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Blair opposes death penalty for Saddam
LONDON, Nov 7: British Prime Minister Tony Blair said on Monday he is against the death penalty for `Saddam or anybody else’, but remained otherwise tight-lipped on the sentence passed on the former Iraqi president.... 
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Saddam calls for reconciliation
BAGHDAD, Nov 7: Former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein called on all Iraqis to unite and `forgive’ each other as he appeared in court on Tuesday to face genocide charges after being condemned to death in a separate trial....
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Iran urges Iraq to ignore ‘pressure’
TEHRAN, Nov 7: Iran on Tuesday urged the Iraqi government to ensure Saddam Hussein is hanged and not to cave in to any pressure to spare Tehran''s former enemy from the death penalty....
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UN council takes up Iran draft
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 7: The UN Security Council on Tuesday formally took up a European draft resolution mandating sanctions against Iran for its refusal to halt sensitive nuclear fuel work, after Russia and the United States offered amendments to the text....
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Pakistan in spotlight for wrong reasons
LONDON, Nov 7: Pakistan and Pakistanis seem to be hitting the media headlines here on a daily basis and that too in a negative sense, spoiling all the good work that...
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UAE govt to improve expatriates’ lot: Response to complaints DUBAI, Nov 7: The prime minister of United Arab Emirates ordered a host of reforms on Tuesday to improve the conditions of guest workers following international criticism....
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Another US Marine pleads guilty
WASHINGTON, Nov 7: A third US Marine has pleaded guilty in the shooting death of an unarmed Iraqi in April....
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Delhi okays manned space mission
BANGALORE, Nov 7: India''s state-run space agency approved its first indigenous manned mission into space on Tuesday, aiming to put an astronaut outside the earth''s atmosphere by 2014....
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Palestinians seek UN meeting
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 7: The Palestinian observer to the United Nations on Monday called for a ceasefire to end an Israeli military offensive in the Gaza Strip that has killed over 50 Palestinians in the last six days....
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Kyrgyzstan standoff sparks violence
BISHKEK, Nov 7: A constitutional crisis in Kyrgyzstan briefly turned violent on Tuesday when riot police used teargas to break up a street brawl between government supporters and opposition protesters....
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Machines recall ghost of past US elections
WASHINGTON, Nov 7: Crashing voting machines raised the spectre of past US election debacles in Ohio and Florida on Tuesday, but balloting in most places was, in the words of one...
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Panama elected to UN SC
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 7: The UN General Assembly elected Panama to the Security Council on Tuesday in a compromise move that ended a protracted fight between Venezuela and US-backed Guatemala for the seat....
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Mahathir ‘horrified’
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 7: Malaysia''s former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad on Tuesday expressed `horror and disgust’ over the trial and sentencing of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein to death....
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Ortega set to recapture presidency
MANAGUA, Nov 7: Claiming to have left behind his radical past, former Nicaraguan revolutionary leader Daniel Ortega overcame stiff US opposition to apparently recapture the country''s presidency he lost in 1990, a partial vote count indicated on Tuesday....
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Capital punishment is an established fact in Arab societies
LONDON: Analysis in the international media of the likely consequences of the execution of Saddam Hussein has missed some of the points that relate to the regional culture and background....
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Legendary Syrian hotel defies turbulent age
ALEPPO (Syria): A bill for Monsieur Lawrence sits in a display cabinet at Aleppo''s Hotel Baron, where the guest list reads like a Who''s Who of the 20th century....
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Cash-strapped Palestinians bank on rich olive crop
BURIN (West Bank): Mazuza Raja tosses a tray of freshly picked olives into the air, a traditional way of sorting a harvest so good this year that Palestinians dare dream of better fortune....
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Nixon paved way for China’s rise: book
OTTAWA: Almost 35 years after US President Richard Nixon startled the world by visiting a hitherto hostile China, the boldness of the trip and his meeting with Mao Zedong still capture the imagination....
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Mothers of dead soldiers seek inquiry into Iraq war
LONDON: The mothers of British soldiers killed in Iraq have challenged the government''s refusal to hold a public inquiry into what they say was an illegal invasion....
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Knives are out in the twilight of Chirac’s reign
PARIS: After more than 40 years in front-line politics, French President Jacques Chirac is nearing the end of his career, and the wolves are circling....
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