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Move to be treated as ‘declaration of war’: N. Korea on sanctions
SEOUL, Oct 11: A defiant North Korea warned on Wednesday that it would regard harsh sanctions over its nuclear test as a declaration of war and threatened further trials if the United States kept up its pressure....
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LTTE beats back offensive; 85 die
COLOMBO, Oct 11: At least 75 Sri Lankan troops and 10 Tamil Tiger rebels were killed on Wednesday and over 400 soldiers wounded in a major battle in the island''s north, according to the warring parties....
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Major powers send Iran sanctions plan to UN
WASHINGTON, Oct 11: The six major powers confronting Iran over its nuclear program instructed their UN ambassadors on Wednesday to begin drawing up a sanctions resolution against Tehran, a senior US official said....
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Russia told to avoid ‘strategic’ units
MUNICH, Oct 11: President Vladimir Putin was rebuffed on Wednesday in his desire for a bigger Russian stake in aerospace firm EADS as he ended a visit to Germany clouded by the murder of a prominent journalist in Moscow....
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Plot to kill Pakistani: 2 found guilty
ALBANY (New York), Oct 10: A US federal jury on Tuesday convicted two Muslim men charged with participating in a plan set up as part of a sting operation that was supposed to involve killing a Pakistani diplomat....
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UK’s prospective PM says fewer Muslims should wear veils
LONDON, Oct 11: British finance minister Gordon Brown said on Tuesday that it would be better for Britain if fewer Muslim women wore veils that covered their faces, in the latest...
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Desai wins Booker prize
LONDON, Oct 11: Indian novelist Kiran Desai succeeded on Tuesday where her mother failed and won the Booker prize, the youngest woman ever to capture one of the world''s most prestigious literary awards....
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US troops protect convicted official
BAGHDAD, Oct 11: US troops took a former Iraqi minister who holds US citizenship from a Baghdad court on Wednesday after he was sentenced to two years in jail for misusing public money....
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Bomb was a dud, say experts
PARIS, Oct 11: More than two days after North Korea claimed to have exploded a nuclear weapon, scientists on Wednesday edged towards the conclusion that the test -- if indeed nuclear -- was a failure....
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Iraqi leaders to meet in Makkah
RIYADH, Oct 11: Iraqi religious scholars are meeting in Makkah in the last week of Ramazan in an effort to find ways to stem the sectarian violence in their country....
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New law a nuisance for millions of Indian child workers
NEW DELHI: Twelve-year-old Indian dishwasher Akhlilesh Prajapati now faces an uncertain future after a new ban took effect on Tuesday outlawing children from working as servants or in the catering trade....
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Next six months crucial for Afghanistan: Nato
KABUL: The reconstruction of Afghanistan over the next six months is key to maintaining popular Afghan support for the drive against Taliban insurgents, the Nato force said on Wednesday....
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Death toll in India from dengue fever rises to 84
NEW DELHI: The death toll from dengue fever in India jumped to 84 on Wednesday, officials said, as hundreds of patients crowded emergency wards for treatment....
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Nepal communists in no mood to lay down arms
KATHMANDU: Political differences between Nepal’s political leaders and communist rebels could be easily resolved if the guerrillas lay down their arms, lawmakers say, but the Maoists remained sceptical as peace talks dragged on....
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BD to probe Tesco child labour allegations
DHAKA: Bangladeshi textile manufacturers pledged on Wednesday to investigate child labour allegations after a British television network showed children making clothes for supermarket giant Tesco....
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Displaced Tamils waiting for guns to fall silent
BATTICALOA: When gunfire and heavy artillery rained on the eastern town of Muttur early August it turned 24-year-old Anjani’s house into a mound of rubble. The renewed conflict did not just mean that she lost her home....
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India to fill petrol production gap in US & Europe
JAMNAGAR: Sitting on the edge of the water in the Gulf of Kutch on India’s western shore is one of America’s dirty secrets. A mass of steel pipes and concrete....
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