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Russia rejects EU call to lift sanctions on Georgia
TBILISI, Oct 3: Russia on Tuesday rejected calls from the European Union to lift economic sanctions on Georgia, saying it had cut transport links to curb a dangerous military build-up by its pro-Western neighbour.... 
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S. Lanka ready for peace talks with rebels
COLOMBO, Oct 3: The Sri Lankan government has told a visiting Norwegian envoy that it is ready to start peace talks with the Tamil Tiger rebels by end of October or...
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Israel abused rights in Lebanon, Hezbollah must face probe: UN
GENEVA, Oct 3: Israel committed serious violations of human rights during its offensive in Lebanon but Hezbollah must also be called to account for its actions, which could constitute war crimes, four United Nations experts said on Tuesday....
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Afzal’s family seeks pardon
NEW DELHI, Oct 3: The wife and mother of Mohammed Afzal Guru, condemned by a court to die on Oct 20 for his apparent role as facilitator in the attack on India’s parliament five years ago, pleaded with President A.P.J....
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Key events in history of nuclear weapons
PARIS, Oct 3: If North Korea carries out its threat to explode a nuclear device, it will be the first real life test of the world’s deadliest weapon to take place anywhere in the world since 1998....
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Jordan recalls envoy from Qatar over UN post row
AMMAN, Oct 3: Jordan recalled its ambassador in Doha on Tuesday in a show of displeasure at Qatar’s failure to support the kingdom’s own candidate to succeed UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, officials said....
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50 bodies found
RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct 3: Searchers have found about 50 bodies scattered around the Amazon site of Brazil’s worst airplane crash and were keeping wild animals away from the corpses, air force officials said on Tuesday....
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Russia and Georgia ‘playing politics’
MOSCOW: The latest crisis between Russia and Georgia is a carefully orchestrated affair in which both sides are playing on international relations to achieve domestic political goals, analysts said....
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Baghdad city life moves to cyberspace
BAGHDAD: In the endless daily battle against the fear and isolation of life, the people of Baghdad have found a way to keep their city alive: moving it online....
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Need stressed to regulate weapons’ trade
LONDON: Weapons merchants are profiting from the lack of an international judicial framework to supply arms to individuals with few human rights scruples and to states under embargo, a new report said on Monday....
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Saudi media unleashes move against extremism
RIYADH: Saudi media is using Ramazan to tackle the sensitive issue of extremism, with TV soaps ridiculing militants and clerics crying foul at the way their religion is depicted....
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Emerging militias in Iraq draw widespread condemnation
RAMADI: Reports of the setting up of US-backed Sunni militias have brought new uncertainty to deepening chaos within Iraq....
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N. Korea’s nuclear odyssey
SEOUL: North Korea’s quest for nuclear weapons has relied on the former Soviet Union, China and more recently a smuggling ring linked to the father of Pakistan’s own atom bomb....
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‘The more subtle kind of torment’
WASHINGTON: In these uncertain times, it’s worth recalling that the threat posed by weapons of mass destruction in the hands of madmen is not new....
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