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US plans to convene Arab allies’ summit: Iran-Syria factor in Iraq
WASHINGON, Nov 27: The Bush administration is planning a summit of like-minded nations on Iraq to counter growing influence of Iran and Syria in the Middle East, officials said.... 
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Chirac for review of Afghan mission
PARIS, Nov 27: France wants its NATO partners to set up a “contact group” to review and reorganise the alliance''s mission in Afghanistan, President Jacques Chirac said in remarks released on...
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BD to vote on Jan 21; AL calls for reforms
DHAKA, Nov 27: The Bangladesh election commission said on Monday that polls would be held on Jan 21, but the Awami League brushed aside the announcement as a whitewash, saying that...
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Yet another leftist voted into office in S. America
QUITO, Nov 27: Rafael Correa, a friend of Venezuela''s anti-US president, joined the tide of leftist leaders elected to office in South America, according partial results of Ecuador''s run-off presidential election out on Monday....
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Olmert links state with ‘moderate’ cabinet: Hamas terms speech a new manoeuvre
JERUSALEM, Nov 27: Prime Minister Ehud Olmert reached out to the Palestinians on Monday in one of his most conciliatory speeches yet, saying that he was prepared to grant them a...
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Curving tower to soar over Paris
PARIS, Nov 27: Developers unveiled a curving skyscraper design on Monday, rivalling the Eiffel Tower in height and echoing London’s famous `Gherkin’, as the centrepiece of a redevelopment of Paris’s La Defence business district....
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Groom’s killing by police angers NY
NEW YORK, Nov 27: New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg planned to meet his police commissioner and Queens borough community leaders in a bid to defuse mounting anger over the shooting death of an apparently unarmed black bridegroom by five cops....
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Talks with Turkey will be slow: EU
TAMPERE, Nov 27: EU accession talks with Turkey will not be frozen, but will move more slowly after Ankara''s failure to open its ports to ships from Cyprus, the European Union''s enlargement commissioner said on Monday....
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Ershad expels brother
DHAKA, Nov 27: Former president of Bangladesh and chairman of the Jatiya Party, H.M. Ershad, on Sunday evening expelled his brother G.M. Kader from the party....
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Spy’s death: radiation traces found at more sites in UK
LONDON, Nov 27: Traces of radiation have been found at several more sites in London during investigations into the death of a former KGB spy last week, British Home Secretary John Reid said on Monday....
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Bush & Blair ready to blame anyone for Iraq disaster
LONDON: “In the endgame," said one of the world''s best-ever chess players, José Raúl Capablanca, "don''t think in terms of moves but in terms of plans."...
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LTTE chief vows to have Tamil state
COLOMBO, Nov 27: The Tamil minority of Sri Lanka must have their own independent state, rebel chief Velupillai Prabhakaran declared on Monday effectively ending the island''s peace process....
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China’s foray into ME oil market worries US
WASHINGTON: The United States, long accustomed to predominance as a world superpower, is bumping up against rising China in nearly every corner of the globe these days, but no region is more sensitive than the Middle East....
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Shoppers cash in on two-dollar pound
LONDON: New York, long a shoppers'' paradise, has become even more attractive with the pound now buying nearly two dollars, and British consumers are rushing in to stock up for Christmas....
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Gaza truce marks first step on tortuous road to peace
AL QUDS: Israelis and Palestinians have seen truces collapse before. That is why no one wants to call the ceasefire in Gaza a turning point to reviving peace talks....
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French police face urban guerilla war
PARIS: Stoned, beaten and insulted, their vehicles torched by crowds of hostile youths, French police say they face an urban guerilla war when they enter the run-down neighbourhoods that ring the major cities....
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How mirrors can light up the world
LONDON: In the desert, just across the Mediterranean sea, is a vast source of energy that holds the promise of a carbon-free, nuclear-free electrical future for the whole of Europe, if not the world....
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