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New Delhi unaware of US plans on N-curbs
NEW DELHI, Oct 24: India said it was unaware of any US plans to slap sanctions on additional Indian persons, companies or institutions which Washington says are aiding Iran's nuclear programme. ... 
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Al Qaeda failed to bring about change: report
WASHINGTON, Oct 24: Al Qaeda has lost the opportunity to effect a political change in the United States by launching a terrorist attack before the election, says an upcoming book on the war against terror. ...
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Major US newspapers endorse Kerry
WASHINGTON, Oct 24: Another powerful American newspaper, The Washington Post, on Sunday endorsed Democratic candidate John F. Kerry for president. ...
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Africa must move away from conflict, says Mbeki
LUSAKA, Oct 24: Africa must move away from conflicts and begin to pool its resources to develop the impoverished continent and reduce poverty, South African President Thabo Mbeki said on Sunday. ...
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UN concerned over Darfur crisis
ABUJA, Oct 24: The United Nations' senior envoy to Sudan warned delegates at the Darfur peace talks here on Sunday that the world body would not tolerate any failure on their part to protect civilians or humanitarian aid. ...
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Powell seeks progress on N. Korea, Taiwan
BEIJING, Oct 24: US Secretary of State Colin Powell arrived on Sunday in Beijing for talks which he hopes will lead to a quick resumption of stalled talks on the North Korean nuclear impasse amid new bellicose accusations from Pyongyang. ...
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BD newsman killed
DHAKA, Oct 24: A journalist working for an English-language daily newspaper was shot dead Sunday in Dhaka, police said. The unidentified attackers opened fire on Shahid Anwar, a sub-editor at the Daily Asian Express ...
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Malaysia plans expulsion of illegal workers
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 24: Malaysian authorities will ensure there are sufficient boats to ferry thousands of Indonesian illegal immigrants back home under an amnesty programme during the Holy month of Ramadan, a senior minister said on Sunday. ...
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The president without a capital
NAIROBI: When Abdullah Yusuf Ahmed was sworn in as Somalia's new president earlier this month in Kenya, cautious optimism was expressed at the fact that a new chapter appeared to be opening for the embattled East African country. ...
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There is no case for torture, ever
THE TROUBLES of Craig Murray, the sacked British Ambassador to Uzbekistan, appear at first glance to be a shocking exception to the rules of public life. ...
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Tony Blair is the original neocon
LONDON: Some were shocked this week when two leading American neo- conservative thinkers, Irwin Stelzer and William Kristol, called the British prime minister a "neocon"; but they shouldn't be. ...
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Global warming seen as threat
JOHANNESBURG: Rising sea levels force millions of Bangladeshis into India, fuelling ethnic and religious tensions that end in bloody riots. ...
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