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Paracha’s request rejected
WASHINGTON, Nov 20: A federal judge on today rejected arguments by a prisoner at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp and refused to stop the US military from performing a medical procedure on the detainee''s heart.... 
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Afghan fight to decide ‘terror war’, says Blair
KABUL, Nov 20: British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Monday put Afghanistan at the heart of the global `war on terror’, telling British troops their desert battles here would decide the future of world security....
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UK to crack down on illegal immigrants
LONDON, Nov. 20: The Home Office is launching a drive to reduce the number of illegal immigrants in the United Kingdom. Measures aimed at increasing the number of deportations from the country will include giving immigration officers greater powers of arrest....
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Iran, N. Korea have germ weapons: US
TEHRAN, Nov 20: Iran probably has germ warfare weapons, North Korea may have developed them and Syria could have carried out research into such banned weaponry, the United States told an arms control conference on Monday....
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First Muslim women’s consultative body planned
NEW YORK, Nov 20: One hundred Muslim women religious leaders, human rights activists, scholars and artists from around the world on Sunday resolved to create the first women Shura council (consultative...
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HRW terms Saddam’s trial flawed
NEW YORK, Nov 20: The Human Rights Watch has termed the trial of Saddam Hussein and seven other defendants unsound. In a 97-page report released on Monday, it said procedural and...
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TV satirist killed in Baghdad
BAGHDAD, Nov 20: One of Iraq''s best known satirists and broadcasters was gunned down on Monday while on his way to work. Waleed Hassan''s `Caricature’ sketch show was an unmissable part...
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India, China getting closer: US study
WASHINGTON, Nov 20: China will soon become India’s largest trading partner, supplanting the United States, says a US Congressional report....
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MPs to quiz minister in veil row
CAIRO, Nov 20: Egytian Culture Minister Faruq Hosni is to face questioning by members of parliament after he described the wearing of the veil as regressive, the speaker said on Monday....
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100 enter Iraq from Syria: US
BAGHDAD, Nov 20: Around 100 foreign fighters a month enter Iraq from Syria to join the anti-US resistance, a senior military commander said on Monday. “We still see foreign fighters coming...
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Lankan govt orders road reopening
COLOMBO, Nov 20: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse on Monday ordered the reopening of the highway linking the northern Jaffna peninsula with the rest of the country so that essential commodities could be sent to the Tamil populace....
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Armed boy attacks school, dies
STEINFURT (Germany), Nov 20: An 18-year-old loner obsessed with guns killed himself on Monday after storming his old school in western Germany with explosives strapped to his body and wounding 11 people....
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Israel raises stakes in propaganda war
TEL AVIV: Amir Gissin runs what he calls ''"Israel''s Explanation Department". Which is why it is surprising to hear him admit that many Israelis think "the whole problem is that we don''t explain ourselves correctly"....
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Muslims facing victimisation on a grand scale: London mayor
LONDON: Muslims are being singled out for demonisation on a par with the victimisation of Jews during the last century, the Mayor of London said on Monday....
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Turnout to decide Venezuela elections
CARACAS (Venezuela): Cilia Chirino is sure President Hugo Chavez will sweep 10 million of a possible 16 million votes in Venezuela''s Dec. 3 elections -- and she has promised to deliver exactly 272 of them....
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Shadow of Soviet Union still haunts Gazprom
NOYABRSK (Russia): When Russian natural gas giant Gazprom paints its own portrait, the accent is clearly on the future. Television ads for the world''s largest gas producer feature a young girl...
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Family of 9/11 victim seeks residency
NEW YORK: The woman was widowed when her husband died in the terrorists'' attack on the World Trade Centre, whose twin towers once would have been seen from the windows of the meeting room where she sits with her attorney....
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Split in UK govt over detention issue
LONDON: An apparent split has opened up within the government over the need for a maximum 90-day detention period before charge for terrorist suspects. While the prime minister insisted last week...
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Kremlin blamed for attack on ex-spy
MOSCOW, Nov 20: A former Russian spy fighting for his life in a London hospital after being poisoned was the target of a Kremlin-backed plot, a close friend alleged on Monday — a claim Moscow called ‘nonsense’....
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Iajuddin’s move challenged
DHAKA, Nov 20: A writ petition filed on Monday with the High Court challenged the legality of Bangladesh President Iajuddin Ahmed’s move to appoint himself the head of the interim non-party caretaker government....
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