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170 prisoners found locked in Iraqi bunker: US troops conduct raid BAGHDAD, Nov 15: Iraq is investigating allegations of abuse after more than 170 prisoners were found locked in an Interior Ministry bunker in Baghdad, many of them beaten and malnourished and some apparently tortured....		US Senate restores right to appeal: Terror suspects WASHINGTON, Nov 15: The US Senate has worked out a compromise that would allow terror suspects in US custody a final appeal against military convictions but deny them broad access to federal courts....
UN urges US to allow unconditional access to Guantanamo VIENNA, Nov 15: UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Manfred Nowak urged the United States on Tuesday to allow unrestricted inspection of the military-run prison at Guantanamo Bay, noting that China had agreed to a similar investigation of its jails....		Senate refuses to set pullout timetable WASHINGTON, Nov 15: Republican senators on Tuesday defeated a Democratic move to set a timetable for a phased withdrawal of US troops from Iraq. After a 58-40 vote against the proposal,...
Democracy compatible with Islam: Karzai VIENNA, Nov 15: The presidents of Afghanistan and Iraq told a conference on ‘Islam and pluralism’ on Tuesday that their countries’ new constitutions proved democracy, civil rights and women’s equality were compatible with Islam....		Moscow reasserts its influence in C. Asia: Russia-Uzbek military deal MOSCOW: The presidents of Russia and Uzbekistan have signed a military treaty at the Kremlin, forging an alliance that reasserts Moscow’s influence in the former Soviet republic, which until recently was a US ally....
Bush’s vision fails to win over Middle East LONDON: Jack Straw put his finger on it. Speaking after a disputatious Middle East summit in Bahrain at the weekend, the foreign secretary said: “It would be a disaster if this region thought democracy was an American idea.”...		UK is now more integrated, says study LONDON: Britain has become more racially integrated over the past decade, according to research released today which also debunks what it calls “myths” about Muslims choosing to live separately....
Energy from hot rocks SYDNEY: Generating electricity using the heat of ancient rocks buried deep below the red sands of the Australian outback? Spurred by high commodity prices and a drive to reduce Australia’s reliance...		UN labs test Iran’s stand on nuclear programme SEIBERSDORF (Austria): While headlines scream about Iran’s nuclear programme, UN scientists in white coats are quietly doing the high-tech laboratory work that may tell whether Tehran is secretly making atomic weapons....
Woman editor wants to head Afghan parliament KABUL: Having won a seat in Afghanistan’s new parliament, Shukria Barakzai says she now aims to lead it. The 33-year-old mother of three girls campaigned for the legislative elections in September...		World forest losses slowing: UN ROME: The world’s forests are reduced by some 13 million hectares each year but the rate of loss is slowing down, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation has said....
US suspends ‘war on terror’ trials WASHINGTON, Nov 15: The United States suspended its controversial military trials for ‘war on terror’ detainees on Tuesday after a ruling by a federal judge. Following the judge’s action on Monday,...		ME needs to spend on welfare: Clinton ABU DHABI, Nov 15: Former US president Bill Clinton criticized Gulf Arab countries on Tuesday for not spreading their huge oil wealth around the Middle East to push education, fight poverty and find alternative energy sources....
Oil-for-food scam: Sonia vows action NEW DELHI, Nov 15: Congress Party president Sonia Gandhi pledged on Tuesday the Indian government would take action against anyone found to be involved in making money out of the UN oil-for-food programme in Iraq....		Erdogan avoids briefing with Danish PM COPENHAGEN, Nov 15: Turkey’s Prime Minister boycotted a planned news conference with his Danish counterpart on Tuesday in apparent protest over the presence of a journalist he linked to Kurdish separatist guerillas....