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Kerry cancels campaign appearances: Row over Iraq joke
WASHINGTON, Nov 1: Former US presidential candidate and a 2008 presidential helpful John Kerry cancelled his campaign appearances on Wednesday following a botched joke that has embarrassed the opposition Democrats across America.... 
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US Muslims gear up for elections
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 1: An intensive voter registration and get-out-the-vote drive is under way in the seven-million strong American Muslim community before the Nov 7 mid-term election....
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Israel should treat Gaza like Chechnya, says minister
TEL AVIV, Nov 1: Avigdor Lieberman, Israel''s hardline new minister for strategic affairs, said on Wednesday the Jewish state should use the same methods in Gaza that Russia had in Chechnya....
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Blaze kills five of a Muslim family in UK
LONDON, Nov 1: Five members of a Muslim family -- the mother and four daughters -- were killed in a `suspicious’ fire at their home in England which also left the father critically ill, emergency services said on Wednesday....
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Talks under way on prisoner swap, says Nasrallah
BEIRUT, Nov 1: The chief of Hezbollah has said progress is being made toward freeing two Israeli soldiers, whose capture in July sparked a devastating assault on Lebanon by the Jewish state....
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Afghan parliament to probe civilian deaths
KABUL: As concern mounts about increasing civilian casualties in bloody battles between coalition troops and Taliban fighters in southern Afghanistan, a team of parliamentarians is preparing for an on-the-spot probe of non-combatant deaths in Panjwayi district....
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40,000 children die from hunger daily, says Nobel winner
HIROSHIMA, Nov 1: Nobel Peace Prize winner Betty Williams said on Wednesday that Christians should `hang our heads in shame’ over the deaths of children from hunger....
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Kerry’s remarks bolster Republicans: poll
WASHINGTON, Nov 1: A faux pas by 2004 presidential candidate John Kerry energized President George Bush''s Republicans six days before key Congressional elections, but a new poll on Wednesday showed voters still fault them for mismanaging the war in Iraq....
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US Muslims wary of donating to charities
NEW YORK: Nov 1: Many Muslim Americans have become reluctant to donate to Islamic causes, including charities, according to a report in the New York Times....
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Swiss probe US ‘spying’ on trade union
BERN, Nov 1: Swiss authorities are investigating possible espionage by the United States after the CIA allegedly tried to obtain details on members of Switzerland''s second largest trade union, the federal prosecutor''s office said on Wednesday....
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Madonna says father neglected adoption baby
LONDON, Nov 1: Pop star Madonna said on Wednesday that the father of the Malawian baby she hopes to adopt declined her offer to support the child as he grew up in his homeland....
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Iran to test ballistic missiles
TEHRAN, Nov 1: Iran’s Revolutionary Guards will fire off ballistic missiles with a range of more than 1,000km during war games this week, state television reported on Wednesday....
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Nato doesn’t have ‘troops to defeat Taliban’
LONDON, Nov 1: Nato has insufficient troops in Afghanistan to secure a victory over Taliban fighters in the coming months, the alliance’s top commander said in an interview published on Wednesday....
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Germany expands inquiry in photo saga
BERLIN, Nov 1: Germany has expanded a probe over the desecration of human skeletons in Afghanistan to include 23 soldiers suspected of posing for macabre photographs, a defence ministry spokesman said on Wednesday.Another...
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Indian media plays judge as justice system fails
NEW DELHI: A well-connected Indian lawyer convicted for raping and murdering a young woman, senior politicians caught taking money under the table, guards suspended for throwing open the doors to a high-security jail for cash....
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British companies seeking a smoother passage to India
LONDON: Anyone who had invested in the Indian stock market over the past five years would have been entitled to an extra special Diwali celebration. Shares on the Bombay exchange have...
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Wild sapling stirs hope of biodiesel bounty in India
MALEGAON (India): The glow from burning jatropha seed torches has often saved Maruti Chindu from treading on snakes, but now he carefully nurtures them for a use that he never imagined before -- running cars and trucks....
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BD election chief to stay on
DHAKA: Bangladesh chief election commissioner says he has been asked to stay on to oversee next year''s poll, raising the spectre of renewed violence after the former opposition accused him of bias....
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Ammonia leak displaces 20,000
BEIJING, Nov 1: Twenty thousand people were evacuated in central China after a leak of poisonous ammonia gas at a fertiliser factory left one dead and six critically injured, state media reported on Wednesday....
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Israel rules out large operation
TEL AVIV, Nov 1: Israel''s influential security cabinet on Wednesday ruled out ordering any immediate large-scale ground operation in the Gaza Strip, a senior official said....
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