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11 killed as militants clash with US troops: Baghdad blast claims 7 lives
BAIJI, Nov 10: Eleven people have been killed in clashes between guerillas and US and Iraqi forces in the northern town of Baiji and a curfew imposed, a local official said on Wednesday. ... 
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Fallujah faces disaster, say aid workers
FALLUJAH, Nov 10: Fighting in Fallujah has created a humanitarian disaster in which innocent people are dying because medical help cannot reach them, aid workers in Iraq say. In one case, a pregnant woman and her child died in a refugee camp ...
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Abbas favourite to succeed Arafat
RAMALLAH, Nov 10: Former prime minister Mahmoud Abbas has emerged as the favourite to succeed Yasser Arafat as chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organisation, the Palestinians' highest decision-making body. ...
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Preparations begin for burial at HQ
RAMALLAH, Nov 10: The screech of bulldozers shifting heaps of rubble and twisted metal littered around Yasser Arafat's headquarters shattered the late afternoon calm, in the first sign of preparations for his eventual burial. ...
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EU-Iran talks deadlocked
VIENNA, Nov 10: Iran and the European Union's "big three" states are deadlocked over whether Iran should be allowed to continue processing uranium if it freezes its uranium enrichment programme, diplomats said on Wednesday. ...
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French citizens leave as chaos grips Ivory Coast
ABIDJAN, Nov 10: Hundreds of French citizens fled their former colony Ivory Coast on Wednesday after days of anti-French riots and looting in a country once seen as a model for Africa of post-independence prosperity. ...
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Gonzales to replace Ashcroft
WASHINGTON, Nov 10: President George Bush has picked White House legal counsel Alberto Gonzales, a trusted adviser from Texas and prominent Hispanic, as his new attorney general, administration officials said. ...
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Bosnian Serbs apologize for massacre
BANJA LUKA (Bosnia-Hercegovina), Nov 10: Bosnian Serb authorities on Wednesday apologized for the first time to relatives of around 8,000 Muslims killed by Serb forces in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre ...
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Things to get worse, saysMahathir
BEIJING, Nov 10: Former Malaysian premier Mahathir Mohamad said on Wednesday he feared things would become "worse and worse" during the second term of US President George Bush. ...
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US criticized in British govt's HR report
LONDON, Nov 10: The United States faced rare criticism over human rights from Britain on Wednesday, with an official government report taking Washington to task over concerns about Iraq and the Guantanamo Bay jail. ...
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Europe turning into haven for Muslim fighters: official
GRONINGEN, Nov 10: The Dutch EU presidency said on Wednesday that Europe risked becoming a breeding ground for Islamic extremism and that the problem had to be dealt with urgently. ...
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Terror probe: Dutch police raid building
THE HAGUE, Nov 10: Dutch police stormed an apartment and arrested two people on Wednesday, ending a 14-hour stand-off that began when suspects sought in anti-terrorism probe wounded three officers in a hand grenade blast. ...
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Indian PM satisfied with EU summit
NEW DELHI, Nov 10: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh expressed satisfaction on the outcome of his talks with European Union leaders in The Hague on his return to New Delhi on Wednesday. ...
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India to get Israeli drones
NEW DELHI, Nov 10: India is to sign a 230 million dollars defence deal with Israel for the supply of 50 drone aircraft, The Asian Age reported on Wednesday. ...
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BD body to tackle illegal immigrants
DHAKA, Nov 10: The government of Bangladesh on Wednesday constituted a nine-member body to bring discipline in the activities of foreigners in Bangladesh.The government decision came following allegations of a surge of illegal immigrants in recent times. ...
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UN plans to hold summit next year
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 10: The delegates and officials at the United Nations met on Tuesday to make preparations for holding a major summit meeting of heads of state/government from around the world next year ...
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Toxic cloud darkens festival of light
NEW DELHI: School children have joined battle this Diwali to fight the darker side of the dazzling Hindu festival of lights celebrated in India on Friday. ...
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India's space plan beginning to benefit the poor
HYDERABAD: In an attempt to reassure, Dr P. Pawar, a senior physician at Hyderabad's sleek Apollo hospital, lowers his voice and begins to ask slowly about the pain felt by his teenage patient. ...
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