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Talabani eyes huge US troop withdrawal
WASHINGTON, Oct 7: The United States could withdraw more than 100,000 troops out of Iraq by the end of 2008 but should retain three permanent bases, Iraqi President Jalal Talabani said on Sunday.... 
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Myanmar monk recalls detention camp ordeal
YANGON, Oct 7: Myanmar soldiers arrived at the Buddhist monastery before dawn, telling the wary monks inside that they were being brought to a breakfast sponsored by the military....
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Rocket fired deep into Israel
JERUSALEM, Oct 7: Palestinian militants fired a Katyusha rocket deep into southern Israel on Sunday, the army and police said, showing an ability to extend the range of rocket attacks from the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip....
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India recalls spy for affair with Chinese woman NEW DELHI, Oct 7: India has recalled its top spy in Sri Lanka following complaints of ‘irregular’ relations with a woman from regional rival China, officials said here on Sunday....
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Olmert to be questioned over financial scandal JERUSALEM, Oct 7: Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is to face questioning on Tuesday over his suspected involvement in a financial scandal, a police spokesman said on Sunday....
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Tons of drugs seized
KABUL, Oct 7: Afghan authorities said on Sunday they had seized four tonnes of liquid heroin, one of their biggest hauls yet, as well as one tonne of hashish packed to look like a brand of instant yeast....
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Brown rules out early election
LONDON, Oct 7: British Prime Minister Gordon Brown defended his decision not to call a general election this year in an interview broadcast on Sunday, as reaction indicated his honeymoon had ended with voters....
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Darfur town razed: UN
KHARTOUM, Oct 7: A town in Sudan’s troubled western province of Darfur near the scene of a deadly attack on an African Union base has been razed, the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) said on Sunday....
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Thousands rally for full democracy in Hong Kong
HONG KONG, Oct 7: Thousands of people took to the streets of Hong Kong on Sunday in a mass rally to demand full democracy by 2012....
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China offers hope in climate change fight
YANQING (China): Teenager Zhu Xiaotong’s home a few hours’ drive outside Beijing is a world away from the acrid air and snarling traffic jams that have come to dominate China’s energy-hungry capital....
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Last will of creator of Nobel prizes
STOCKHOLM: Swedish inventor and scholar Alfred Nobel created the Nobel prizes in his will, written in 1895, bequeathing his fortune to a fund that would honour “those who, during the preceding year, shall have conferred the greatest benefit on mankind.”...
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Myanmar to suffer for mistreating monks
BANGKOK: Myanmar’s “saffron revolt” has been crushed by an entrenched junta, but the brutality inflicted on Buddhist monks who braved its guns may be the only thing that could splinter the ranks of its fiercely loyal military....
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Weasel words as Britain betrays ‘loyal Iraqis’
LONDON: Almost everyone discusses the second Iraq war in the passive voice. It’s as if a censor in the head clips out every mention of the crimes of Baathists and Islamists from their prose....
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US-UK relations strained over Iran
LONDON: Diplomatic relations between Britain and the United States over Iran are under increasing strain after the UK premier Gordon Brown’s special security adviser warned that American claims about Tehran’s military capability should be taken ‘with a pinch of salt’....
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