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Sadr group pulls out of Iraq’s ruling bloc
NAJAF, Sept 15: The movement of radical shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr on Saturday pulled out of the Shia bloc that leads the Iraqi government, delivering a fresh blow to the political process of the country.... 
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BD leader rules out army’s role in politics
DHAKA, Sept 15: The head of Bangladesh’s military-backed government says the country’s powerful army does not have any political ambitions and is only interested in improving law and order....
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Another bid by India to secure SC seat fails
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 15: Another attempt of New Delhi to secure a permanent seat for India in the coveted UN Security Council failed to garner majority support in the 192-member UN General Assembly, senior diplomats said here on Friday....
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Rumpus in Indian cabinet over Ram remarks
NEW DELHI, Sept 15: A campaign by Hindus against the creation of a sea lane they say would destroy a sacred site, rocked the Indian cabinet on Saturday as ministers clashed over the now-suspended project....
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26 killed in Sri Lanka
COLOMBO, Sept 15: At least 26 people, including two security personnel, were killed in a fresh wave of violence in Sri Lanka’s embattled north, the defence ministry said on Saturday....
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Bush defends Iraq troop cut
WASHINGTON, Sept 15: US President George Bush on Saturday defended plans for a limited draw-down of US forces from Iraq, one day after a White House report undercut claims of security and political progress there....
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Advice to monks
YANGON, Sept 15: Myanmar’s state media on Saturday labelled leaders of recent anti-junta protests “devils” and accused them of trying to corrupt young monks, some of whom joined the rare demonstrations....
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‘Expert’ exposed after bogus interviews in US, France
PARIS, Sept 15: A man who for years appeared in both US and French media as an intelligence expert appears to have faked his academic and work credentials and made up...
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Proxy war can turn into direct conflict: US-Iran confrontation LONDON: The growing US focus on confronting Iran in a proxy war inside Iraq risks triggering a direct conflict in the next few months, regional analysts are warning....
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Hezbollah bastion rebuilds after war
BEIRUT: Watched over by guards, workers lay concrete blocks for brand new housing to replace Hezbollah’s former command quarters, destroyed by Israeli air strikes last year in Beirut’s southern suburbs....
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Somali port: a picture of East Africa’s misery
BOSASO, (Somalia): As dusk settles on the Gulf of Aden, the ghostly figures of hundreds of migrants start populating the streets of Bosaso in search of a place to sleep before embarking on a hellish boat crossing to Yemen....
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‘Return on success’: Bush’s new catch phrase
WASHINGTON: President George W. Bush coined a new catch phrase in trying yet again to build support for an increasingly unpopular war: “Return on success.” That is his way of saying limited troop withdrawals — without spelling it out....
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North Korea’s aid to Syria won’t disrupt N-deal: US
WASHINGTON: Reports that North Korea may be assisting Syria with a possible nuclear program will not derail efforts to implement a deal to end North Korea’s nuclear programs, the chief US...
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West’s preconceived notions bewilder India
“I am quite satisfied with my views on India,” Winston Churchill declared in 1930, “and I don’t want them disturbed by any bloody Indians.” A few weeks ago David Miliband, the...
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