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Karzai to hold talks with Taliban
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 23: Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Sunday that his government would initiate dialogue with all rebel groups in the country including the “good” Taliban.... 
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BJP to hang Afzal first if it wins polls
NEW DELHI, Sept 23: India’s main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party, sensing mid-term polls next year, has said it would hang condemned Kashmiri Afzal Guru first thing if it comes back to power....
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163-point agenda for UN General Assembly session
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 23: Leaders from around the world are meeting at the United Nations from Tuesday in a general debate to consider a 163-item agenda that includes questions of international peace and security, sustainable development, environment and human rights....
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Row over UK group’s plan to visit 1857 sites
LUCKNOW, Sept 23: A visit planned on Monday by a group of Britons to honour their ancestors who crushed an anti-colonial uprising in India in 1857 has sparked nationalist calls for protests....
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N. Korea must be open about N-plan: Rice
NEW YORK, Sept 23: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Sunday it was “very important” for North Korea to be fully transparent about its nuclear weapons programme amid reports it has atomic links with Syria....
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Dispute over sea corridor intensifies
CHENNAI, Sept 23: A sensitive row over a proposed sea corridor sacred to Hindus between India and Sri Lanka escalated on Sunday with supporters of a local party ransacking offices of Hindu rightwing groups....
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IAEA officials due in Tehran today
TEHRAN, Sept 23: UN nuclear officials are due in Iran Monday to discuss its progress in developing uranium-enriching centrifuges, part of an agreement between the two sides over Tehran’s disputed nuclear drive, state media said....
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Asean urges calm in Myanmar
MANILA, Sept 23: Asean secretary-general Ong Keng Yong on Sunday said he hoped for calm in Myanmar as 20,000 people took to the streets of Yangon in the biggest challenge against the military regime in nearly 20 years....
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Aggressive recruiting tactics pollute BD student politics
DHAKA: Nearly every political milestone in Bangladesh has its roots in the stately, tree-lined campus of the University of Dhaka, where student-led protests have repeatedly given rise to sweeping changes in government....
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When tradition becomes crime
PATNA: The beatings stopped only after she fled the house. For four years after she married a local shopkeeper, Rubi Devi’s in-laws constantly bullied her for not bringing a bigger dowry,...
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Economic woes threaten Brown’s future
BOURNEMOUTH, (England): British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has made an impressive start since taking office in June, fuelling whispers he may call snap elections, but economic woes threaten to cloud the picture, experts say....
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Post-Katrina depression still lingers
NEW ORLEANS : A gravel-voiced fire department captain, Michael Gowland says he had never been a big crier. “I’m not a Neanderthal,” he said last week, “but I wasn’t much for tears.”...
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Booming Vietnam caters to the elite’s taste for luxury
HO CHI MINH CITY: In a country whose peasant army once marched on flip-flops cut from old tires, Gucci beach sandals priced at US$365 can come as a shock....
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