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Bush draws a parallel between Iraq, Vietnam
WASHINGTON, Oct 19: President George Bush said on Wednesday he saw a possible parallel in the increase in violence in Iraq and the 1968 Tet offensive that prompted Americans to start opposing the Vietnam war.... 
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US orders review of Baghdad crackdown: Bomb attacks rock 3 Iraqi towns
BAGHDAD, Oct 19: The top American commander in Iraq has ordered a review of a US-led crackdown in Baghdad, a spokesman said on Thursday, as reinforcements have failed to ease violence and the US death toll has spiked this month....
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Chinese president sends envoy to N. Korea
SEOUL, Oct 19: China tightened the screw on North Korea in a rare direct message on Thursday to reclusive leader Kim Jong-Il as US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice warned his nation not to carry out a second atom bomb test....
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12m denied habeas corpus right in US
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 19: The military tribunals legislation signed by President George Bush on Tuesday marks the first time in the history of the United States that the right of habeas...
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US rebuffs ROK plea for stronger N-umbrella
WASHINGTON, Oct 19: The United States will make no change in its standard commitment to extend a nuclear umbrella over South Korea (ROK) despite reports that Seoul is seeking a more detailed understanding, a senior US defense official said on Thursday....
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Global opposition ‘shocks’ Hamas
GAZA, Oct 19: Hamas, the party which runs the Palestinian government, said on Thursday it could never have imagined the vast international pressure it would come under after winning democratic elections earlier this year....
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Hezbollah used cluster bombs: HRW
JERUSALEM, Oct 19: The Human Rights Watch said in a report released on Thursday that Hezbollah fired cluster munitions into northern Israel during this summer’s 34-day conflict with the Jewish state....
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Syria still active in Lebanon, says Bush
WASHINGTON, Oct 19: President George Bush has told Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak that Syria is interfering in Lebanon and hurting Mideast peace prospects by backing the radical Palestinian group Hamas, the White House said on Thursday....
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Verdict in rape case overturned
LUCKNOW, Oct 19: An Indian court on Thursday jailed a Muslim man for 10 years for the rape of his daughter-in-law, an attack which sparked an uproar after an Islamic council ordered the two to live as man and wife....
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DPRK plans to conduct 4 tests
SEOUL, Oct 19: North Korea (DPRK) is likely to conduct three or four more nuclear tests, a South Korean lawmaker said on Thursday....
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Another award for Yunus
SEOUL, Oct 19: This year’s Nobel peace laureate was honoured again Thursday for his work in fighting poverty. Six days after winning the world’s most prestigious award, Bangladeshi Muhammad Yunus was...
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Facts of Abu Ghraib ignored as myth
WASHINTON: President Bush has signed into law Congress’s latest attempt to clarify our country’s position on proper treatment of detainees and the boundaries of legitimate interrogation techniques....
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Reforms punish Japan’s young
TOKYO: Japan’s much acclaimed economic recovery means little to Masami, 24, who has been hopping jobs for the past five years after giving up plans to attend university because his father was ailing....
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French bill curbs free speech
LONDON: What a magnificent blow for truth, justice and humanity the French national assembly has struck. Last week it voted for a bill that would make it a crime to deny...
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N. Korean bomb ‘not bad news for US’
LONDON: North Korea’s nuclear test and its rumoured preparations for a sequel have set a chill wind blowing across Asia that shows no sign of abating....
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Stone film sets sights on Osama
LOS ANGELES: In a follow-up to his recent drama ‘World Trade Center’, filmmaker Oliver Stone plans to direct a movie about the US-led invasion of Afghanistan, Paramount Pictures said on Monday....
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Lack of sleep may cause child obesity: study
NEW YORK: Not getting enough shut-eye each night may play a role in youngsters becoming overweight, partly by disrupting normal metabolism, a doctor from the University of Bristol, UK, contends in a report released on Thursday....
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Al Jazeera tops Forbes list of Arab brands
DUBAI: Television news channel Al Jazeera won the top spot in a list of the best-known Arab brands compiled by Forbes magazine’s Arabic edition, besting Dubai-based Emirates airlines....
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