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Seoul says good results achieved at Pyongyang: Kim’s offer to extend summit rejected
SEOUL, Oct 3: South Korea’s president on Wednesday turned down a surprise offer from North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il to stay an extra day in Pyongyang for a historic summit, but said he was satisfied with the outcome.... 
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Philippines reports 4,000 cases of dengue
MANILA: The Philippines has issued a nationwide dengue fever alert after recording more than 4,000 cases in the second week of September, the health department said on Wednesday....
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Delhi fears attacks on temples, mosques
NEW DELHI, Oct 3: India sounded an alert on Wednesday against possible terror attacks at religious sites and warned that militants could fund their attacks with counterfeit money....
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13 women killed in rail station stampede
LUCKNOW, Oct 3: At least 13 women travelling to a Hindu festival were trampled to death on Wednesday in a northern Indian railway station where 42 others were injured, officials said....
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Yangon junta warns of more arrests
YANGON, Oct 3: Myanmar’s military regime kept up the pressure on its people on Wednesday after last week’s bloody crackdown on protesters as the European Union agreed in principle to punish the junta with sanctions....
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Polish envoy survives Baghdad attack
BAGHDAD, Oct 3: Poland’s ambassador to Iraq survived an assassination attempt in Baghdad on Wednesday that left one Polish bodyguard and two Iraqis dead, officials said....
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Iran summons French envoy over N-remarks
TEHRAN, Oct 3: Iran on Wednesday summoned a top French diplomat in Tehran over remarks by Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner suggesting it could be seeking the atomic bomb, state media reported....
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Australia plans to close doors on African refugees
SYDNEY, Oct 3: Australia will not take any more refugees from Africa until at least the middle of next year, Prime Minister John Howard said on Wednesday, triggering charges of a vote stunt ahead of national elections....
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World’s first osmotic power plant planned
OSLO: Norway plans to build the world’s first osmotic power plant, a renewable energy source that makes use of the pressure built up between sea water and fresh water, Norwegian energy group Statkraft said on Wednesday....
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6 million drug addicts in Egypt
CAIRO: At least 8.5 per cent of Egypt’s population, amounting to six million people, are addicted to drugs, an official survey published on Wednesday showed....
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Ozone hole shrinks by nearly a third
PARIS, Oct 3: The ozone hole over Antarctica shrank by 30 per cent this year compared with the record loss recorded in 2006, the European Space Agency (ESA) said on Wednesday....
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Abbas, Olmert to bridge gaps in new talks
JERUSALEM, Oct 3: Israeli and Palestinian leaders held a new round of talks on Wednesday, meeting for the first time with their negotiating teams to try to bridge gaping differences ahead of a US-sponsored peace summit....
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Myanmar army officer defects to Thailand
BANGKOK, Oct 3: A Myanmar military officer has fled to neighbouring Thailand saying he refused orders to attack Buddhist monks in last week’s anti-junta protests and denouncing the regime....
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US taxpayers won’t allow another war in region: Iran
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 3: “The American taxpayers would not allow President Bush to wage another war in the region”, Iran’s Foreign Minister Manouchehr Muttaki said on Wednesday as he dismissed US threats to attack Iran’s nuclear facilities....
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BD wants deal with UK to recover stolen millions
DHAKA, Oct 3: Bangladesh is planning to sign a deal with Britain to recover hundreds of millions of dollars siphoned off by corrupt politicians and stashed abroad, an official said on Wednesday....
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Kashmiris debate Gandhi’s relevance: CM’s initiative criticised
SRINAGAR: In occupied Kashmir, where a freedom struggle has raged for nearly two decades, tens of thousands of students have been debating the values of the Indian champion of non-violence Mahatma Gandhi....
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Colombo says no quick-fix to Tamil conflict
WASHINGTON: Sri Lanka cannot be pressured by the international community to bring about a political solution to its long-running separatist conflict, its foreign secretary T.B. Kohona said....
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India’s software surge to continue: study
NEW DELHI: India’s IT software and service exports will keep climbing to record levels despite a surge in the rupee’s value against the dollar, the industry’s top body forecast on Wednesday....
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Starving Indians hurt in clash with police
KOLKATA: A man was killed and dozens of people injured in eastern India on Wednesday after hundreds of people clashed with police, accusing authorities of hoarding food stocks meant for the poor, officials said....
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Nepal tourism revives as Maoists end rebellion
KATHMANDU: Tourist arrivals in Nepal have shot up 32 per cent this year, a sign that the Himalayan nation’s crucial tourism sector is recovering after Maoist insurgents ended a decade-long war, officials said....
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British couple evacuated from Maldives
COLOMBO: A British honeymoon couple badly injured in a weekend bomb blast in the Maldives were evacuated by air ambulance on Wednesday for further treatment, a senior minister said....
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Watchdog raps Nepal rebels over attacks on newspapers
KATHMANDU: An international media watchdog rapped Nepal’s Maoists on Wednesday over attacks by workers affiliated with the former rebels that has disrupted or stopped the publication of the country’s two leading newspapers....
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Afghan violence rises to record levels
KABUL: Violence in Afghanistan has increased 20 per cent since last year, and suicide bombings are on a record pace, according to a new UN report....
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Woman offers son to pay husband’s doctors: paper
NEW DELHI: An Indian woman who sold her jewellery to pay for her husband’s care after a collision left him unconscious more than a month ago is prepared to sell her son to pay for the medical bills, a report said....
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