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Hardline policy to be harmful: S. Korea - Warning to US over N. Korea
LOS ANGELES, Nov 13: South Korean President Roh Moo-Hyun has issued issued a strong warning to the United States that a hardline US policy over North Korea's nuclear weapons would have "grave repercussions." ... 
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CIA in turmoil under new director: paper
WASHINGTON, Nov 13: The US Central Intelligence Agency is in turmoil, with several senior officers threatening to leave, due to internal conflict under new director Porter Goss, a report said on Saturday. ...
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Mayor of Baghdad suburb killed
BAGHDAD, Nov 13: Gunmen have killed the mayor of a Baghdad suburb where violence has registered an increase, witnesses said on Saturday. ...
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Dutch mosque set on fire
AMSTERDAM, Nov 13: A small mosque was destroyed by fire in the Netherlands on Saturday but no one was hurt in what police suspect may have been the latest in a spate of arson attacks against religious targets. ...
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One killed in Thai blast
BANGKOK, Nov 13: A bomb blast killed another Buddhist in largely Muslim southern Thailand on Saturday and a policeman was shot as Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra promised to use a mix of peaceful means and force to resolve the crisis. ...
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Commitments that have no meaning
WASHINGTON: US President George Bush and the British Prime Minister Tony Blair committed themselves to seeking a viable Palestinian state on Friday, but only if the new leadership committed itself to democracy and the rule of law. ...
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EU parliament is no paper tiger: chief
BRUSSELS: The European parliament has a new found authority and strength that means it will never again be regarded as "a paper tiger" or "talking shop", its president said on Friday ...
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China is not yet a global superpower
LONDON: Mao Zedong's favourite Chinese dynasty was the Qin. The first emperor, Qin Shihuangdi, had unified the country, and had himself buried surrounded by a life-sized terracotta army. ...
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Haiti complains of slow aid
PORT-AU-PRINCE: Interim Haitian Prime Minister Gerard Latortue complained on Friday about the slow rate of delivery of 1.4 billion dollars of aid pledged by international donors at a conference in Washington in July. ...
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The sacred cats of Rome
If you get up early in Rome you see things you are not supposed to see: a gladiator spooning down a pot of yoghurt before starting a long day posing for photos with Japanese tourists; ...
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