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Indian troops, militants accused of HR abuses
WASHINGTON, Sept 12: Indian forces and Kashmiri militants have continued to violate human rights in the occupied valley despite a three-year old peace process between India and Pakistan, a US-based rights group reported on Tuesday.... 
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Iran assures Iraq of help over security: Washington terms Tehran part of the problem
TEHRAN, Sept 12: Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, on his first official visit to Iran, on Tuesday won a pledge from Tehran of unequivocal support in restoring security to his country....
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Bush invokes 9/11 memories to rally support for Iraq
WASHINGTON, Sept 12: Using a combination of fear and promises of victory, US President George Bush is asking his nation to support the occupation of Iraq despite their doubts about whether it was necessary to invade the Arab state....
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20 activists barred from Singapore conference
SINGAPORE, Sept 12: The government of Singapore has barred 20 civil society representatives from entering the country, saying that it is feared they would try to disrupt a conference the World...
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West sets up anti-Islamist spy unit in Paris
PARIS, Sept 12: Secret agents from six western states are operating a special Paris-based unit dubbed ‘Alliance Base’ to help boost the fight against radical Islamists, a police official confirmed on Tuesday....
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Bumper poppy crop dents Karzai govt’s anti-drug policy
KABUL: The biggest challenge facing the government of President Hamid Karzai is a criminalised, drugs-dominated political economy that is militating against any attempt to improve security and consolidate the rule of law in Afghanistan....
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Tutu still an embattled figure in S. Africa
CAPE TOWN: With his implacable faith and irrepressible spirit he made an inspiring hero. In a South Africa gripped by the brutality of apartheid, he harnessed his effeverscent yet indomitable personality...
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Hollywood film angers Maharaja’s descendants
NEW DELHI: It is a rags-to-riches tale of a beautiful Spanish dancer who won the heart of a rich Maharaja during the last decades of the British Raj that has become a...
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Tony Blair’s failed visit to the Middle East
LONDON: Monday was not perhaps the best day for British Prime Minister Tony Blair to talk peace in Lebanon. The date was a reminder how closely Britain led by Blair has...
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The West needs Turkey
PARIS: Nicolas Sarkozy’s flat rejection of Turkey’s EU membership bid does not mean the game is up for Ankara. France’s ambitious interior minister believes he is a natural successor to Jacques Chirac....
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