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Quake produces myriad contradictions
MUZAFFARABAD: Disasters by their nature tend to defy norms. But the earthquake that devastated northern Pakistan has produced more than its fair share of contradictions, from the sight of American troops... 
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Victims say horror has silver-lining
NEELUM VALLEY ROAD: Children burned incense on Wednesday at the graves of family and friends killed when the Kashmiri earthquake flattened their refugee camp, while their parents hoped the disaster might have a silver lining of sorts....
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Bangladesh has some good news too
DHAKA: If the Human Development Report, 2005, of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is considered accurate, there is some positive news about Bangladesh, particularly when the country is suffering from...
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Saddam, judge engage in bitter exchange
BAGHDAD, Oct 19: After being captured cowering in a hole and held for months at the hands of arch-enemy the United States, Saddam Hussein was not going to let signs of surrender slip at the first day of his trial....
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Wilma forces evacuation in US, Mexico: Atlantic’s strongest hurricane
CANCUN (Mexico), Oct 19: Tens of thousands of tourists and residents in Mexico, Cuba and the United States on Wednesday fled the path of Hurricane Wilma, the strongest hurricane recorded in the Atlantic — packing terrifying 280-kilometer-an-hour winds....
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Bush aide sees war ‘for Islam’s soul’
NEW YORK, Oct 19: A senior aide to US President George W. Bush on Tuesday linked the global campaign against terrorism to a war ‘for the soul of Islam’ in which moderate Muslims must help stamp out extremism....
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US seeking UN action against Syria: Rice
WASHINGTON, Oct 19: The United States signalled on Wednesday that it was seeking possible UN action against Syria for Damascus’ alleged interference in Lebanon and aid to guerillas in Iraq....
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Israel working on road ban plan
JERUSALEM, Oct 19: Israel contemplated on Wednesday slapping a permanent ban on Palestinians using major highways in the West Bank in a bid to improve security for settlers living in the occupied territory....
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Rice parries question on pullout from Iraq
WASHINGTON, Oct 19: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice refused on Wednesday to speculate on whether US troops would be out of Iraq in five or even 10 years....
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Witnesses too scared: Saddam trial judge
BAGHDAD, Oct 19: The main reason the trial of Saddam Hussein and seven others facing charges of crimes against humanity has been adjourned was because many witnesses were too afraid to turn up, the judge trying the case said on Wednesday....
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Bird flu virus found in China, Russia
BRUSSELS, Oct 19: Russia, China and Romania confirmed new outbreaks of potentially lethal bird flu on Wednesday, fuelling fears of a global influenza pandemic as Europe scrambled to contain the virus on its southeastern flank....
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Al Qaeda opposes AL plans
RIYADH, Oct 19: Al Qaeda in Iraq has denounced Arab League plans to stage a reconciliation conference between all Iraq’s factions, accusing the pan-Arab body of serving US interests....
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Music site told to change tune
WASHINGTON, Oct 19: A US court has ordered a Web site that bills itself as ‘Napster’s Number One Replacement Software’ to stop promising customers that they won’t face copyright lawsuits when...
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India’s outsourcing services booming: Legal sector
NEW DELHI: India’s growing pool of lawyers are being tapped to provide paralegal services for customers from the United States as the next frontier in the country’s booming outsourcing sector, executives say....
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Orphans get healing touch for tsunami traumas NAGAPATTINAM (India): Seven-year-old Stephen Raj belts out a Tamil pop song, striking poses and swivelling his hips like a Bollywood star. Tamilarasan, 10, shyly shows a visitor the trophy he won in an art competition....
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Human rights in textbooks
BANGALORE: Karnataka has become the second state in India after Tamil Nadu to start human rights education in schools. From this year, under the UN World Programme on Human Rights Education,...
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Police out to arrest MLA for Mau riots
LUCKNOW: A case of murder, inciting violence and breaking curfew orders has been registered against Independent legislator Mukhtar Ansari by the police in Mau district. Director-general of police Yashpal Singh said...
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Joy, anguish on tsunami baby’s first birthday
CHEDDIPALAIYAM (Sri Lanka): Nearly 10 months after he was found among tsunami debris to become a beacon of hope and Sri Lanka’s best-known survivor, ‘Baby 81’ celebrated his first birthday on Wednesday with a trip to a Hindu temple....
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BD criticized for ‘child’ death sentence
DHAKA: An international children’s charity criticized on Wednesday the case of a man sentenced to death for crimes he committed when he was 14 years old....
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Spanish judge orders arrest of 3 US soldiers
MADRID: A Spanish judge issued an arrest warrant on Wednesday for three US soldiers suspected of involvement in the April 2003 shelling of a Baghdad hotel in which Spanish cameraman Jose Couso was killed, a legal source said....
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