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Two fresh cases of bird flu detected in China
BEIJING, Nov 10: China has discovered two new outbreaks of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu in poultry in the northeast, bringing the total number of outbreaks to six since the beginning of last month, Chinese media said on Thursday.... 
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Spread of bird flu: a chronology
HANOI, Nov 10: As more deaths from bird flu have been reported in Vietnam and Indonesia over the past week a major international meeting in Geneva has been looking at how...
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Peres ousted as Israeli Labour Party’s chief
JERUSALEM, Nov 10: Shimon Peres was ousted as Israel’s Labour Party leader on Thursday in an upset victory for a trade union chief who vowed to end a ruling alliance with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and usher in early elections....
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Jakarta confirms militant’s death
BATU (Indonesia), Nov 10: Indonesian police on Thursday confirmed one of Southeast Asia’s most wanted militants had been killed during a gunbattle with police, saying he tried to blow himself up but failed to detonate a bomb in time....
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Big telescope to probe distant past
SUTHERLAND (South Africa), Nov 10: In the beginning all was smooth. And now all is scattered. How this process unfolded long ago is one of the secrets scientists hope to unlock...
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West intent on action against Syria: Assad
DAMASCUS, Nov 10: Presi-dent Bashar al-Assad promised on Thursday to cooperate with a UN inquiry into the killing of a former Lebanese prime minister, but said Syria would not sacrifice its own national interests in the process....
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Kabul bans import of poultry
KABUL, Nov 10: Afghanistan has banned duck hunting and imports of live poultry to prevent the spread of the deadly bird flu virus, Public Health Minister Sayed Mohammad Amin Fatemi said on Thursday....
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US, EU ready to soften stand on Iran’s N-plan
VIENNA, Nov 10: The United States and European Union are ready to drop objections to Iran converting uranium, the first stage in making nuclear fuel, diplomats said on Thursday, but Tehran would have to renounce the key next step of enrichment....
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Chinese govt plans to revive Marxism
BEIJING, Nov 10: China’s Communist Party plans to spend millions of dollars to revive Marxism in an apparent bid to shore up its political legitimacy and fill an ideological vacuum that has spawned official corruption....
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Anti-terror moves to go ahead: Blair
LONDON, Nov 10: A defiant British Prime Minister Tony Blair vowed Thursday to forge ahead with further controversial reforms despite a rebellion within his Labour Party that helped defeat a key anti-terrorism measure....
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CIA leak reporter to leave NYT
NEW YORK, Nov 10: New York Times reporter Judith Miller, a journalist at the centre of the CIA leak controversy that led to the indictment of a White House aide, will leave the paper, the New York Times said on Wednesday....
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Annan to visit Jordan
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 10: On the request of Jordan’s King Abdullah, UN Secretary-General has decided to visit Amman to confer with the king and UN staff following the suicide bombings on three hotels, a UN spokesperson announced on Thursday....
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US embassy retracts China warning
BEIJING, Nov 10: The US embassy in China on Thursday retracted a warning about possible attacks by Muslim extremists against luxury hotels in China, saying local police had determined that the reported threat was not credible....
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US lobbyist sought $9m to arrange summit: NYT
WASHINGTON, Nov 10: Indicted Republican lobbyist Jack Abramoff asked the president of Gabon, Omar Bongo, for nine million dollars in 2003 to arrange a meeting with US President George Bush, according to a press report on Thursday....
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Small nations take aim at Security Council veto
UNITED NATIONS: Like Lilliputians trying to pin down Gulliver, a group of small nations launched an effort this week to pressure the UN Security Council to change its ways....
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UN condemns practice of outsourcing torture
UNITED NATIONS: Six countries — the United States, Britain, Canada, France, Sweden and Kyrgyzstan — have been singled out for violating international human rights conventions by deporting terrorist suspects to countries...
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Jordan bombings turn wedding into bloodbath
AMMAN: Ashraf al-Akhras was celebrating his wedding with friends and family when a bomb tore through the luxury Amman hotel, killing 10 of his relatives and turning the banqueting hall into a scene of despair instead of joy....
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At the receiving end: HIV+ spouses
MUMBAI: For long, Indian housewives have silently suffered transmission of HIV from their erring husbands. They are now fighting back. Through sections of the Indian Penal Code that clearly defines the...
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Rioters may face deportation from France
PARIS: The rioting that has engulfed France abated significantly as authorities imposed curfew in 38 communities and said they would deport non-citizens convicted of participating in the violence....
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Dubai buys two buildings in New York
NEW YORK, Nov 10: The emirate of Dubai announced on Wednesday that it has acquired two of New York’s landmark buildings for $1.1 billion. The emirate’s representative, Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, flew into New York to make the announcement....
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