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India lobbies US for N-state status
WASHINGTON, Nov 19: India is quietly urging the United States to grant it the same status given to a nuclear weapon state under the nuclear non-proliferation treaty, diplomatic sources in Washington said.... 
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CIA has found no proof of Iran’s nuclear arms plan: Hersh
NEW YORK, Nov 19: The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has found no strong evidence that Iran is developing a nuclear weapon, New Yorker magazine said in a report on Sunday....
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Nasrallah tells Hezbollah to get ready for protests
BEIRUT, Nov 19: Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, in remarks broadcast on Sunday, called on his followers to prepare for peaceful protests to topple what he described as a U.S....
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Kissinger says US win is impossible
LONDON, Nov 19: Former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger said on Sunday it was impossible for the United States to achieve military victory in Iraq....
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Foreign banks to enter China
BEIJING: Chinese consumers will be the big winners in banking reforms that are expected to deliver higher-quality foreign financial services and force Chinese banks to shape up and meet the competition....
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Russia’s ex-spy fighting for life after poisoning
LONDON, Nov 19: A former Russian spy and fierce critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin was fighting for his life in a London hospital on Sunday after an apparent bid to kill him by poisoning....
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Cruise, Holmes marry in Italy
ROME, Nov 19: Actors Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes were married in a medieval castle near Rome on Saturday in a Scientology ceremony attended by a galaxy of Hollywood stars....
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Vietnamese eager to bury the past
HANOI: Vietnamese, focused on a brighter future, don''t understand why Americans can''t leave the Vietnam War in the past. US President George W. Bush arrived in Hanoi on Friday, embarking on...
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West’s oil greed behind UN Darfur push: Qadhafi
TRIPOLI: Libyan leader Muammar Qadhafi accused the west on today of trying to grab Sudan''s oil wealth with its plan to send U.N. troops to Darfur and urged Khartoum to reject them.“Western...
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Russia’s WTO membership seems to be an uphill task
MOSCOW: The United States was due on Sunday to finally give its green light to Russia''s entry into the World Trade Organisation (WTO), a major political prize for President Vladimir Putin....
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Somalia replaces Sudan in ‘jihadism’
NAIROBI: Somalia has replaced Sudan as the “epicentre of jihadism” in east Africa since the rise of a powerful Islamist movement, according to a US author who has just finished a new book on the Horn of Africa nation....
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Newspapers losing ground to Internet in US
WASHINGTON: The US newspaper industry is facing growing turmoil as readers and advertisers increasingly turn to newer media, pressuring some of the industry''s most prominent players....
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Biology of aggression highlighted
WASHINGTON: In a study that sheds light on the biology of aggression, scientists swapped genes in gender-bending fruit flies to make boys fight like girls and girls fight like boys....
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