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Blair entangled in investigation: Cash-for-peerage scam
LONDON, Nov 4: Even before the week since he escaped by the skin of his teeth a Common’s vote on the Iraq war inquiry, British Prime Minister Tony Blair appears to... 
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Iran warns Norway not to host opposition
OSLO, Nov 4: The Iranian ambassador to Norway warned the Nordic nation that a meeting next week between Norwegian lawmakers and an Iranian opposition leader would carry `serious consequences’ for bilateral relations, Norwegian broadcaster NRK reported on Saturday....
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Suspects can’t disclose probe methods: US
WASHINGTON, Nov 4: The US government has asked a federal court not to allow suspects kept at secret CIA cells to disclose how they were interrogated, the Washington Post reported on Saturday....
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Beijing doubles aid to Africa
BEIJING, Nov 4: China will offer five billion dollars in loans and credits, and double aid to Africa by 2009, President Hu Jintao said on Saturday, seeking to bolster his country''s influence in the underdeveloped but resource-rich continent....
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Indian army suffers 100 suicides a year: COAS
NEW DELHI, Nov 4: Almost 100 Indian soldiers are committing suicide every year and are mainly those deployed in occupied Kashmir and the north-eastern states, according to India''s army chief....
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Kuwait refinery shut down after blast
KUWAIT, Nov 4: Kuwait shut down its 200,000 barrel-per-day Shuaiba oil refinery after a blast at the plant on Saturday, but there were no casualties, a spokesman at Kuwait National Petroleum Co said....
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Iran’s missile a message of defiance: paper
RIYADH, Nov 4: By firing the long-range Shahab-3 missile earlier this week, in the immediate aftermath of naval exercises in the Gulf led by the US-led western forces, Iran has sent a message of defiance, said the Saudi Gazette on Friday....
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Israel not respecting truce, says Germany
BEIRUT, Nov 4: Israel is ignoring deals on the policing of Lebanese airspace and is struggling to accept international peacekeepers in the region, a German deputy foreign minister was quoted as saying on Saturday....
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Annan calls for reversing spread of N-weapons
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 4: United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has called upon the international community to speed up efforts to contain and reverse the spread of nuclear weapons in the wake...
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While poverty stays, there is no freedom
JOHANNESBURG: In Johannesburg, this week, in the warm company of friends, like Nadine Gordimer, I became an Amnesty International ambassador of conscience. It was a joy for me to receive this...
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Neocons blame Bush for Iraq quagmire
WASHINGTON: Several prominent neoconservatives have turned on George Bush days before critical midterm elections, lambasting his administration for incompetence in the handling of the Iraq war and questioning the wisdom of the 2003 invasion they were instrumental in promoting....
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Honouring the best journalists who cover the worst
TORONTO: "I am not afraid of being killed," says Egyptian journalist Abeer Al-Askary, who has been repeatedly threatened and beaten by Egyptian government security forces. "The journey towards full freedom of expression is long and it is difficult," Al-Askary told IPS....
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US shows readiness to engage with Iran
WASHINGTON: It is not the U-turn in foreign policy that Ronald Reagan made with the Soviet Union in his second term. It is more like a skid on an icy road:...
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Syria hires UK law firm for Hariri inquiry
DAMASCUS/LONDON: The Syrian government has hired a well-known British law firm to advise it over the assassination of the former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri....
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Turkey to loosen free speech laws
ANKARA: Turkey''s Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul vowed on Friday to end problems stemming from an article in the country''s penal code that is used to charge writers, journalists and academics for expressing their opinions, Europe''s human rights watchdog said....
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Russia gas price hike a blow to Georgia
MOSCOW: Russia is likely to more than double the price of natural gas to Georgia in a fresh sign of disintegrating relations with its former Soviet neighbours....
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Arab militia works with Sudan army in Darfur
KHARTOUM: Sudan may deny that its army cooperates with the Arab militia at the heart of the Darfur conflict, but in Tine, on the border with Chad, little trouble is taken to hide the fact. The militiamen...
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