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Democrats’ lead shrinks before crucial vote
WASHINGTON, Nov 6: Dissatisfaction with the conduct of the war in Iraq remains the driving force behind a possible Republican defeat in America’s mid-term elections but by Monday afternoon the Democratic advantage in opinion polls had begun to shrink.... 
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Israel gearing up for second war with Hezbollah
ZARIT (Israel), Nov 6: The Israeli military is preparing for a new conflict with Lebanon''s Hezbollah militia if a truce that ended 34 days of war this summer does not hold, a top military commander said on Monday....
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Celebrations, protests continue in Iraq over Saddam verdict
BAGHDAD, Nov 6: Mortars slammed into a Sunni neighborhood in Baghdad on Monday, despite a round-the-clock curfew imposed over the capital and two volatile Sunni provinces in the wake of Saddam...
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Silent plane readies for take-off
LONDON, Nov 6:British and US aeronautics experts unveiled plans on Monday for a new generation of silent aircraft, designed to slash noise output while also slashing fuel consumption....
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Bulent Ecevit dies at 81
ANKARA, Nov 6: Five-time Turkish prime minister Bulent Ecevit, 81, died late Sunday at the military medical academy here where he had been hospitalized since May with a stroke from which he never fully recovered, doctors said....
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17 die in China mine blast
BEIJING, Nov 6: Seventeen miners were killed when a gas explosion tore through a coal mine in northern China and dozens were missing, state media reported on Monday....
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Endgame for a dictator inflames Iraq division
LONDON: Saddam Hussein, who ruled Iraq for 24 brutal years before being ousted by the US-led invasion in 2003, was sentenced to death by hanging in a Baghdad court on Sunday for crimes against humanity....
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Former hawker aspires to serve Bahrain’s poor MANAMA: Aminah Abbas believes she has the perfect qualifications to represent the poor in Bahrain''s parliament -- she has spent a chunk of her life working as a hawker to support her family....
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Secular image falls victim to radicalism
NEW DELHI: There are scarcely any Muslims working in India''s 10,000-strong external intelligence agency, and neither Muslims nor Sikhs working as bodyguards for the country''s top leaders, according to officials and media reports....
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Rare planetary alignment to occur this week
PARIS: Astronomers in the Americas, East Asia and Australasia will get a rare daylight treat this week when Mercury passes in a direct line between the Earth and the Sun, a “transit” that will next occur on May 9, 2016....
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LTTE-govt war sparks food crisis in Jaffna
COLOMBO: It has been nearly two months since Selvarani, a Tamil national from the war beleaguered northern Jaffna peninsula arrived in Colombo, boarding a ferry service facilitated by the Sri Lanka...
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Saudi prince, Bill Gates bid for hotel chain
TORONTO: A consortium led by Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal bin Abdulaziz Alsaud and Microsoft chairman Bill Gates bid to buy Canada''s Four Seasons luxury hotels for 3.7...
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Tajik leader sure to retain command
DUSHANBE: Tajikistan''s President Emomali Rakhmonov, a Western-friendly leader in Central Asia, looks sure to prolong his 14-year rule in an election Monday that monitors doubt will be free or fair....
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Meet a tycoon at US finance museum
NEW YORK: Imagine you could walk up to Bill Gates or even a historical figure like financier J.P. Morgan and ask them what was the secret to their success....
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