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Lebanon’s political crisis exposes facade of unity
BEIRUT: Lebanon''s political crisis has shredded a facade of national unity kept up during Hezbollah''s war with Israel and could spark street confrontations in Beirut. Lebanon is struggling to regain its... 
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Israel, US in accord on Iran: Olmert
WASHINGTON, Nov 13: Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Monday that Israel and the United States had `complete understanding’ on Iran, after his meeting with President George Bush, who rejected direct talks with Tehran unless it suspends its nuclear programme....
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Iran says it is ready for talks with US
TEHRAN, Nov 13: Iran said on Monday it was ready to consider any official US request to hold talks after Washington’s allies called on it to engage Tehran....
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Karzai govt struggling for survival, says paper
WASHINGTON, Nov 13: Five years after the fall of Kabul to the US-led forces, President Hamid Karzai''s “weak, corruption-riddled government” is still struggling for survival, says a report in The Los Angeles Times on Monday....
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ME peace a must for healing Islam-West divide: UN
ISTANBUL, Nov 13: Resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is the key to improving relations between Islam and the West, a multinational group of scholars, politicians and religious leaders said in a report presented here to UN chief Kofi Annan on Monday....
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Muslim veil against ‘decency’: archbishop
LONDON, Nov 13: The second-highest figure in the Church of England waded into the row over Muslim veils, saying they did not conform to `norms of decency’ in Britain, in a newspaper interview published on Monday....
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S.Arabia terms Iraq a base of terror
RIYADH, Nov 13: Saudi Interior Minister Prince Naif on Monday termed Iraq a major base for terrorism, highlighting the growing concern among its Arab neighbours on the aftermath of the Iraq crisis....
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Georgian region opts for secession
TBILISI, Nov 13: Almost 100 per cent of voters in Georgia''s small separatist territory of South Ossetia have opted for independence, according to partial results released on Monday after a weekend referendum that critics warned could inflame regional tensions....
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Yusuf Islam releases album after 30 years
LONDON, Nov 13: Yusuf Islam, the artist formerly known as Cat Stevens before he became a Muslim in the 1970s, on Monday released his first commercial album for nearly three decades....
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US has 1,000 N-bombs in S. Korea: North
SEOUL, Nov 13: North Korea on Monday accused the United States of using South Korea as a nuclear outpost by deploying some 1,000 atomic bombs in the country....
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Wall computers will soon be a reality
LONDON: You can tell Bill Gates is a man used to counting in billions. Asked about Microsoft''s new multi-million-dollar deal with Universal Music for downloads to play on its new MP3...
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The paradox of India’s economic growth
NEW DELHI: IS India poor? To western eyes, unaccustomed to ragged children begging and handless stumps knocking at car windows, the answer is obvious. To many Indians even the question appears absurd and insulting....
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S.Africa’s education woes
EVATON (South Africa): When high school principal Velaphi Mthembu started to get death threats and found himself living in fear of violent skirmishes, he organised a fierce counterattack to protect his students and staff....
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Bush seeks Baker’s help to find a way out of Iraq mess
WASHINGTON: Shrewd political fixer, Washington insider and Bush family loyalist, James Baker is approaching the crunch-point of his toughest mission yet: finding a way out of the morass in Iraq....
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Malaysia faces brain drain in biotech
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia is counting on bright, ambitious people like Tan Chye Ling for its future, to lead it away from manufacturing and into the knowledge age....
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Iraq Study Group: some facts
WASHINGTON: The Iraq Study Group, which met President George Bush on Monday, was created in March to study the situation in Iraq and offer a path ahead for US policy in the violence-wracked country....
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Palestinians lament ban on study in W. Bank
GAZA: Palestinian student Huda Abu El-Roos enrolled at Bethlehem University in the occupied West Bank in 2003. But Abu El-Roos, who lives in the Gaza Strip, has never set foot inside the campus.Citing...
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Bush still holds sway over judiciary
LONDON: In theory, the existence of a Democrat majority in the US Senate should be playing a crucial part in the makeup of the US Supreme Court....
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