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240,000 Iraqis have left their homes: ministry
BAGHDAD, Sept 28: A quarter of a million Iraqis have fled sectarian violence and registered as refugees in the past seven months, data released on Thursday showed, amid an upsurge in attacks that has accompanied Ramazan.... 
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US says time running out for EU-Iran negotiations: Berlin talks inconclusive
WASHINGTON, Sept 28: The United States warned on Thursday that time was running out for European negotiators to convince Iran to suspend its suspect nuclear activities, after another round of talks ended inconclusively....
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US claims killing 300 Taliban
KABUL, Sept 28: Around 300 insurgents have been killed in a US-led coalition and Afghan military operation that has been under way along the border with Pakistan for weeks, the coalition said Thursday....
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Most Iraqis favour US pullout in a year: poll
WASHINGTON: About three-quarters of Iraqis believe US forces are provoking more conflict than they are preventing in Iraq and should be withdrawn within a year, a survey released on Wednesday showed....
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Russia recalls envoy from Georgia: Reaction to officials’ detention
TBILISI, Sept 28: Russia on Thursday recalled its ambassador from Georgia over the detention of four Russian army officers on spying charges and ordered the evacuation of some official personnel....
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Last czar’s mother reburied in Russia
ST PETERSBURG, Sept 28: Russia reburied the mother of the last czar on Thursday nearly 90 years after the Bolshevik revolution forced her into exile....
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Thai Muslim gets US support for UN job
BANGKOK, Sept 28: Former Thai foreign minister Surin Pitsuwan emerged on Thursday as a possible last-minute candidate to replace Kofi Annan as United Nations secretary-general....
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US suspends military aid to Thailand
WASHINGTON, Sept 28: The United States cut off millions of dollars in military assistance to its ally Thailand on Thursday, in response to the military coup that ousted civilian prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, the State Department said....
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Pope urges Berlin not to ‘deport Christians’
VATICAN CITY, Sept 28: Pope Benedict XVI on Thursday called on Germany to respect the rights of asylum seekers, in particular Christians, who had fled their countries fearing persecution....
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S. Korean FM leads in UN race
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 28: South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-Moon led in the secret UN Security Council ballots and diplomats here said on Thursday that he stood a fair chance of becoming the next head of the world body....
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Three Lankan leaders seek India’s help
COLOMBO, Sept 28: Three Sri Lankan non-LTTE affiliated Tamil politicians have called upon India to play an active role in resolving the island’s ethnic conflict, reports from Delhi said....
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200 hurt in BD power protests
DHAKA, Sept 28: About 200 persons were injured as angry demonstrators rampaged through streets here and elsewhere in Bangladesh on Thursday in protest against recurring power failures....
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Lebanon troop deployment is Germany’s break with past
BERLIN: It is a coming of age of sorts, or at least the smashing of an old and sensitive taboo. In the next few days German warships will take up position...
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How Britain ‘colonised’ Falkland Islands
BUENOS AIRES: A new history book describing how Britain illegally “colonised” the Falkland Islands is to be distributed to every secondary school pupil in Argentina. The book accuses British forces of...
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US Congressmen have no clear solution to Iraq imbroglio
NEW HAVEN (US): Perhaps the truest statement uttered about Iraq in a long time came this month from Connecticut’s Democratic nominee for Senate, Ned Lamont. The political novice beat Sen....
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Turkish general favours army’s role in politics
ANKARA: A leading Turkish general issued a stinging attack on the centre-right government of Recep Tayyip Erdogan by warning that the danger of Islamism in the country was reaching “alarming” levels....
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Poverty may disrupt democracy in Indonesia
JAKARTA: Failure to cope with poverty and unemployment could strengthen radical movements in Indonesia, the world’s fourth most populous country, threatening its young democracy and path toward economic liberalism, analysts say....
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US blocked study on climate change: mag
WASHINGTON, Sept 28: US officials blocked the release of a statement by government climate scientists that explored possible links between global warming and stronger hurricanes, the journal Nature reported on Wednesday....
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BD govt moots law for women convicts
DHAKA, Sept 28: The government of Bangladesh on Wednesday proposed an amendment in the law to empower jail officials to release women convicts on parole under certain conditions....
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Murder she wrote
ANN ARBOR (USA), Sept 28: Dry cleaners find all kinds of things hiding in the clothes of their customers _ but probably nothing quite like what some employees stumbled across recently....
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