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Abbas calls for complete pullout from held areas: Tough stand surprises observers
RAMALLAH, Dec 25: Palestinian presidential frontrunner Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday called for a complete Israeli pullout from the occupied territories ... 
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Turkish trader kidnapped in Iraq
ANKARA, Dec 25: A Turkish television channel on Saturday aired footage showing a Turkish businessman who said he had been kidnapped along with a worker in Iraq by a group of unidentified militants. Turkish officials could not immediately confirm the businessman's abduction ...
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Suit filed against Arab Bank in US
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 25: Encouraged by a recent Chicago court decision ordering three American Muslim charities to pay 156 million dollars to parents of a teenager killed in a suicide bombing in occupied Jerusalem ...
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Kuwait to spend billions on island
KUWAIT CITY, Dec 25: Kuwait is seeking investors for a multi-billion-dollar project to turn an island off its coast into a major tourist attraction, a government official said on Saturday. ...
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US should not interfere in other states' affairs: Russia's warning on eve of Ukraine polls
MOSCOW, Dec 25: Russia warned the United States on Saturday not to interfere in the "internal affairs" of other countries, on the eve of a key election in Ukraine that has strained relations between Moscow and the West. ...
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West 'massages' terror threat: Anglican head
LONDON, Dec 25: The leader of the world's 70 million Anglican Christians, Archbishop Rowan Williams, took Western nations to task on Saturday for neglecting global poverty and "massaging" the threat of terrorism. ...
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Draft China law seeks peaceful reunification
BEIJING, Dec 25: China submitted a draft law on Saturday it says is aimed at peaceful reunification with Taiwan, but which the island's residents and the United States fear could ratchet up tensions across the Strait. ...
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Biggest quake in four years off Australia
SYDNEY, Dec 25: The world's biggest earthquake in almost four years, measuring 8.1 on the Richter scale, struck off the coast of Australia's southern island state of Tasmania early on Friday, but caused no damage or injury. ...
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Indifference marks Saudi voter drive
RIYADH, Dec 25: Indifference has so far marked Saudi Arabia's voter registration drive for the first-ever municipal elections, with only 37 per cent of eligible voters - men only - signing up in the capital. ...
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US to take bigger bite of Iraq's economic pie
WASHINGTON: The United States is helping the interim Iraqi government continue to make major economic changes, including cuts to social subsidies ...
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US invaded Iraq without a plan: Army historian
WASHINGTON: The US military invaded Iraq without a formal plan for occupying and stabilizing the country, and this high-level failure continues to undercut what has been a "mediocre" Army effort there, an Army historian and strategist has concluded. ...
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Little hope lies ahead for Darfur
NAIROBI: As 2004 draws to a close, the people in Sudan's western province of Darfur have no reason to celebrate but flee the violence that has continued to spread in the volatile region, despite a ceasefire signed between the government and rebels in November. ...
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