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Sharon urged to open talks with new leadership: Post-Arafat scenario
TEL AVIV, Nov 7: Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is coming under increasing pressure, especially from army top brass, to resume talks with Mahmud Abbas ... 
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Hezbollah flies drone over Israel
LEBANON, Nov 7: Lebanese guerrilla group Hezbollah said on Sunday it flew an unmanned spy plane over northern Israel on Sunday, marking a new development in the low-level cross-border conflict. ...
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Saudi reformists demand open trial
DUBAI, Nov 7: Three reformists on trial in Saudi Arabia have sent a letter to Crown Prince Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz complaining they were not getting a fair trial and proposing moves to make it open, according to a text released on Saturday. ...
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India set for special deal with EU
BRUSSELS, Nov 7: Once written off as the poor cousin of Asian powerhouse China, India is to open talks on Monday to forge a strategic partnership with the European Union, a status so far restricted to just five big countries. ...
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Tel Aviv to sell spy planes to New Delhi
NEW DELHI, Nov 7: Israel is likely to sign a deal to supply spy drones worth 230 million dollars to India soon, officials said on Sunday. State-owned Israeli Aircraft Industries will also supply military surveillance hardware for the unmanned aircraft ...
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Scandinavian peace negotiator due in Lanka
COLOMBO, Nov 7: With Norwegian Foreign Minister Jan Peterson scheduled to arrive in the country on Wednesday for talks with the reclusive Tamil Tigers chief, Vellupillai Prabhakaran, the Scandinavian ceasefire monitors claim that they have good news to tell. ...
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France moves to crush Ivory Coast uprising
PARIS, Nov 7: France was in danger of being sucked into the escalating conflict in its former colony Ivory Coast on Sunday, after President Jacques Chirac's order to destroy the Ivorian air force prompted anti-French riots in the main city Abidjan. ...
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Motion to impeach Blair ready, says paper
LONDON, Nov 7: A draft of a parliamentary motion to impeach British Prime Minister Tony Blair accuses him of "gross misconduct" over the US-led invasion of Iraq, a newspaper said on Sunday. ...
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Nationalists allege fraud in Macedonia vote
SKOPJE, Nov 7: Nationalist organizers of a referendum to stop Macedonia giving more local autonomy to its ethnic Albanian minority accused the government of flagrant cheating on Sunday, less than an hour before polls closed. ...
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Anti-war mothers choose leader
MOSCOW, Nov 7: An association of mothers of Russian soldiers elected a leader on Sunday to head the political party they have set up to oppose the war in the Caucasus republic of Chechnya. ...
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Oil, arms stymie UN efforts on Sudan
UNITED NATIONS: A volatile mixture of oil and weapons is preventing the United Nations from taking punitive action against Sudan for continued atrocities in the province of Darfur, according to human rights activists and African experts. ...
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These kings leave no heirs
ROME: Some ageing rulers seem destined to die among rumours of ill health and the nervous murmur of behind-the-scenes negotiations. From Portugal's Antonio de Oliveira Salazar to former US president Woodrow Wilson, history is full of them. ...
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