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Merkel presses Nato, EU for joint action to stabilise Afghanistan
MUNICH, Feb 10: German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged Nato and the European Union to work together in Afghanistan, saying that this was “crucial for success” of efforts to defeat Taliban guerrillas and bring stability to the nation.... 
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US airstrike kills five Kurds
BAGHDAD, Feb 10: US helicopters targeting insurgents mistakenly killed at least five allied Kurdish militiamen in the northern city of Mosul....
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Black senator in race for top US job
SPRINGFIELD, Feb 10: Democrat Barack Obama announced on Saturday that he is running for the White House in 2008, evoking Abraham Lincoln’s ability to unite America and promising to lead a new generation to “transform this nation”....
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Hill hopeful of N. Korea deal
BEIJING, Feb 10: Negotiators failed on Saturday to clear final hurdles to a deal for North Korea to start dismantling its nuclear programme, but held out hope they could resolve lingering disputes over how to compensate Pyongyang for disarming....
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UN staffer sacked for fake degrees
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 10: The United Nations fired a staff member in November because his academic degrees turned out to come from a well-known Internet diploma mill, not a legitimate university, a UN official said on Friday....
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Nato troops raid home of Karadzic ally
PALE (Bosnia), Feb 10: Nato launched a dawn raid on a house of a Bosnian Serb suspected of helping top war crimes fugitive Radovan Karadzic and seized some material for further investigation, its spokesman in Bosnia said on Saturday....
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Cambridge student escapes action over Prophet cartoon
LONDON, Feb 10: A Cambridge University student magazine which published one of the cartoons of the Holy Prophet Mohammed (PBUH), which sparked worldwide protests when it was published in Denmark last year, will not face investigation, British police said on Friday....
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Manager of Cartoon Network quits
NEW YORK, Feb 10: The general manager of Turner Broadcasting’s Cartoon Network resigned on Friday in the wake of a “guerrilla” advertising campaign that sparked a terrorism scare in much of central Boston on Jan 31....
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US general seeks Iraqis’ help to ‘save’ country
BAGHDAD: The new US commander in Iraq warned on Saturday that the country was “doomed to continued violence and civil strife” if American and Iraqi forces did not work together to improve security....
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Japanese women to ‘wear’ chocolate
TOKYO: Japanese women who crave chocolate but not its calories are discovering they don’t have to put it in their mouths — this Valentine’s Day they can slather it on their bodies or wear it instead....
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EU MPs to investigate illegal renditions
ROME: Several European countries may soon be asked to explain their “passivity” over illegal renditions by the CIA through European airspace between 2001 and 2005....
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Crime at its peak in SA
JOHANNESBURG: Following a campaign by the South African business community to address widespread crime, President Thabo Mbeki acknowledged that it is a serious problem, promising an expanded police force and calling for a national “peace and security drive”....
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North Koreans debate nuclear disarmament
BEIJING: North Korea is a totalitarian state where the government doesn’t tolerate any public deviation from the official line. Simply mishandling a portrait of leader Kim Jong II is considered a crime....
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