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80 pilgrims killed in Rajasthan accident
NEW DELHI, Sept 7: At least 80 people died and scores more were hurt when a truck and trailer crowded with pilgrims plunged into a gorge in India’s desert state of Rajasthan on Friday, police said.... 
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Afghan mine-clearing team kidnapped
KHOST: Unknown gunmen believed to be Taliban insurgents kidnapped an Afghan demining team that includes two doctors in a remote village in eastern Afghanistan, officials said Friday....
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Indian Maoists target politicians; 3 killed
HYDERABAD (India), Sept 7: Maoists rebels targeted a federal MP and a state minister from India’s ruling Congress party in a bomb attack that left three people dead, police said on Friday....
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Sweden PM meets Muslim diplomats over cartoon row
STOCKHOLM: Diplomats of Muslim countries gave Sweden’s prime minister high marks on Friday for his efforts to defuse tension over the publication of a drawing of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) that several countries have denounced....
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Putin, Bush fail to ease missile defence tension
SYDNEY, Sept 7: US President George W. Bush and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin failed to make clear progress in talks on Friday to defuse tensions over US missile defence plans that have angered Moscow....
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Thousands pay respects to Pavarotti
MODENA (Italy), Sept 7: Thousands of mourners, many in tears, filed past the open coffin on Friday of legendary tenor Luciano Pavarotti in his hometown Modena, as Italy proudly saluted the passing of its adored opera superstar....
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Talabani opposes execution of Saddam aide
SULAIMANIYAH (Iraq), Sept 7: Iraqi President Jalal Talabani said on Friday he would not sign the execution order of a top Saddam aide whom he personally had “provoked” to rebel against the executed leader....
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US troops must leave Iraq: poll
NEW YORK, Sept 7: A majority of citizens across the world (67 per cent) think US-led forces should leave Iraq within a year, according to a poll of 23,000 people across 22 countries....
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Two jailed over ‘torture death’ of toddler
LONDON, Sept 7: Two people who tortured a 16-month-old baby boy to death, causing him “unimaginable agony,” were jailed on Friday under a new law....
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Toronto toasts Hollywood stars
Toronto: The 32nd annual Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) kicked off on Thursday, amid great media hype. Declared by Canadians as one of the biggest film festivals, this year TIFF will...
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Gagarin’s daughters sue film makers
MOSCOW: A Moscow court met on Friday in a case brought by the daughters of legendary cosmonaut Yury Gagarin against the makers of a film touching on racial issues in Russia, officials said....
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The Guantanamo detainee quagmire
WASHINGTON: If the US president, the secretary of state and the secretary of defence all want to see the Guantanamo Bay prison closed before they leave office – as they do...
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The shrinking Bush bubble
LOS ANGELES: The president is a lonely man. Once, he was surrounded by admirers and acolytes. There was Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld and Colin Powell and Alberto Gonzales and Condi...
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Israeli silence over air violation ambiguous
JERUSALEM: Israel kept up a careful policy of ambiguous silence on Friday over accusations from Damascus that its warplanes violated Syrian airspace in an incident that stoked tensions between the two enemies....
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Taiwan referendum plan triggers shift in US policy
WASHINGTON: US President George W. Bush’s administration appears to have made a radical shift in its Taiwan policy which some experts see as a miscalculation and kowtowing to the island’s giant neighbour China....
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The partitioning of Iraq
WASHINGTON: It took political Washington a good six months to catch up to the fact that something significant was happening in Iraq’s Anbar province, where the former-insurgent Sunni tribes switched sides and joined the fight against Al Qaeda....
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Nepal Maoists brought to screen
KATHMANDU: Since its release a month ago “Aawaaz” or “Voice” in Nepali has packed cinemas and won praise, including from the former Maoist rebel fighters it depicts....
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Far-rightist may become kingmaker in Greek politics
ATHENS: A party led by a former bodybuilder could become the first far-right group to enter Greece’s parliament since the return of democracy in 1974....
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