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Iraqi leaders agree to shelve plan for 2 years: Federation plan
BAGHDAD, Sept 24: Iraq’s leaders stepped back from the brink of a political crisis on Sunday in the hope of preventing a dispute over local control of oilfields erupting into all-out civil war.... 
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Delhi attacks rebel bases in Assam as truce ends
GUWAHATI, Sept 24: India formally called off a ceasefire on Sunday with a dominant separatist group in the restive north-eastern state of Assam and resumed military operations after renewed attacks by the rebels....
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Islamic finance prospers, attracts non-Muslims
LONDON: Islamic finance is soaring around the world owing to an influx of petro-dollars from the Middle East and growing demand by investors, both Muslim and non-Muslim, according to analysts....
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War makes Nasrallah a legend for Muslims
BEIRUT: Hezbollah leader Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah, who emerged from hiding to attend a huge victory rally on Friday, enjoys a cult status in the Arab and Muslim world as the fighter who neutralised Israeli military might....
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Muslims in panic after LTTE threat
COLOMBO, Sept 24: Hundreds of Muslims on Sunday forced their way out of areas in the east of the country after receiving leaflets allegedly by the LTTE warning of another attack on Muslim areas....
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Syria wants peace with Israel: Assad
BERLIN, Sept 24: Syrian President Bashar Assad said in comments released on Sunday that his nation wants ‘peace with Israel’ and welcomed US intervention in the region, but warned that Washington...
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Swiss vote for strict asylum rules
BERNE, Sept 24: Neutral Switzerland, home to humanitarian agencies and the International Committee of the Red Cross, voted by a big majority on Sunday to make it harder for asylum-seekers to gain entry to the rich Alpine state....
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Stop squabbling over successor, Blair advises party
MANCHESTER, Sept 24: British Prime Minister Tony Blair urged his Labour Party on Sunday to stop squabbling over who will succeed him and focus on policy as the party began its last annual conference with Blair in charge....
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Tehran has weeks, not months, says Paris
PARIS, Sept 24: France said on Sunday that EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana and Iran had weeks rather than months to agree an agenda for talks about Tehran’s nuclear programme....
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Khaleda has trade links with Thai leader: AL
DHAKA, Sept 24: Bangladesh’s leader of the opposition in parliament Sheikh Hasina on Sunday criticised the government for its failure to issue storm alert in coastal areas and rescue fishermen in the calamity that hit the country on Tuesday....
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Chavez says Bush ordered his murder
CARACAS, Sept 24: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez accused on Saturday his American counterpart George Bush of ordering his assassination for calling the US leader ‘the devil’ during his speech at the United Nations last week....
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US-China ‘strategic dialogue’ no panacea
BEIJING: A new Sino-US ‘strategic economic dialogue’, announced with much fanfare last week, should not be seen as a panacea for all problems in the troubled bilateral trade relationship, analysts say....
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Leaked report a setback for Bush, Republicans NEW YORK: US spy agencies dropped a political bombshell six weeks before national elections, with the leak on Sunday of a classified report concluding that the invasion of Iraq has spawned...
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Poverty replaces rebels as main threat to Algeria
ALGIERS: To judge from the filmed throat cuttings and bombings on its website, Algeria’s main rebel group is surely the OPEC member’s most serious political risk....
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Zero-gravity surgery
BORDEAUX (France): Harnessed to the walls, their surgical tools moored down with magnets, a team of French doctors are on Wednesday to attempt the world’s first human operation in zero-gravity, as a test run for performing surgery in space....
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Belgian official murdered in Delhi
BRUSSELS: A Belgian woman working at the country’s embassy to India was killed in New Delhi on Saturday night, the Belgian foreign ministry said on Sunday....
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