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Rumsfeld authorised abuses: ex-general
MADRID, Nov 25: Outgoing US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld authorised the mistreatment of detainees at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, the prison''s former commander said in an interview on Saturday.... 
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Bahrainis flock to the polls after tense campaign
MANAMA, Nov 25: Bahrainis flocked to the polls in the small Gulf state''s national elections on Saturday amid tension between the government and the Shia opposition, which boycotted the vote in the pro-western kingdom in 2002....
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Cheney in Riyadh for Iraq talks
RIYADH, Nov 25: US Vice-President Dick Cheney arrived in Saudi Arabia on Saturday for talks with King Abdullah on the Middle East, especially the situation in Iraq....
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US sending largest trade team to India
WASHINGTON, Nov 25: The United States is sending the largest-ever trade mission to India next week mainly to explore possibilities for benefiting from the Indo-US nuclear deal....
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Police study camera footage in anti-Putin spy’s death
LONDON, Nov 25: British police were studying security camera footage on Saturday after finding radioactive traces at three London locations visited by an ex-KGB spy who accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of his murder in a deathbed statement....
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BD ranked 75th among democracies
DHAKA, Nov 25: Bangladesh ranks 75th among 165 democracies of the world, while the country is grouped in the category of flawed democracy, says a global survey report of the Economist Intelligence Unit....
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Beirut approves Hariri tribunal
BEIRUT, Nov 25: The Lebanese government approved on Saturday plans for a special international court to try suspects in the assassination of former prime minister Rafik al-Hariri last year....
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Pope’s visit to mosque ‘under consideration’
ROME, Nov 25: A plan for Pope Benedict to visit Istanbul’s Blue Mosque is ‘under consideration’ by the Vatican and Turkish authorities in the last days before his Nov 28-Dec 1 trip to Turkey, the Vatican said on Friday....
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Pope’s Turkey visit to decide shape of Vatican-Muslim ties
ISTANBUL: St Sophia''s is a place of dizzying magnificence. One of the most sacred sites in Christendom for the best part of a millennium, made over into the sultans'' mosque of...
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Iraq’s bid for neighbours’ help betrays desperation
BAGHDAD: As Iraq''s president seeks Iran’s help to bring to a halt his country’s descent into civil war, analysts say it may be too late. Jalal Talabani''s trip comes after a landmark visit to Iraq by Syria''s foreign minister....
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Bereaved Gaza family struggles to recover
BEIT HANOUN (Gaza): The pockmarked house is deserted. Among the smashed furniture lie posters of women and children killed by Israeli shells two weeks ago....
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Lebanon crisis may spark civil war
BEIRUT: A political crisis in Lebanon could again plunge the country into civil war, mirroring the sectarian divide in Iraq....
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Canada’s PM takes a gamble over Quebec separatism
OTTAWA: Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper is taking a big risk by choosing to directly confront the challenge of separatism in Quebec rather than try to skirt around it like so many of his predecessors....
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Folic acid can cut heart attack risk: experts
LONDON: Can taking folic acid supplements reduce the risk of heart disease and stroke? British researchers believe it can....
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Car boom leaves Caracas in one big jam
CARACAS: Eat a snack, read a book, do a crossword, listen to music and try not to punch or shoot anyone. That is the advice psychiatrists are giving to commuters in the Venezuelan capital...
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