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Iraq faces danger of break-up: Moscow
MOSCOW/BAGHDAD, Oct 24: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warned on Tuesday that Iraq would break up if nothing were done to unify the country.... 
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France asks Israel to stop overflights
BEIRUT, Oct 24: Israeli warplanes on Monday carried out their ‘most intensive overflights’ of Lebanon since the end of the Jewish state’s war with Hezbollah, police said, despite a French warning to halt such missions....
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UN official decries US military act
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 24: The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture said on Monday he was disappointed with the United States Military Commissions Act passed recently, arguing if there was enough...
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BD parties deadlocked on poll reform
DHAKA, Oct 24: Four days before Bangladesh Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia is due to transfer power to an interim authority, the government and opposition leaders remain poles apart on reforms to make the next election free and fair....
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Humans living far beyond planet’s means: WWF
BEIJING, Oct 24: Humans are stripping nature at an unprecedented rate and will need two planets’ worth of natural resources every year by 2050 on current trends, the World Wide Fund (WWF) conservation group said on Tuesday....
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Olmert under suspicion over bank sale
JERUSALEM, Oct 24: Israeli authorities said on Tuesday they were examining the privatisation of Bank Leumi after Israeli media raised new corruption allegations against Prime Minister Ehud Olmert related to his role in the sale last year....
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Hong Kong seizes N. Korean ship
HONG KONG, Oct 24: Hong Kong has detained a North Korean ship for safety violations. The 2,035-tonne cargo ship, Kang Nam I, arrived in the former British colony on Sunday from...
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US troops kill four Iraqis by mistake
BAGHDAD, Oct 24: American soldiers shot and killed four Iraqi firemen after mistaking their fire tender for one hijacked by guerillas, US military headquarters said on Tuesday....
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Monks favour LTTE faction’s role in talks
COLOMBO, Oct 24: The Jathika Hela Urumaya, a political party comprising Buddhist monks, is insisting that a break away group of the LTTE should participate in future peace talks between the government and the Tamil Tiger main faction....
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News photographer kidnapped in Gaza City
GAZA CITY, Oct 24: A Spanish photographer for Associated Press news agency was kidnapped on Tuesday by gunmen off a Gaza City street, the latest abduction of a Westerner in the increasingly lawless Palestinian territory....
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Divided families enjoy a brief reunion at Gaza crossing
EREZ CROSSING (Gaza Strip): Looking somewhat stiff in his suit and carrying a small suitcase, William Tarazi passes the final control check separating Israel from the Gaza Strip with a smile:...
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London’s Muslims face bias: mayor
LONDON: London’s Muslims suffer “serious discrimination and prejudice”, Mayor Ken Livingstone said on Tuesday, as he published the first-ever report into their position in the British capital....
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Bush’s ‘stay the course’ brings disaster
WASHINGTON: Okay, now they’re just making stuff up. George W. Bush went on television on Sunday and claimed that on Iraq war policy, “We’ve never been ‘stay the course’ “ —...
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China’s interests go beyond nuclear issue: Sanctions on North Korea
BEIJING: During Condoleezza Rice’s recent tour of north-east Asia to drum up support for the raft of sanctions that the UN Security Council has imposed on North Korea, China appeared to...
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Ex-CIA chief joins ‘Bond’ firm
LONDON: Former US Central Intelligence Agency Director George Tenet has joined the British research firm thought to have provided the inspiration for ‘Q’, the character who creates spy gadgets for James Bond....
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Mogadishu’s first Eid under Islamists
MOGADISHU: Strolling along the beach northeast of the Somali capital Mogadishu, Mudey Mohamed cannot recall enjoying the Eidul Fitr festival so much....
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Lawlessness behind bars in South Africa
JOHANNESBURG: The horrific nature and high levels of crime in South Africa have become something of a cliché, but an equally horrific story lies on the flipside — in the treatment of the criminals themselves....
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