidential elections. ... 
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Bush manipulating terror alerts: Dean
WASHINGTON, Aug 4: US President George Bush on Wednesday faced fresh questions about whether he is manipulating terrorism alerts, like the one newly blanketing key US financial centres, before the November elections. ...
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Britons speak of 'brutality' at US jail
NEW YORK, Aug 4: Three British prisoners released from Guantanamo Bay levelled accusations of systematic abuse on Wednesday in a lengthy report that civil rights groups said exposed the military facility as "a legal black hole". ...
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Online con men pose as Kerry fund-raisers
WASHINGTON, Aug 4: Scam artists posing as fund-raisers for Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry are trying to trick Internet users into sending them money, an Internet security firm said on Tuesday. ...
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Russia warns Georgia of military action
MOSCOW, Aug 4: Russia and Georgia went on a war footing on Wednesday after Moscow hinted it could resort to military action in response to a Tbilisi threat to open fire on vessels that "illegally" entered the waters of its breakaway region of Abkhazia. ...
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Sudanese protest threats
KHARTOUM, Aug 4: Tens of thousands of Sudanese marched on the UN headquarters in Khartoum on Wednesday in protest at the possibility of Western military intervention to deal with a humanitarian crisis in the western region of Darfur. ...
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Indian army called out as floods spread west
AHMEDABAD, Aug 4: The Indian army was called out on Wednesday to rescue stranded people and distribute food as South Asia's worst flooding in 15 years spread to parts of western India and claimed 27 more lives. ...
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BD court rejects writ against polls
DHAKA, Aug 4: The High Court of Bangladesh on Wednesday rejected summarily a writ petition challenging the provision of holding general elections under the non-party caretaker government. ...
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Real disaster still looms over BD
DHAKA: Although water levels in some of Bangladesh's overflowing rivers started dropping several days ago after sweeping away homes, crops, roads, bridges and schools ...
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Chandrika quits party post
COLOMBO, Aug 4: Sri Lankan President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga on Wednesday resigned from her post as the leader of the ruling United People's Freedom Alliance. ...
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How cell phones leaked BJP's secrets
Minister of state E. Ahmed seems to have earned his stripes in the ministry of external affairs. He has impressed South Block's stiff-upper-lipped mandarins by using his vast network of contacts in the Arab world ...
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Repatriation of Bhutanese refugees agreed
KATHMANDU: Bhutan's Prime Minister Jigmi Yoesar Thinley has agreed that the process of repatriating Bhutanese refugees living in Nepal should be resumed, Nepalese Premier Sher Bahadur Deuba said on Wednesday. ...
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