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4 Muslims barred from working at Paris airport
PARIS, Oct 20: Four Muslim baggage handlers are appealing against a decision to bar them from working at Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris. They say that the local government’s decision to revoke their security passes is evidence of anti-Muslim discrimination.... 
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Islam under attack: Mubarak
CAIRO, Oct 20: Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said on Thursday that Islam is under ‘ferocious attack’ and called for a united response to offences to the religion....
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Vatican again calls for dialogue with Muslims
VATICAN CITY, Oct 20: The Vatican called Friday for mutual respect between Christians and Muslims, even as a senior cardinal warned the Catholic Church to beware of Islam’s ‘religious, social and political revival’....
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Sunni, Shia leaders urge Iraqis not to shed blood
RIYADH, Oct 20: An appeal signed by Iraq’s Sunni and Shia scholars in Makkah on Friday called upon their compatriots not to shed the blood of Muslims in Ramazan....
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North Korea assures China of no more N-tests
BEIJING, Oct 20: North Korea told a Chinese envoy it planned to conduct no further nuclear tests, South Korean media reported on Friday, raising hopes that China’s diplomacy might force its neighbour back to talks....
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Japan, US step up work on missile shield
TOKYO, Oct 20: Japan and the United States agreed in top-level talks Thursday to strengthen their military alliance and step up work on missile defence due to the threat from nuclear neighbour North Korea....
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Support to Israel may hurt Europe: Iran
TEHRAN, Oct 20: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad warned Europe on Friday it was stirring up hatred in the Middle East by supporting Israel and said it “may get hurt” if anger in the region boils over....
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Crisis, opportunity exist in ME: Soto
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 20: Underscoring that only simultaneous dialogue with all parties in the Arab-Israeli conflict will bring a lasting end to bloodshed, UN special envoy for the region told the...
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Science meets fiction in cloak of invisibility
WASHINGTON, Oct 20: Scientists are boldly going where only fiction has gone before — to develop a cloak of invisibility....
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Washington summons Abizaid
WASHINGTON, Oct 20: Gen John Abizaid, the top US commander in the Middle East, has been called to Washington to brief President George Bush and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, a military spokesman said on Friday....
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Indian actress Srividya dies
NEW DELHI, Oct 20: Veteran south Indian film siren Srividya, who starred in more than 300 films over four decades after bagging her first role when she was just 13, died on Thursday....
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For Palestinians, this Ramazan is the worst-ever
NABLUS: In all his 40 years as a butcher in the West Bank city of Nablus, Amin Abu Zant cannot recall a Ramazan so grim. Neither can Hasan Naana, a vegetable seller, nor Munder Hindiya, a gold trader....
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Nato victory is never possible in Afghanistan: Deals with locals only solution
GENERAL Sir Richard Dannatt’s brave call for an early British withdrawal from Iraq contained one logical flaw. It did not apply to Afghanistan, he said, because foreign troops were invited by the Kabul government....
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Why brain damage may spark artistic ability
NEW YORK: People with a certain type of brain damage are known to develop new artistic skills during their illness. A “before and after” look at one such patient’s artwork offers...
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Muslims worry about Europe’s Islam debate
PARIS: Britain’s heated debate about Islamic veils reflects a growing frustration with Muslims in Europe that risks further isolating these minorities rather than integrating them, leading European Muslim activists say....
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Oil gives Putin extra clout with EU
MOSCOW: Tsar Alexander III said in the 19th century that Russia had only two true allies: its navy and its army. Today you can add a third — its mineral wealth....
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