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Ex-general tipped as Thailand’s new PM
BANGKOK, Sept 29: Thailand’s ruling junta has picked a former army chief to be the new prime minister, a government official said on Friday, more than a week after the coup that ousted Thaksin Shinawatra.... 
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Bush willing to give EU more time
WASHINGTON, Sept 29: President George Bush, in an interview published on Friday, said the Europeans should have time to see if they can convince Iran, ‘sooner rather than later’, to suspend its uranium enrichment programme....
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Bush govt ignored calls for more troops in Iraq: book
NEW YORK, Sept 29: A new book by Bob Woodward, the Washington Post reporter and author, says that the White House ignored an urgent warning in Sept 2003 from a top...
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Philippines typhoon leaves 40 dead
MANILA, Sept 29: Emergency workers mounted a massive clean-up operation on Friday after the strongest typhoon to pound Manila in a decade left a trail of devastation, at least 40 people dead and millions more without power before heading toward Vietnam....
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Russia tells nationals to leave Georgia: Tbilisi presses spying charges
TBILISI, Sept 29: Russia started pulling out some of its diplomats, military staff and their families from Georgia on Friday as the small ex-Soviet state pressed spying charges against a group of Russian army officers....
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Iran rules out suspending enrichment
TEHRAN, Sept 29: Iran said on Friday there was no reason to suspend its nuclear activities, maintaining a tough line despite talks with the European Union aimed at persuading Tehran to halt uranium enrichment....
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Muslim DPs being denied aid, says NGO
COLOMBO, Sept 29: A non-governmental organisation has alleged that Sri Lankan Muslims who fled Muttur after LTTE threats are not being given relief rations unless they return to the town....
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Foreigners deprived of basic rights: US bill creates ‘two systems of justice’
WASHINGTON: THE military trials bill approved by Congress lends legislative support for the first time to broad rules for the detention, interrogation, prosecution and trials of terrorism suspects far different from those in the familiar American criminal justice system....
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Afghanistan needs ‘more attention’: UK generals favour Iraq pullout
LONDON: Senior military officers have been pressing the government to withdraw British troops from Iraq and concentrate on what they now regard as a more worthwhile and winnable battleground in Afghanistan....
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Iraqis frustrated with US presence, persistent violence
WASHINGTON: Iraqis, especially the majority Shias, are increasingly angry and frustrated about their situation and impatient for US troops to leave, but most do not believe their country will fall apart,...
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Laws on ageism confuse bosses
LONDON: New laws banning age discrimination at work contain legal grey areas which confuse many employers, according to two surveys on Friday....
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Bali reclaims popularity among tourists
DENPASAR (Indonesia): A year ago, Menega Cafe was a bloody, gnarled mess after a suicide bomber detonated his backpack filled with explosives. Today it can be difficult to get a seat,...
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Over-use of antibiotics ‘weakens immunity’
SAN FRANCISCO: People are over-consuming antibiotics even as microbes constantly look for ways to survive the drugs’ effects, doctors have warned....
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Attlee’s cabinet feared ‘Arab nationalism’
LONDON: The British government under former prime minister Clement Attlee was divided over its policy in the Middle East, and feared ‘intense Arab nationalism’, according to previously confidential files released on Friday....
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