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Guantanamo: ex-detainees have rejoined fighting: US
WASHINGTON, Oct 22: About 10 former detainees have rejoined the fight against US forces in Afghanistan after being released from a US military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba in the belief they no longer posed a threat, Pentagon officials said on Friday. ... 
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US strategy in Afghan invasion questioned
WASHINGTON: Soon after arriving as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on Oct 1, 2001, Air Force Gen. Richard B. Myers raised doubts about the war plan - days from execution - to topple the Taliban government in Afghanistan. Gen. Tommy R. Franks ...
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US releases paperson prison abuse
WASHINGTON, Oct 22: The US government released thousands of pages of documents on prisoner abuse in Iraq and Afghanistan, including details on three deaths at Abu Ghraib and alleged molestation of a female inmate by soldiers. ...
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Decision on Iraq worries Britons
LONDON, Oct 22: A fairly good number of Britons seem to disagree with Prime Minister Tony Blair's decision to re-deploy 850 British troops from their base in Southern Iraq to regions further north. ...
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Deeper into the Iraqi quagmire
LONDON: When they come to write the history of the Iraq adventure, the decision to deploy British troops to the US sector may be seen as the tipping point at which the patience finally snapped of many of those who had hitherto given Tony Blair the benefit of the doubt. ...
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Annan at odds with Iraqi govt over elections
UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary General Kofi Annan is at loggerheads with the US-installed interim government in Iraq over national elections scheduled to take place in that strife-torn country in January 2005. ...
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Russian MPs ratify Kyoto treaty: US remains unmoved
MOSCOW, Oct 22: Russia's lower house of parliament ratified the Kyoto Protocol on Friday, clearing the way for the long-delayed climate change pact to come into force worldwide. ...
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Thousands of US voters illegally registered
MIAMI, Oct 22: Tens of thousands of Florida voters are illegally also registered to vote in another state, the Orlando Sentinel reported on Friday. The daily said a comparison of voters' rolls from Florida with those in Georgia and North Carolina found more than 68 ...
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French school told to hold hearing for Sikhs: Ban on religious insignia
CERGY, Oct 22: A French court examining an appeal from three Sikh youths suspended from classes for wearing an under-turban ordered the school authorities on Friday to hold a disciplinary hearing so they can formally state their case. ...
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BD nationality brings misery
DHAKA, Oct 22: The newly acquired Bangladeshi identity for 10 young men and women living in a city camp for stranded Pakistanis, has become a problem for them as the leaders of those willing to return to Pakistan are allegedly threatening them with eviction. ...
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China is soft on Bush despite Taiwan talk
BEIJING: He labelled China a strategic competitor, swore to do whatever it took to defend its bitter rival, Taiwan, and pushed the island to buy huge caches of weapons to modernize and fend off a mainland threat. ...
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Chinese tourists set to change region
BANGKOK: Fear of a downturn in tourist arrivals to Southeast Asia due to the combined effects of terrorism and lethal health hazards such as bird flu seems to be unfounded. And the hordes of Chinese travelling from mainland China to neighbouring countries seem to bear testimony to that fact. ...
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