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Apec leaders close summit with trade plea
SYDNEY, Sept 9: Key world leaders called on Sunday for ‘urgent’ efforts to salvage global talks on trade as they wrapped up a summit marked by unprecedented security and wrangling over a plan to tackle climate change.... 
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US report calls for Iraq exit in five years
WASHINGTON, Sept 9: The United States should halve its military presence in Iraq within three years and completely pull out within five years, the latest US report on the war-scarred country said on Sunday....
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Navies take stock as Indian Ocean war games end
PORT BLAIR (India), Sept 9: A massive peacetime military exercise ended in the Indian Ocean on Sunday as navies from five nations, including the United States, disengaged from mock battles....
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Sri Lanka cracks down on illegal Indian workers
COLOMBO, Sept 9: Sri Lankan authorities have launched a crackdown on Indian nationals who arrive as tourists and stay on to work, an immigration official said on Sunday....
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BD lifts ban on indoor political meetings
DHAKA, Sept 9: Bangladesh’s military-backed government on Sunday lifted a ban on indoor political meetings ahead of crucial talks between the country’s election commission and parties on voting reforms....
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Iran urges S. Arabia to crack down on extremists
TEHRAN, Sept 9: Iran has urged Saudi Arabia to crack down on religious extremism following reports of anti-Shia sermons by Saudi preachers, the official IRNA news agency reported on Sunday....
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UK to tighten immigration rules
LONDON, Sept 9: Prime Minister Gordon Brown will tighten immigration rules for thousands of foreigners seeking work in Britain, his Downing Street office confirmed on Sunday....
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Regional interference affecting stability: Iraq
BAGHDAD, Sept 9: Iraq on Sunday lashed out at its neighbours for interfering in its internal affairs and warned that violence they were stoking in the war-ravaged country could engulf the entire region....
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Ancient Roman conquest tunnel found in Jerusalem
JERUSALEM: Israeli archaeologists said on Sunday they had discovered an ancient drainage tunnel in Jerusalem that Jews had used to escape from the Holy City’s Roman conquerors 2,000 years ago....
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Algerians protest against terrorism after suicide attacks
ALGIERS: Tens of thousands of Algerians protested against terrorism on Sunday after two suicide bomb attacks in recent days claimed by an Al Qaeda offshoot killed at least 52 people....
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Basque separatists vow to ‘keep striking’ in Spain
MADRID, Sept 9: The armed Basque separatist group ETA, several of whose members were netted in recent swoops, on Sunday vowed to “keep striking” in Spain in their first statement after the June rupture of a truce with Madrid....
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Parents of missing child return to Britain
EAST MIDLANDS AIRPORT, England, Sept 9: The parents of missing toddler Madeleine McCann returned to Britain from Portugal on Sunday, insisting they were not behind her disappearance after being named as formal suspects by the Portuguese police....
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ME a tough job for historically optimistic Blair
WASHINGTON: Wilful optimism is Tony Blair’s strong suit. He hurls himself at hard cases with ironclad confidence in his ability to make history see reason. Take the liberation of Kosovo, which...
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Iraqi refugees turn to Germany for safety
BERLIN: For Ali and Khaled, two Iraqi refugees who arrived here illegally, Germany is a dream come true, though to date they have seen little of it and the prospects for them being allowed to stay are bleak....
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Nepal’s Shah dynasty reaching the end of its power
KATHMANDU: When Prithvi Narayan Shah, the forefather of Nepal’s current King Gyanendra, finally conquered Kathmandu in 1768, he did so on the day of the most important festival of the year, Indra Jatra....
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Asia-Pacific leaders lack unity of thought
SYDNEY: They came, they saw, and they shook a lot of hands, but as Asia-Pacific leaders wrapped up another summit on Sunday, the question was whether their annual get-together produced very much....
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