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US plans to send 20,000 troops for ‘last push’ in Iraq
LONDON, Nov 16: US President George Bush wants to prepare one `last big push’ in Iraq, and could send in up to 20,000 extra troops to try to finally quell the spiralling violence there, a British newspaper said on Thursday.... 
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Indonesians told to stay at home: Bush visit
JAKARTA, Nov 16: Authorities said on Thursday they planned to lock down parts of a town near Jakarta that will host US President George W. Bush next week, and warned residents...
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25 wounded in communal clash in India
HYDERABAD (India), Nov 16: Police fired in the air and used batons on Thursday to disperse rioting protesters who had clashed over a razed mosque in Tadipatri, a town in southern India, wounding at least 25....
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Israel heaps scorn on European initiative
MADRID, Nov 16: Spain will sponsor a new Middle East peace initiative along with France and Italy, the prime minister said on Thursday, stressing that the international community cannot remain idle as violence rages between Israel and the Palestinians.Jose...
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Moroccan convicted in Sept 11 case
KARLSRUHE (Germany), Nov 16: Germany''s highest appeals court on Thursday found a Moroccan, Mounir el Motassadeq, guilty of being an accessory to murder in the Sept 11, 2001, attacks on the United States....
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Black magic awaits president
BOGOR (Indonesia), Nov 16: An Indonesian man claiming magic powers drank freshly slaughtered animal and snake blood on Thursday as part of a ritual he said would jinx the upcoming visit of US President George W....
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Jolie stuck in Islamic school after scuffle
MUMBAI, Nov 16: US star Angelina Jolie was on Thursday stranded at an Islamic school in Mumbai where she was shooting a movie, when angry parents accused her bodyguards of shoving their children around....
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UN may collapse, warns official
UNITED NATIONS, Nov16: A top UN official warned on Wednesday that the United Nations would diminish and erode over the next two decades, just as the League of Nations had collapsed due to the “tyranny of one”....
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100,000 at pro-Saddam rally
KOLKATA, Nov 16: Some 100,000 Communist Party members took to the streets of Kolkata on Thursday protesting the death sentence handed to former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein....
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Pelosi named first woman speaker of US House
WASHINGTON, Nov 16: Democratic lawmakers on Thursday unanimously chose Nancy Pelosi to become the first female speaker of the House of Representatives and the second in the presidential line of succession....
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Economist Friedman dies at 94
WASHINGTON, Nov 16: Milton Friedman, the Nobel Prize-winning economist who advocated an unfettered free market and had the ear of Presidents Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford and Ronald Reagan, died on Thursday....
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A secret superpower rules modern world
LONDON: You may not realise it, but you are at this moment looking at a weapon more powerful than most in the possession of the US army....
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Talk of US policy shift keeps ME on edge
BEIRUT: Across the Middle East, hope is mixed with dread at even the chance of large-scale US policy shifts toward Iran, Syria or Iraq. Many believe outreach to Syria or Iran...
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US Congress split over Iraq
WASHINGTON: Congress remains sharply divided over the U.S. policy in Iraq, casting doubt on plans by leading senators to deliver to President George W. Bush a bipartisan recommendation by January....
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Schools in S. Lebanon teach ‘resistance’ to kindergarten kids
BEIRUT: Kindergarten teacher Zeinab Asfur stands in front of her class in the southern suburbs of Beirut. “Who are your heroes?” she asks. “The men of the resistance!” the children shout back in unison....
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History, lack of trust hold back India-China trade
NEW DELHI: Walk into an Indian market and ask for cheap batteries, or a toy, a shirt or even a portrait of a Hindu god, and chances are the shopkeeper will...
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