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Pressure mounts for Israeli pullback: Palestinian vote
TEL AVIV, Nov 21: Israel faced mounting calls on Sunday for it to pull back troops and ease travel restrictions in the occupied territories ahead of January's landmark Palestinian elections to choose a successor to Yasser Arafat. ... 
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Iran pledges to go ahead with nuclear suspension
TEHRAN, Nov 21: Iran pledged on Sunday it was still committed to suspending parts of its sensitive nuclear activities as of Monday and that alarm over its last minute uranium conversion activities was merely US "propaganda". ...
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Iran - the next big question
LONDON: What is the likely outcome of a confrontation between the US and Iran? I don't mean the la-la-land futurology, still being served up by friends of the Bush administration over the interventions in Iraq and Afghanistan ...
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Number of students drops at US colleges
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 21: For the first time since 1971, American colleges and universities have seen a fall in the number of foreign students as visa delays have caused thousands of applicants to wonder if it's worth the hassle to try to study in the United States. ...
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Right-winger gains popularity in Netherlands, says poll
AMSTERDAM, Nov 21: A right-wing politician without a party is more popular with Dutch voters than the ruling party as the traditionally liberal and tolerant Netherlands suffers a wave of sectarian violence. ...
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Mbeki pursues talks to end Ivory Coast crisis
JOHANNESBURG, Nov 21: South African President Thabo Mbeki held a second day of talks on Sunday with Ivory Coast rebel leader Guillaume Soro and Prime Minister Seydou Diarra to broker peace in the war-wracked west African nation. ...
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Mbeki emerges as Africa's new voice
DAR ES SALAAM: Cajoling diamond dealers in Antwerp, pressing for peace in strife-torn Ivory Coast and building bridges at a central African summit, Thabo Mbeki has a schedule that only the busiest diplomat could love. ...
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Lanka killings escalate despite US pressure
COLOMBO, Nov 21: Suspected Tamil rebels have escalated killings despite fresh pressure from the United States on Sri Lanka's warring parties to end a 19-month deadlock in peace talks, officials said on Sunday. ...
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66 Maoists killed in clashes
KATHMANDU, Nov 21: At least 66 Maoist rebels and 10 government troopers were killed in an overnight clash in Nepal's far-western Pandon village, an army officer said on Sunday. ...
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US hawks' flying high with Rice posting
WASHINGTON: US President George W. Bush's nomination of National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice to replace Secretary of State Colin Powell consolidates the control over US foreign policy of the coalition of hawks that promoted the war in Iraq ...
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'Axis of Evil' is uninvited guest at APEC summit
SANTIAGO: North Korea, Iran and Iraq, the countries that US President George W. Bush labelled the "axis of evil" in early 2002, are the main unofficial issues being discussed at the 12th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit ...
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Isabella yet to clear her name in history
MADRID: Was she a saint or a tyrant, an intolerant crusader or a uniter of nations, a devoted spouse and mother or a headstrong and ambitious woman? ...
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