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Panel not to unveil plan before Nov 7 polls: Baker strategy on Iraq
WASHINGTON, Oct 18: Long-time Bush family friend James Baker plans to give President George Bush recommendations that may provide a way out of Iraq, but whether he will take up the offer is far from certain.... 
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Options under debate
THE bipartisan Iraq Study Group, led by former Secretary of State James Baker, is considering options to the current US policy in Iraq. The following are alternatives raised in the public debate....
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Militants proclaim ‘Sunni emirate’
BAGHDAD, Oct 18: Dozens of Al Qaeda-linked fighters took to the streets of Ramadi on Wednesday in a show of force to announce the city was joining an Islamic state comprising Iraq’s mostly Sunni provinces....
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Blair admits troops risk ‘provocation’
LONDON, Oct 18: Prime Minister Tony Blair insisted on Wednesday that Britain would keep its troops in Iraq as long as necessary — but admitted that they risk becoming a ‘provocation’ in the war-scarred country over time....
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Iran must be intimidated, says Israel
MOSCOW, Oct 18: Visiting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Wednesday stepped up rhetoric against Iran, saying the its controversial nuclear programme could be prevented through intimidation....
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Hamas says referendum on govt would be a ‘coup’
CAIRO, Oct 18: The Hamas would consider as a ‘coup’ any referendum called by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on the fate of the Hamas cabinet, a senior official of the movement said on Wednesday....
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US not to let rivals forge ‘hostile’ space capability
WASHINGTON, Oct 18: President George Bush has approved a new national space policy that calls for ‘freedom of action’ and the right to deny ‘adversaries’ space capabilities hostile to US interests....
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Iran cuts Internet speed to homes
TEHRAN, Oct 18: Iran’s internet service providers (ISPs) have started reducing the speed of Internet access to homes and cafes based on new government-imposed limits, a move critics said appeared to be part of a clampdown on the media....
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BD laureate says he intends to enter politics
DHAKA, Oct 18: Bangladeshi Nobel laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus’s wish to form a political party evoked mixed reactions among political and civil society circles....
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16 die in suicide raid on Lankan navy base
COLOMBO, Oct 18: Fifteen Tamil Tiger rebels were killed on Wednesday when they attacked a naval base in southern Sri Lanka, triggering brief looting of minority Tamil shops in the area and dealing a fresh blow to a battered peace process....
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Iraq is in a mess, says Baker
LONDON, Oct 18: Former US secretary of state James Baker was visibly shocked when he last visited Iraq, and said the country was in a ‘helluva mess’, the BBC reported on Tuesday....
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India’s dengue toll rises to 107
NEW DELHI, Oct 18: The death toll in India from dengue fever reached 107 on Wednesday, as authorities struggled to contain the mosquito-borne virus....
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Annan urges cartoonists to promote peace
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 18: United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Monday called on cartoonists the world over to help society “promote peace and understanding”, warning that their work can also encourage...
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US assures Japan of ‘protection’
TOKYO, Oct 18: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice reassured Japan on Wednesday that Washington would stand by a commitment to protect its Asian ally and tried to temper concerns of an Asian nuclear arms race after North Korea’s nuclear test....
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Mikes catch Putin’s quip on Katsav
MOSCOW, Oct 18: President Vladimir Putin’s quip on the sex scandal surrounding his Israeli counterpart almost stole the show from his talks with visiting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Wednesday which focused on Iran....
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Hope loses out to fear on Kabul’s streets
KABUL: Anxiety has replaced the hope of a new beginning in Afghanistan’s turbulent history two years after Hamid Karzai was made president of the war-torn country with the support of a US-led coalition....
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Militancy growing in BD, says US panel
WASHINGTON: An independent US panel on religious freedom has expressed concern over growing Islamist militancy in Bangladesh and violence against individuals and groups perceived as “un-Islamic.”...
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Afghan opium production out of control: UN
VIENNA: Afghanistan’s opium production has soared out of control, the UN drugs and crime agency warned on Tuesday, adding that proceeds from the opium harvest were being used to fund the resurgent Taliban....
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‘Don’ pits Shah Rukh against Amitabh
MUMBAI: A much-hyped remake of a Bollywood cult classic about a suave mobster is set to trigger comparisons between superstars Amitabh Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan for their versions of the gangster when it opens on Friday....
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Cash alone won’t meet Nepal’s needs
KATHMANDU: Nepal needs to double its foreign aid to $7.9 billion if it wants to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)set out by the United Nations, but more cash alone will not solve the country’s development needs....
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