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Guantanamo legal battle begins in US
WASHINGTON, Dec 12: The Bush administration has started the process that could lead to a long legal battle between Guantanamo Bay prisoners and the US government. ... 
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Iraq elections or civil war?: Threat of Sunni boycott
IN 1864, 11 of the 36 states did not participate in the American presidential election. Was Lincoln's election therefore illegitimate? In 1868, three years after the security situation had, shall we say, stabilized ...
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Israel agrees to release prisoners, says report
AL QUDS, Dec 12: The Israeli cabinet on Sunday approved in principle to free Palestinian prisoners as a goodwill gesture towards Egypt after it last week released an Israeli Druze who had been jailed for espionage, public radio reported. ...
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Labour sets no terms to join Sharon
TEL AVIV, Dec 12: Israel's opposition Labour party said on Sunday it had set no conditions for joining Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's government, paving the way for a broad coalition that could push through his Gaza withdrawal plan. ...
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US-managed Iraq plagued by mishandled billions
WASHINGTON: US management of the Iraqi economy was plagued by irregularities, corruption, failures and mishandling of billions of dollars, according to analysts and multiple recent audits. ...
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Ukraine kicks off new presidential campaign
KIEV, Dec 12: Ukraine's repeat election campaign officially kicked off on Sunday but the country's ruling elite was silent after news that Western-oriented opposition leader and presidential frontrunner Viktor Yushchenko was poisoned ...
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Classical singer Subbulakshmi is dead
CHENNAI, Dec 12: Popular Indian classical vocalist M.S. Subbulakshmi who died overnight due to age-related health problems was to be cremated according to Hindu rites on Sunday, a relative said. ...
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Pyongyang asks Seoul to clear N-ambiguity
SEOUL, Dec 12: North Korea will not dismantle its nuclear programmes or improve ties with South Korea until questions about the South's nuclear experiments are clearly answered, Pyongyang said on Sunday. ...
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Kurds rally for Turkey's EU membership
DIYARBAKIR, Dec 12: About 50,000 Kurdish demonstrators gathered on Sunday in Diyarbakir, the heart of Turkey's mainly Kurdish southeast, to lend support to Turkey's EU membership bid and demand more freedoms. ...
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Corruption is insurmountable, says study
PARIS: Not many people around the world seem to believe that corruption can be contained let alone eradicated, experts said after a major international survey. ...
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