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Saddam trial unlikely this year: US official
BAGHDAD, Sept 24: Deposed Iraq president Saddam Hussein is unlikely to go on trial before the end of the year, a US official said on Friday, dashing prospects of a trial in October as forecast by Prime Minister Iyad Allawi. ... 
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Baby born to cancer patient with ovarian tissue stored
PARIS, Sept 24: In a world-first achievement that may drive back the limits of human fertility, a woman has given birth after her ovarian tissue was removed, frozen, thawed and then reimplanted, doctors announced on Friday. ...
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'Vote for Karzai or face fire'
KHOST: "Vote for President Hamid Karzai, or we will burn your houses down" - that is the message a Pashtun tribe has broadcast on radio a fortnight ahead of Afghanistan's first presidential elections. ...
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The hollow world of George Bush
WASHINGTON: The news is grim, but the president is "optimistic". The intelligence is sobering, but he tosses aside "pessimistic predictions". His opponent says he has "no credibility" ...
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China tells US not to interfere in HK affairs
BEIJING, Sept 24: China slammed a senior US State Department official on Friday for advocating greater democratic governance of Hong Kong, saying that the former British colony was now Chinese territory and brooked no interference from outside. ...
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IAEA calls for N-free zone in Middle East
VIENNA, Sept 24: The UN atomic agency called on Friday for the creation of a nuclear-free zone in the Middle East, in a move clearly aimed at Israel which is believed to be the only state in the region with atomic weapons. ...
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China sentences two Maoists to death
NEW DELHI, Sept 24: Two Nepalese Maoists have been sentenced to death in Tibet for smuggling weapons to fight government troops in Nepal, India's Zeenews channel reported on Friday from Kathmandu. ...
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Pioneer of Indian N-plan dies
BOMBAY, Sept 24: Raja Ramanna, the scientist who pioneered India's drive to become a nuclear power, died on Friday in Bombay at age 79, a hospital official said. ...
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Putin defends anti-terror steps
MOSCOW, Sept 24: President Vladimir Putin vowed on Friday that Russia would not stray from the path of democracy and free markets but told critics of his anti-terror security crackdown he put equal stock in domestic stability. ...
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Gates again tops list of richest Americans
WASHINGTON, Sept 24: Co-founder of software firm Microsoft Bill Gates kept his ranking atop the richest people in the United States, boosting his worth to $48 billion, but investor Warren Buffett edged closer, Forbes magazine said on Friday. ...
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Law reform moves Turkey closer to EU
TURKEY'S application to join the EU was boosted on Thursday when a row over a law criminalizing adultery was resolved. Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey's prime minister, said in Brussels that a revized penal code would be introduced to parliament in Ankara ...
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Gang wars, killings in Mexico
CIUDAD JUAREZ: The US businessman and his family were enjoying a steak lunch when the hit man pulled up outside the restaurant, lowered the window of his car and levelled a machine gun on his victim. ...
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