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Pakistani attacked in NY
NEW YORK, Nov 5: The Pakistani community in Brooklyn (New York) is in an uproar after three Jewish students brutally assaulted a Pakistani man on Friday while he was coming out of a mosque.... 
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US military papers urge Bush to sack Rumsfeld
WASHINGTON, Nov 5: US military newspapers will urge the Bush administration on Monday to sack Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld....
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Iraqi govt shuts 2 TV stations
BAGHDAD, Nov 5: Iraq''s interior ministry ordered two television stations off the air on Sunday on the grounds they were inciting violence after Saddam Hussein was sentenced to death, a ministry spokesman said....
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Rights groups question fairness of trial
BAGHDAD/WASHINGTON, Nov 5: The Amnesty International on Sunday questioned the fairness of Saddam Hussein’s trial while the Human Rights Watch slammed the trial and sentencing of deposed Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein...
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Bangladesh talks fail to resolve election impasse
DHAKA, Nov 5: Bangladesh teetered on the brink of more trouble on Sunday after officials said President Iajuddin Ahmed''s talks with top advisers had failed to resolve a standoff between the country''s two feuding political groups....
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China, Africa sign $1.9 billion deals
BEIJING, Nov 5: Chinese and African leaders wrapped up their biggest summit since the founding of Communist China in 1949 on Sunday, signing $1.9 billion deals as Beijing builds its influence in the resource-rich continent....
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Philippines defence secretary quits
MANILA, Nov 5: Philippine Defence Secretary Avelino Cruz, one of President Gloria Arroyo''s most senior aides, resigned suddenly on Sunday, the presidential spokesman said....
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Saddam Hussein: a life of brutality, ended by war
IT was mere days after he had grabbed power when Saddam Hussein summoned 400 top Iraqi officials to his presence, announcing he had uncovered a plot against the ruling party....
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Disillusioned America set to turn its back on Bush
WILKES-BARRE (Pennsylvania): Senator Rick Santorum stood on Main Street in the small town of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, and spoke of the dangers facing America....
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Strongmen brought low in history
BAGHDAD: Here are details of what happened to some other toppled rulers in history....
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A court on the verge of anarchy
SULAYMANIYA: It was all meant to run on tramlines, a Nuremberg-style trial to show the world that dictators could be made to face justice in the land they once terrorised. Twenty two months after being hauled from a hole in the ground...
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