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Annan slams US foreign policy
WASHINGTON, Dec 11: UN Secretary General Kofi Annan took a sharp farewell swipe at US foreign policy on Monday, implying America had ditched core principles in its battle against global terrorism.... 
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Pentagon looking into generals’ video: Promotion of Christian group
WASHINGTON, Dec 11: The Pentagon’s inspector-general is looking into a promotional video that shows generals in uniform endorsing a Christian group that caters to political and military leaders, a spokesman said on Monday....
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4 in Germany show signs of polonium
BERLIN, Dec 11: Four people in Germany have shown signs of contamination with polonium 210, police said on Monday after traces of the highly radioactive substance were found in homes used by a contact of poisoned former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko....
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Indo-US deal could open N-trade for Pakistan, Israel
WASHINGTON, Dec 11: The Indo-US nuclear deal would ultimately allow Israel and Pakistan to buy nuclear material from international suppliers, a US think-tank said on Monday.The...
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Iran meeting disputes Holocaust, gas chambers
TEHRAN, Dec 11: Iran organized a conference on Monday to debate the Holocaust and question whether Nazi Germany used gas chambers, prompting charges it was encouraging the denial of the killing of six million Jews from 1933 to 1945....
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Breakthrough in computer memory
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 11: A team of scientists announced a breakthrough in computer memory technology on Monday that heralded more sophisticated and reliable MP3 players, digital cameras and other devices....
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No move to oust Maliki, says White House
WASHINGTON, Dec 11: The White House said on Monday that there’s no move in Baghdad to remove Iraq’s Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki....
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26 killed in Iraq violence
KIRKUK, Dec 11: At least 26 people were killed in violence across Iraq on Monday including a pregnant woman and three of her children who were savagely gunned down in the north of the country....
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Key witness questioned in spy death case
MOSCOW, Dec 11: British police investigating the radiation poisoning death of Alexander Litvinenko reportedly interviewed a key witness in Moscow on Monday as the trail in the widening mystery also took detectives to Hamburg....
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Deadline to destroy nuke stocks extended
THE HAGUE, Dec 11: An international body overseeing the destruction of chemical weapons stocks said on Monday it had granted an extension to India, Libya, Russia and the United States....
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Allende’s daughter says trial must go on
MADRID, Dec 11: The daughter of Salvador Allende, the late Chilean president ousted in a September 1973 coup which saw General Augusto Pinochet assume the presidency, said on Monday the latter''s...
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Churchill’s oil painting sold for record price
LONDON, Dec 11: An oil painting by Sir Winston Churchill, Britain''s prime minister during World War II, sold at auction for nearly three times its estimate on Monday, Sotheby''s said....
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Israel determined to scupper plan for ME peace
LONDON: This injunction couldn''t be clearer. "The United States will not be able to achieve its goals in the Middle East unless it deals directly with the Arab-Israeli conflict....
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G8 should cure its ‘addiction’ to oil
BERLIN: Chancellor Angela Merkel has made addressing climate change a high priority on Germany''s agenda for its EU and G8 presidencies that begin in January. Here is a concrete proposal, one...
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Politics is no longer only a man’s game
BERLIN: What will G8 summit meetings be like when American president Hillary Clinton and French president Ségolène Royal join German chancellor Angela Merkel in a formidable triangle of women''s power? The scenario is not altogether unlikely....
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Blair’s speech on integration ignored home truths
MINNEAPOLIS: A few weeks ago, Washington-based radio host Jerry Klein announced his own very radical plan to assuage public fears of terrorism. All Muslims, he suggested, should be branded with a crescent-shaped tattoo or be forced to wear a red armband....
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Power of brands invades the young
LONDON: In the seething, elbowing, cursing, foot-aching maelstrom of the Merrie Christmas shopping experience, a piercing cry goes up from along the aisle. You look over and there is a harassed,...
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Naomi wins ‘Foot in Mouth’ prize
LONDON: Supermodel Naomi Campbell was acclaimed for nonsense today after winning the Plain English Campaign''s annual “Foot in Mouth” prize. The London-born catwalk star scooped this year''s award for her patriotic observation on British cuisine: “I love England, especially the food....
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Pinochet: implacable towards his enemies
SANTIAGO: It had been 18 months since Gen. Augusto Pinochet reluctantly stepped down from the presidency and Chileans were just beginning to unearth brutal secrets of his 1973-90 dictatorship....
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