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Florida ready for tight electoral race
MIAMI, Oct 31: A pivotal battleground state, Florida is braced for a tight race and praying that Tuesday's election will not see a repeat of the 2000 chaos that delayed the outcome of the presidential race by 36 days. ... 
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Kerry blasts Bush over Osama furore
DES MOINES, Oct 31: Democratic hopeful John Kerry on Saturday chided President George W. Bush for his failure to snare Osama bin Laden as his menacing new video jarred the US election endgame. ...
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Bush terms Kerry a weak leader
ORLANDO, Oct 31: US President George W. Bush assailed Democrat John Kerry as weak against terrorism on Saturday and consulted top aides to weigh possible responses to Osama bin Laden's latest videotaped threats. ...
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Sharon hints at talks with post-Arafat leadership
AL QUDS, Oct 31: Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon signalled on Sunday he was ready to open negotiations with a new Palestinian leadership, as Yasser Arafat's top lieutenants filled the void left by his medical treatment in Paris. ...
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Japan vows to salvage Lankan peace
COLOMBO, Oct 31: Japanese envoy Yasushi Akashi has wrapped up talks with Sri Lankan government figures but is waiting to meet Tamil Tiger leaders in an effort to help salvage the island's peace process, officials said on Sunday. ...
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Chechen militant for more attacks
MOSCOW, Oct 31: The man who masterminded last month's Beslan school siege says Chechen attacks on civilians will go on as long as Russian troops abuse human rights in Chechnya. ...
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Extremists seal poll alliance in Germany
LEINEFELDE, Oct 31: Germany's resurgent far-right National Democratic Party on Sunday sealed an alliance with another extremist grouping in a bid to win parliamentary seats in the general election in two years' time. ...
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Dhaka to start destroying landmines
DHAKA, Oct 31: The Bangladesh Army will start destroying about 200,000 anti-personnel landmines from Tuesday, a senior defence official said on Sunday. ...
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BD judge kept off HC bench
DHAKA, Oct 31: The Chief Justice of Bangladesh has temporarily suspended an additional High Court Judge, Faisal Mahmud Fayezee, in the wake of an allegation that he had tampered with the mark sheet of his LLB certificate. ...
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War on terrorism, poverty is future's agenda
For a moment forget about the charge sheet against Messrs Bush and Blair - the alleged lies about WMD or the illegality of the invasion of Iraq - and glance at the bigger picture. ...
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Iran pins hopes on Kerry's victory
TEHRAN: The American embassy in Tehran has been turned into a museum - the "Den of Spies" - where numerous documents and pictures are supposed to prove to the world the "imperialistic nature of the Great Satan". ...
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US vote to influence Supreme Court's ideological balance
NEW YORK: With moral and cultural issues playing as large a role in influencing Tuesday's presidential election as security, money and war ...
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