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HR bodies file suits against Rumsfeld
WASHINGTON, Nov 14: US rights groups on Tuesday filed several lawsuits against Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld over the alleged torture of 12 prisoners at Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib prisons.The...
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US polls to influence ME policy, says Blair
LONDON, Nov14: Prime Minister Tony Blair on Monday night emphasised that wider peace in the Middle East, including Iraq, was directly linked to a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict....
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US Senate urged to amend India deal
WASHINGTON, Nov 14: Arms control advocates urged changes in a U.S.-India nuclear cooperation agreement on Tuesday as the U.S. Senate prepared to resume action on the long-stalled deal....
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Senate to take up deal in current session
WASHINGTON, Nov 14: The India-US nuclear deal is one of the three top priority items on the agenda for the lame-duck session of the US Senate which began this week....
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Iran wants to instal 60,000 centrifuges: president
TEHRAN, Nov 14: President Mahmoud Ahamdinejad announced on Tuesday the ultimate aim of Iran''s atomic drive was to install tens of thousands of uranium-enriching centrifuges to produce nuclear fuel....
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Russia may form gas cartel: Nato
BRUSSELS, Nov 14: Nato advisers have warned that Russia may be seeking to create a gas cartel stretching from Algeria to central Asia to use as a political weapon in dealings with Europe, alliance sources said on Tuesday....
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New govt not to recognise Israel: PA FM
TEHRAN, Nov 14: The planned national unity government between Palestinian factions would maintain refusal to recognise Israel, Palestinian foreign minister Mahmud Zahar said on Tuesday....
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BD govt, parties in crisis talks
DHAKA, Nov 14: Talks resumed on Tuesday in a bid to end violent protests over a top Bangladesh election official accused of favouring the outgoing government as a nationwide opposition blockade entered its third day....
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Chinese sub tailed US ship near Okinawa: Pentagon
WASHINGTON, Nov 14: A Chinese submarine came within a few kilometres of a US aircraft carrier in international waters near Okinawa last month without being detected, a Pentagon spokesman said on Monday....
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Al Jazeera to launch English channel today
DOHA, Nov 14: Arabic television station Al Jazeera launches an English-speaking channel on Wednesday to report world news from a Middle East perspective and challenge the dominance of western media....
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Aishwarya Rai faces foreign cash probe
MUMBAI, Nov 14: Leading Bollywood star and former Miss World Aishwarya Rai has been called in for questioning by Indian customs officials after they discovered a parcel addressed to her containing a large wad of euros....
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Goya painting stolen
NEW YORK, Nov 14: FBI agents are hunting thieves who stole a $1 million Goya painting while it was being transported from Ohio to New York''s Guggenheim Museum....
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Russia-Germany gas pipeline deal worries Poland
WARSAW: Radek Sikorski, Poland''s rightwing defence minister, who made his name as a Washington neocon, is going out of his way to be on his best behaviour....
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Iraq mess forces US, UK to seek Iran, Syria help
LONDON: Judging by Guildhall speech, Tony Blair believes Britain and the US can set the terms of an expanded dialogue with Iran. Many in Tehran will find this surprising....
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UN climate fight likely to be easier after 2012
NAIROBI: A UN-led fight against global warming is likely to be more flexible after 2012 in hopes of enlisting outsiders such as the United States and China, delegates at UN climate talks say....
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Gates likely to check Pentagon activities
WASHINGTON: The nomination of Robert M. Gates as secretary of defence has begun to ease concerns in the intelligence community about the rapid growth of Pentagon intelligence activities since the attacks...
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Israeli army facing serious image crisis
AL QUDS: Israel''s army is going through its worst image crisis in decades, with generals quitting over the Lebanon war and hand-wringing over an offensive in Gaza after artillery shelling killed 19 Palestinian civilians....
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Spectre of Vietnam haunts Bush’s Iraq policy
WASHINGTON: Four decades after America became bogged down in an unpopular war in Southeast Asia, President George W. Bush finds himself increasingly haunted by an analogy the White House dreads -- Iraq as another Vietnam....
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