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30 Iraqis killed in violence: Saddam judgment published
BAGHDAD, Dec 28: A Baghdad court published its formal written condemnation of Saddam Hussein on Thursday, setting into motion the legal machinery leading to his execution, as 29 Iraqis were killed in attacks.... 
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Ford termed Iraq war a big mistake: Interview published after death
WASHINGTON, Dec 28: Former US President Gerald Ford believed that the Iraq war was not justified and President Bush and his chief advisers “made a big mistake” when they invaded the Arab country....
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Israeli FM working on ‘operative plan’
JERUSALEM, Dec 28: Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni is spearheading a new peace initiative between Israel and the Palestinians that seeks to address the most contentious issues such as that of refugees, she said in an interview published on Thursday....
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Israeli soldier to be freed soon, says Haniya
AL ARISH (Egypt), Dec 28: Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniya of Hamas said on Thursday that Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, captured by militants in a June 25 cross-border raid from the Gaza Strip, will be freed soon.“The...
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No major threat on new year eve: US
WASHINGTON, Dec 28: The White House said on Thursday it did not see any significant increase in terrorism threats as Americans prepared to usher in the new year with the September 11, 2001 attacks still fresh in the mind....
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Blair under fire for holiday at Bee Gee’s mansion
LONDON, Dec 28: Tony Blair''s office defended his holiday at the US mansion of pop star Robin Gibb, saying on Thursday the British prime minister had paid for the stay....
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Bangladesh opposition not to enact blasphemy law
DHAKA, Dec 28: Bangladesh''s main opposition party said on Thursday it would not enact blasphemy laws if it wins nationwide polls in January, after women and minority groups criticised its pact with Islamist allies....
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Kalam concerned about leader on hunger strike
NEW DELHI, Dec 28: President Abdul Kalam expressed serious concern on Thursday at the deteriorating health of an opposition leader in eastern India on a protest fast for 25 days against a car project....
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Passengers thwart bid to hijack plane
PRAGUE, Dec 28: Passengers overpowered a Russian man who tried to hijack an Aeroflot plane on Thursday and the aircraft safely made an emergency landing in Prague, airline officials said....
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307 films eligible for Oscars
LOS ANGELES, Dec 28: More than 300 films are eligible for the coveted best picture prize at next year''s Oscars ceremony, Academy Awards organizers announced on Thursday....
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Butchers in exam hall ahead of Eid
ANKARA, Dec 28: Can a kangaroo or an ostrich be sacrificed? Can a woman be the butcher? Are children allowed to watch the ritual? These were some of the questions that...
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Cloned meat, milk safe for consumption: FDA
WASHINGTON, Dec 28: The US government announced on Thursday that food from cloned animals is safe for human consumption and needs no special labelling. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) was...
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Bulgarian Muslims wonder what EU entry means
SMOLYAN (Bulgaria): Like most Bulgarians, Salikh Kutsov hopes joining the European Union will bring prosperity to his town. But the Muslim carpenter wonders if his future wife would be happy wearing a headscarf in the EU....
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Somalia could slip into ‘Iraq-style’ quagmire
PARIS: Ethiopia’s powerful army has won a victory over Islamist forces in Somalia, but now the troubled region risks seeing the conquered country descend into Iraq-style unrest that could spread, experts warn....
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Ban keeps own counsel as he takes UN reins
UNITED NATIONS: Ban Ki-moon becomes the United Nations'' eighth secretary-general on Monday as a virtual blank slate, with little international diplomatic experience outside Asia and little known about his policies....
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Africa’s most corrupt state wants to clean up its act
CONAKRY: At a crossroads in Conakry''s Avenue of the Republic, a group of traffic police lounge by their motorbikes while one of them waves down a rusting taxi and plucks a few crumpled, dirty notes from the hand of its driver....
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Lebanon conflict is tied to Middle East turmoil
BEIRUT: Troops and razor wire ring the Grand Serail, seat of Lebanon''s government, to keep out Hezbollah-led protesters in a standoff that encapsulates wider struggles set to roil the Middle East in 2007....
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Cheap property lures Japanese to S. E. Asia
BANGKOK: Southeast Asian developers are targeting Japanese retirees, hoping the lure of cheap homes and healthcare will create a profitable new niche market. Although Australia''s Gold Coast and Hawaii have been...
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Africa has high-tech tools to beat meningitis
DAKAR: A young girl, unconscious by the time her mother brought her to a rural clinic in southern Burkina Faso, had the classic symptoms of meningitis: fever, stiffness, vomiting....
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