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Poland floats plan to pull out of Iraq next year
WARSAW, Oct 4: Poland's leaders floated the idea on Monday of withdrawing troops from Iraq by the end of next year, giving the first timetable for a planned pullout by the staunch Washington ally. ... 
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Iraq: the shape of things to come
LONDON: The weekend battles in Samarra are likely to prove only a foretaste of what will follow in Iraq if and when George Bush has secured re-election. ...
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'Psycho' star Janet Leigh dies
LOS ANGELES, Oct 4: Actress Janet Leigh, whose dozens of starring roles were eclipsed by a single movie moment - the motel shower stabbing scene in Alfred Hitch cock's "Psycho", has died at the age of 77. ...
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186 ex-envoys support Kerry
WASHINGTON, Oct 4: A group of 186 former ambassadors, including the son of war hero-turned-president Dwight Eisenhower, a Republican icon, on Monday threw their weight behind Democratic contender John Kerry in the race for the White House. ...
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UN seeks Israeli apology
JERUSALEM, Oct 4: A UN agency chief demanded an "immediate public retraction" from the Israeli government on Monday after it accused his staff of allowing an ambulance to be abused by Palestinian militants to carry weapons. ...
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Turkey rejects special conditions for EU bid
ANKARA/BRUSSELS, Oct 4: Turkey signalled growing unease on Monday that the European Union wants to impose special conditions on its drive to join the wealthy bloc and insisted it must be treated in the same way as any other candidate country. ...
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Concerts cancelled in Iran
TEHRAN, Oct 4: Iranian authorities have cancelled several musical concerts organized by European embassies after religious hard liners warned the government against the "corrupting" influence of Western culture, diplomats said on Monday. ...
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Minister deplores veiling of women
BRUSSELS, Oct 4: Belgian Interior Minister Patrick Dewael on Monday condemned cultures which force women to cover up their bodies, saying "all men are equal but not all cultures". ...
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8 ministers sacked in Syria
DAMASCUS, Oct 4: President Bashar al Assad on Monday sacked eight cabinet members, including the holder of the key post of interior minister, as Syria comes under mounting pressure over its dominant role in Lebanon. ...
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Research on smell: impact on daily life
PARIS, Oct 4: Fundamental research into olfaction, which earned US scientists Richard Axel and Linda Buck the 2004 Nobel Prize for Medicine on Monday, is starting to have an impact on daily life. Here are some examples: ...
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Space Ship One wins $10m prize
MOJAVE, Oct 4: The world's first privately funded manned spacecraft soared through the blue fringe of Earth's atmosphere to the blackened frontiers of space on Monday for the second time within a week ...
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Ralph Nader: a thorn in Democrats' side
FLORIDA: Ralph Nader surveyed a packed hall of Florida students who had come to hear about his third-party tilt for the presidency. "I am not here to flatter you. I'm going to take you to task," he warned in his opening sentence. ...
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Muslims want Howard defeated: Australian polls
SYDNEY: Prime Minister John Howard's staunch support for the US-led war on terror and a post-September 11 increase in racially motivated attacks have left Australian Muslims hoping to see the government defeated ...
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Slovenia moves to the right
LJUBLJANA: After 12 years of left liberals in power, a majority of voters in Slovenia's parliamentary elections on Sunday gave their support to the opposition conservative centre-right Slovene Democratic Party (SDS). ...
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