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16 children killed by whooping cough
FAIZABAD, Oct 3: A whooping cough outbreak has claimed the lives of at least 16 children in the north eastern Afghan province of Badakhshan, local officials said on Sunday. ... 
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Afghanistan: a storm is brewing?
KABUL: The pace of life has returned to normal in Afghanistan. The children of Kabul are flying kites in the autumn wind, there is the usual hustle and bustle on the dusty streets of the city ...
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Kerry ahead of Bush in fresh poll
WASHINGTON, Oct 3: Democrat challenger John Kerry has pulled ahead of US President George W.Bush in a poll published by Newsweek magazine showing Thursday's television debate erased the lead Bush had enjoyed for the last month. ...
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Iran slams Gaza incursion
TEHRAN, Oct 3: Iran on Sunday accused Israel of committing genocide in the Gaza Strip and called for international intervention to halt the latest operation as a senior Palestinian leader hit out at the world's silence over the bloody incursion. ...
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Reformist Iranian minister impeached
TEHRAN, Oct 3: Iran's hard line parliament dealt a fresh blow to the already isolated reformist government of President Mohammad Khatami on Sunday by voting unanimously to impeach his transport minister. ...
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Aliens decry new law being pushed through Congress
WASHINGTON, Oct 3: A new law being pushed through the US Congress by the ruling Republican Party targets immigrants, not terrorists, says the National Immigration Forum, a Washington-based advocacy group. ...
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An ironic surprise from Turkey
ANKARA: When Turkey was officially accepted as a candidate for membership of the European Union it was handed a very long list of tasks it would have to fulfil if actual negotiations were ever to start. ...
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France detains Green peace boat
CHERBOURG, Oct 3: French police detained a Green peace boat and two activists on Sunday ahead of the arrival of a US shipment of bomb-grade plutonium, the environmental pressure group said. ...
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Woman's death sparks Sars fears in Italy
ROME, Oct 3: Health authorities in Italy have ordered urgent tests to be carried out on the body of a young woman to see if she died of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars), Italian media reported on Sunday. ...
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Baradei urges Seoul to come clean
SEOUL, Oct 3: UN nuclear watchdog chief Mohamed ElBaradei said on Sunday he wants South Korea to come clean about past unauthorized nuclear experiments and not to repeat its mistake. ...
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Girl, 8, hit by bird flue
BANGKOK, Oct 3: An eight-year-old girl from northern Thailand on Sunday become the kingdom's fourth confirmed human case of bird flu since the start of the latest outbreak, the Thai health ministry said. ...
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AL leader rejects blast probe report
DHAKA, Oct 3: Awami League president Sheikh Hasina has said she believes there might have been a 'force' more powerful than the country's armed forces since the army has denied that their grenade was used in the Aug 21 deadly attack on her party's rally. ...
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Darfur: a victim of US hyperbole
LONDON: American warnings that Darfur is heading for an apocalyptic humanitarian catastrophe have been widely exaggerated by administration officials, it is alleged by international aid workers in Sudan. ...
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EU peacekeepers must not be a mini Nato
The European Union's fledgling effort to develop its own military force is slowly taking shape on the dusty streets of the Afghan capital. But in the mounting insecurity which plagues the country as presidential elections approach next week, it is unlikely that many Afghans have noticed. ...
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