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Arabs lift curbs on Palestinians
CAIRO, Nov 12: Top Arab diplomats on Sunday decided to lift the financial blockade on Palestinians in response to a US veto on a UN Security Council resolution condemning Israel''s military offensive in the Gaza Strip.... 
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More than 20 Taliban killed in Afghanistan
KABUL, Nov 12: More than 20 Taliban militants were killed in five days of fighting in eastern Afghanistan, including eight foreign fighters whose bodies were sent back to Pakistan, an official said on Sunday....
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Lebanon cabinet lost legitimacy: Lahoud
BEIRUT, Nov 12: The Lebanon''s president took sides on Sunday in the country''s latest political spat, claiming that the Cabinet was no longer legitimate following the resignation of five pro-Hezbollah ministers....
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Maids march in Hong Kong for better job rules
HONG KONG, Nov 12: Hundreds of foreign maids marched in downtown Hong Kong on Sunday, urging the local government to abolish a policy that gives them just two weeks to find a new employer if they leave their jobs....
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S. Korea to avoid US-led cargo inspections
SEOUL, Nov 12: South Korea decided to shy away from a US-led international initiative to stop and inspect suspicious cargo, to avoid possible clashes with North Korea, a top politician said on Sunday....
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Australian ministers oppose hasty pullout
CANBERRA, (Australia), Nov 12: Senior government ministers ruled out any hasty withdrawal of Australian or US troops from Iraq on Sunday after continuing violence in the Middle East country was blamed for the major power shift at US Congressional elections....
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Thai Monks to stop morning rounds for alms in south
BANGKOK, Nov 12: Buddhist monks in Thailand''s restive south will stop their daily morning rounds to receive alms from Monday, due to escalating violence in the Muslim-majority region, officials said on Sunday....
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Iraqi PM calls for cabinet reshuffle
BAGHDAD, Nov 12: Iraqi Shia Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Sunday called in a closed session of parliament for a “comprehensive cabinet reshuffle” as the country staggered after a week of intense violence....
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Suu Ki needs regular medical attention:UN
YANGON, Nov 12: Aung San Suu Kyi, the Nobel Peace Prize winner held under house arrest in Myanmar, left her home for the first time since May to meet a...
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How Israel put Gaza civilians in firing line
ISRAELI military commanders drastically reduced the ''safety'' margins that separate artillery targets from the built-up civilian areas of Gaza earlier this year, despite being warned that the new policy risked increasing Palestinian civilian deaths and injuries, The Observer reveals....
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Southeast Asia militants seek to rein in radicals
JAKARTA: Southeast Asia''s biggest militant organisation is apparently seeking to rein in its radical wing and invoke Islamic law against the indiscriminate anti-Western attacks demanded by Osama bin Laden....
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‘Peace works by talking with your enemies’
IT IS time for the glee at the dismissal of Donald Rumsfeld and the electoral disaster George W Bush has visited upon his party to be parked....
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Thai govt’s olive branch to Muslims
BANGKOK: The insurgency in Thailand''s Muslim south will go on despite the post-coup government replacing the iron fist of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra with an olive branch, analysts said....
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Killings up four-fold in Afghanistan, says report
KABUL: The insurgency in Afghanistan has killed four times more people this year than last with spiralling violence a leading factor in threateningly weak development in the past five years, according to a new report....
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9,000 North Koreans defected to South since Korean war
SEOUL: Over 9,000 North Koreans have defected to South Korea since the 1950-53 Korean War and the number is expected to reach the 10,000 mark early next year, the Unification Ministry announced on Sunday....
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