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Iraq's health care system in tatters: study
LONDON, Nov 30: The occupation of Iraq has caused a public health disaster that has left the country's medical system in tatters and increased the risk of disease and death, according to a report released on Tuesday. ... 
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Iraq, Iran in heated exchange at seminar
TEHRAN, Nov 30: A conference on improving security in Iraq opened in the Iranian capital on Tuesday with Baghdad and Tehran immediately trading recriminations over which side was not doing enough to fight terrorism. ...
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Canada offers false hope, say immigrants
OTTAWA: Abdulrahim Noori was a doctor in Afghanistan, but he now fries chicken as a short-order cook in Canada while he undergoes the long process of re-qualifying to practice medicine here. ...
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Annan says he did not know of son's role
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 30: UN Secretary General Kofi Annan said on Monday he was unaware that his son received $30,000 a year for over five years from a Swiss-based company, according to new reports. ...
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UN unveils plan to overhaul SC
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 30: The United Nations on Tuesday unveiled a sweeping proposal to overhaul the organisation, including the Security Council, in what would be the biggest UN reform since its founding in 1945. ...
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Neo-cons hop on anti-UN drive
WASHINGTON: Daunted by setbacks in Iraq and the prospective difficulties in achieving "regime change" in Iran and North Korea, neo-conservative hawks have joined the US extreme right in training their sights on a much weaker target ...
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Tehran smartly skips flak at IAEA
VIENNA: By backing down in its nuclear dispute with the EU, Iran has at the last moment avoided sharp condemnation by the Council of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). ...
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Parliament rejects motion against PM: EU, Poland move to resolve Ukraine crisis
KIEV, Nov 30: An East-West standoff over Ukraine hardened Tuesday as the pro-Western opposition demanded the dismissal of the pro-Russia government after parliament rejected an earlier no-confidence motion ...
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The crowd is king maker in Ukraine
KIEV: Who could want to be a revolutionary these days? For a start, your task is to bring down some of the world's most resiliently corrupt and dirty regimes. ...
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Pinochet tortured thousands: president
SANTIAGO, Nov 30: Former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet - who once said that it was God who put him in power - finds himself increasingly alone as he faces several lawsuits for alleged financial wrongdoing ...
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Australia 'innocently' exported N-kno whow: Minister informs seminar
SYDNEY, Nov 30: Australia may have "innocently" exported nuclear technology to parties with weapons of mass destruction programs, Defence Minister Robert Hill said on Tuesday on the sidelines of an anti-proliferation forum. ...
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China-Japan summit
VIENTIANE Nov 30: Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao side stepped Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's invitation on Tuesday to visit Japan, a sign ties between Asia's major powers remain bedevilled by a spat rooted in Japan's wartime history ...
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Two AIDS drugs reinstated
GENEVA, Nov 30: The World Health Organization on Tuesday reinstated two generic AIDS drugs that had been withdrawn from an international list for failing to meet safety standards. ...
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US Congress pushes penalties for supporting global court
WASHINGTON: US allies in the developing South are now being targeted by lawmakers here, who have already meted out punishment to nations that support the new International Criminal Court (ICC). ...
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