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US may send 30,000 troops to Iraq: WP
WASHINGTON, Nov 21: Debate over US options in Iraq intensified on Monday with the military reportedly inclined to temporarily increase US forces by up to 30,000 troops while expanding training and advisory work for Iraqi forces.... 
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US trapped in Iraq, says Annan
GENEVA, Nov 21: US forces are trapped in Iraq, United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan said on Monday, warning Washington must find the right time to leave without plunging the country deeper into chaos....
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US policies cause pain to children: Amnesty
WASHINGTON, Nov 21: Thousands of children around the world have suffered pain and distress as a result of US counter-terror policies and practices, says an Amnesty International report distributed on Tuesday....
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Six imams removed from US Airways flight
CHICAGO, Nov 21: Muslim leaders expressed outrage on Tuesday after six imams were removed from a commercial airline flight in Minnesota for what they said was nothing more than trying to say prayers....
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3 killed in air raid
BAGHDAD, Nov 21: Three people were killed and 11 wounded in a US air raid in Baghdad''s Sadr City district on Tuesday. The dead included a six-month-old infant, while up to...
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Nepal govt, Maoists sign accord to end civil war
KATHMANDU, Nov 21: Nepal''s government and Maoist rebels declared a formal end to a decade-old civil war on Monday in an accord they called a victory for peace and democracy in one of the world''s poorest countries....
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N-fusion project launched
PARIS, Nov 21: The European Union and six nations on Tuesday signed a treaty launching a multibillion-dollar experimental nuclear fusion research project, aimed at emulating the power of the sun to provide limitless, clean energy....
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Director Altman dies at 81
LOS ANGELES, Nov 21: Director Robert Altman, who introduced an innovative ensemble style of filmmaking in such works as `MASH’, `Gosford Park’ and `Nashville’, has died at age 81, his production company said on Tuesday....
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Study rejects notions about Asian Muslims
LONDON, Nov 21: Two British universities have come up with research findings that reject the widely-held notions that Asian Muslim children are less willing to integrate than young white school children...
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Text messenger arrested
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 21: Malaysian police on Tuesday said they had arrested a woman who had allegedly used mobile phone text messages to spread false information that Muslims Malays will be baptised as Christians....
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Worker loses appeal against ban on cross
LONDON, Nov 21: A Heathrow check-in worker lost an appeal on Monday against the British Air (BA) for stopping her from wearing a necklace with a cross-shaped locket....
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‘Lost tribe’ finds home in Israel
TEL AVIV, Nov 21: Claiming to be descendants of an ancient `lost’ tribe, a first batch of some 50 Indian immigrants who converted to Judaism started a new life in Israel amid tears and a warm welcome on Tuesday....
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Saudi arms deal inquiry closes in on secret papers
LONDON: The Serious Fraud Office is on the brink of obtaining information from Swiss banks which may implicate the Saudi royal family in secret arms-deal commissions of more than £100m, sources close to the attorney general''s office have confirmed....
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Ex-spy may have ingested ‘radioactive poison’
MOSCOW: A former Russian spy fighting for his life in a British hospital may have been given poison in a radioactive form to render it more lethal, the toxicologist treating him said on Tuesday....
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The only real option for US: leave Iraq now
WASHINGTON: Good lord, if even Henry Kissinger now says that military victory in Iraq is impossible, pretty soon George W. Bush really will be left with just Laura and Barney on his side....
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Beijing plans longest subway
BEIJING: The Beijing metro could overtake the London underground as the world''s longest subway network by 2020, under a proposal submitted by urban planners. In an attempt to ease the dire...
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History underpins Poland’s hard line on EU-Russia pact
WARSAW: Poland''s threat to veto a new EU-Russia cooperation pact may rest on a food export row, but that simmering trade dispute is underpinned by deep-seated fear and resentment of its giant neighbour and erstwhile master....
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A novel trick to escape from jail
PRETORIA: One of South Africa''s most brutal criminals has become the first prisoner to escape from the country''s highest security prison after covering his body in petroleum jelly and squeezing his way out of his cell despite being handcuffed and shackled....
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Tokyo office costs highest: study
SINGAPORE: Tokyo has Asia''s most expensive office costs -- and the second costliest in the world -- with Hong Kong and Mumbai also in the world''s top ten, an industry report said on Tuesday....
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The Netherlands joins campaign against veil
LONDON: The political hubbub that greeted Jack Straw''s comments on the veil seems to have inspired a new continental fashion. Latest to join the fray is the Dutch government, which in...
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