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American Muslims indecisive on vote
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 9: American Muslim leaders, who gathered in Chicago for the 41st annual convention of the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) ... 
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Military service records turn into an election issue in US
WASHINGTON, Sept 9: The military records of President George W. Bush and his Democrat challenger John Kerry have become a major issue in the 2004 presidential election ...
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US accuses Sudan govt of genocide
WASHINGTON, Sept 9: US Secretary of State Colin Powell called atrocities in Sudan's troubled Darfur region "genocide" and called for a thorough UN probe into the crisis, hastening moves toward international sanctions on the Khartoum government. ...
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Peace talks come apart in Sadr City
BAGHDAD: The new outbreak of violence in Baghdad has shattered cease fire talks between Shia militants and the Iraqi government. Following a successful if fragile cease fire in the holy city Najaf ...
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Saddam's generals working as US military consultants
BAQUBA: Dozens of Saddam Hussein's former generals and colonels are being paid hundreds of dollars a month by the Pentagon to advise US and Iraqi officials on how to contain the insurgency in northern Iraq. ...
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Russia warns west against meddling in Chechnya
MOSCOW, Sept 9: Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warned the west not to meddle with Russia's Chechnya policy on Wednesday in the wake of a bloody hostage crisis, highlighting a growing rift over the issue between former Cold War foes. ...
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Co-operation accord signed
BERLIN, Sept 9: "Global stability will only be realized if poverty, hunger and injustice are overcome," stated German Federal Minister for Economic and Cooperation and Development Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul ...
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Witnesses refuse to appear: Milosevic case
THE HAGUE, Sept 9: The mammoth trial of Slobodan Milosevic has run into trouble this week as several witnesses have said they refuse to testify for the defence case after judges imposed a lawyer on the former Yugoslav president. ...
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Chechens put $20m bounty on Putin's head
MOSCOW, Sept 9: Chechen rebels placed a 20 million dollar bounty on Thursday on the head of President Vladimir Putin in a tit-for-tat response to Moscow's decision to place a 10 million dollar price tag on two top guerrilla commanders. ...
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Italian envoy heads to ME to discuss hostages
ROME, Sept 9: An Italian government official flew to the Middle East on Thursday to seek help in securing the release of two female Italian aid workers who were seized earlier this week in Baghdad. ...
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Hurricane Ivan eyes Jamaica
KINGSTON, Sept 9: Jamaicans rushed to supermarkets and schools closed as Hurricane Ivan swept towards the Caribbean island with 160-mph (258-kph) winds on Thursday after killing at least 20 people on the tiny spice island of Grenada. ...
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Manmohan, Deuba discuss Maoists
NEW DELHI, Sept 9: The prime ministers of India and Nepal on Thursday discussed ways to end a Maoist insurgency in the Himalayan kingdom and official sources said New Delhi had promised fresh supplies of military hardware to combat the guerrillas. ...
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India denying passport, says Mirwaiz
NEW DELHI, September 9: Kashmir's spiritual leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq said on Thursday that the Indian government had denied him an Indian passport to travel for Umra. ...
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Beslan: 'Silence at the top'
LONDON: It is the morning of September 1. Reports from North Ossetia are hard to believe: a school in Beslan has been seized. Half an hour to pack my things as my mind works furiously on how to get to the Caucasus. ...
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