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100 Taliban behind terrorism: Karzai
WASHINGTON, Dec 13: Afghan President Hamid Karzai has said that only about 50 to 100 Taliban have been involved with terrorism while the rest of them were ordinary people like members of other combatant forces in Afghanistan. ... 
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WTO to hold entry talks with Iraq
GENEVA, Dec 13: The World Trade Organization (WTO) agreed on Monday to begin accession talks with Iraq and Afghanistan, but the United States again blocked any such negotiations with Iran, diplomats said. ...
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A year on, guerillas unfazed by Saddam's capture
BAGHDAD: What a difference a year makes. Or then again, maybe not. Last December, a haggard looking Saddam Hussein was pulled from a hole in the ground not far from his ancestral home of Tikrit and taken into custody by jubilant US troops. ...
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General in secret meeting with Hamas man
JERUSALEM, Dec 13: The commander of Israeli forces in the West Bank held a recent meeting in prison with a senior member of Hamas's armed wing in a bid to understand what makes him tick, the Maariv daily said on Monday. ...
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Barghuti calls off presidential challenge
RAMALLAH, Dec 13: Jailed Palestinian leader Marwan Barghuti called off his campaign to become Palestinian president on Sunday night, throwing his support behind PLO chairman Mahmoud Abbas. ...
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Ties with Germany may be affected: Pentagon : Criminal complaint against Rumsfeld
WASHINGTON, Dec 13: The Pentagon expressed concern on Monday over a criminal complaint filed in Germany against US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and other officials over the Abu Ghraib prison scandal ...
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US bid to oust ElBaradei backfires over phone taps: analysts
VIENNA, Dec 13: Allegations that the United States had access to wiretaps on the telephone of the head of the UN nuclear watchdog have damaged Washington's campaign to block his re-election, diplomats and analysts say. ...
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Western culture seeping into Iran
TEHRAN: Victoria's Secret has arrived in Tehran. So have the Gap, Diesel, Benetton and Black & Decker. A quarter-century after a mass movement inspired by Islam ended 2,500 years of monarchy, Iran's revolutionary society is moving on. ...
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Egypt bans 'Bush' book on Islam
CAIRO, Dec 13: The censors at Al Azhar, Cairo's centre of Islamic learning, have recommended the government ban a 19th century biography of the Holy Prophet (pbuh) by a scholar portrayed in the Arabic media as an ancestor of US President George Bush. ...
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Arab rulers risk losing power, says UAE leader
DUBAI, Dec 13: The crown prince of Dubai told Arab rulers on Monday that they risked losing power if they did not introduce wide-ranging reforms in their countries. ...
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Guantanamo detainee may go mad: father
LONDON, Dec 13: The solitary confinement of a British detainee at the US base at Guantanamo Bay is slowly driving him mad, his father warned on Monday. ...
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'Sideways' leads Globe nominees
BEVERLY HILLS, Dec 13: "Sideways," a critically acclaimed tale of two men looking for love in California's wine country, led Golden Globe nominations on Monday with seven, one more than closest rival ...
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US intelligence reform is no victory for civil rights
NEW YORK: Many of the more draconian provisions affecting privacy, secrecy and asylum-seekers, originally included in Congress' intelligence reform bill passed last week, were omitted in the law's final version. ...
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EU is not being fair to Turkey
ANKARA: Like it or not, the playing field for Turkey's European Union entry bid is not quite as level as it has been for other candidates, past or present. ...
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