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NZ leader's visit to Indian plant sparks row
NEW DELHI, Oct 20: New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark held talks with Indian leaders in New Delhi on Wednesday amid controversy in her home country over a visit to a Mumbai factory which allegedly produces components for nuclear weapons. ... 
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Natwar to meet Chinese FM: Conference in Kazakhstan
New Delhi, Oct 20: The foreign ministers of India, Russia and China will meet in Almaty on Thursday on the sidelines of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA), officials said on Wednesday. ...
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Israel-SA treaty angers pro-Palestinian groups
JOHANNESBURG, Oct 20: Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Wednesday signed an investment treaty at the start of a visit slammed by pro-Palestinian groups as a retreat from the struggle for equality embraced by President Thabo Mbeki's government. ...
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Saudi Arabia toughens naturalization law
RIYADH, Oct 20: The Saudi cabinet has approved amendments to the naturalization law which toughen requirements for permanent residents applying for citizenship while setting new rules for foreign spouses of Saudis ...
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US Muslims unhappy with 'war on terror'
WASHINGTON, Oct 20: More than one-third of American Muslims believe that the US war on terrorism is really a war on Islam, according to a survey report released this week by researchers at Georgetown University. ...
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BD again adjudged most corrupt country
DHAKA, Oct 20: The Transparency International, a Berlin-based international body fighting corruption worldwide, found Bangladesh the most corrupt country in the world as per its Corruption Perceptions Index. ...
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Margaret Hassan: friend of Iraqis
MARGARET: Margaret Hassan? She who said to me that soon - very soon - "there will be more than one lost generation" in Iraq. Kidnapped on her way to work where she runs Care International's Iraq operation? ...
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Congress win helps boost national clout
MUMBAI: India's ruling Congress party, flush from an election win in the state at the heart of finance and film, will now be better armed to deal with demanding communist allies, newspapers and analysts say. ...
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Gayoom dismissive of rights critics
MALE: Beset by accusations of endemic human rights abuses in his Indian Ocean resort nation, Maldives President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom says his critics should check their facts before accusing his regime of systematic torture. ...
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Veerappan - the bandit who lived and died in jungles
NEW DELHI: India's bandit king died as he lived: in dense forests at the tip of a bullet. For more than two decades, Koose Muniswamy Veerappan eluded hundreds of police officers devoted to nothing but his capture. ...
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