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Afghan violence claims 13 lives
KABUL, Oct 8: An Australian soldier was among 13 people killed in fresh violence in Afghanistan, officials said on Monday, as the head of Nato called for countries to share the burden in the fight against extremism here.... 
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Kurd attacks kill 15 Turkish soldiers
DIYARBAKIR (Turkey), Oct 8: Turkey’s government met on Monday to discuss fresh measures to tackle Kurdish rebels after Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) insurgents killed 15 soldiers in the past two days....
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Wave of bombings kills 20 Iraqis
SAMARRA, Oct 8: A suicide bomber killed 14 people on Monday when he exploded his truck at a police post near Samarra, capping a day of bombings across Iraq which also killed six other people, officials said....
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Sarkozy heads to Russia for ‘frank’ talks with Putin
PARIS, Oct 8: French President Nicolas Sarkozy leaves on Tuesday on a two-day official visit to Russia intended to stake out a “frank” new relationship with Moscow, which he has accused of “complicating” world affairs....
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US presses Karzai to curb poppy growth
NEW YORK, Oct 8: In a bid to halt burgeoning poppy crop in Afghanistan US officials have renewed efforts to persuade President Hamid Karzai’s...
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Former BD minister jailed
DHAKA, Oct 8: A former Bangladesh home minister was on Monday sentenced to 13 years in prison, the latest in a string of high-profile casualties in the emergency government’s crackdown on political corruption....
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‘Che Guevara was hunted by Latin American dictators’
VALLEGRANDE (Bolivia), Oct 8: Latin American dictators of the 1960s coordinated efforts in their attempt to track down Cuban-Argentine Marxist guerrilla Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara, killed by Bolivian forces in 1967, according to previously secret documents a researcher showed....
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India in grip of political tensions: Nuclear deal
NEW DELHI, Oct 8: Tensions in India over a civil nuclear pact with Washington that threatens the survival of the country’s ruling coalition worsened on Monday ahead of a visit by the UN’s atomic energy chief....
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Palestinians, Israel meet on statement for ME conference
JERUSALEM, Oct 8: Top Israeli and Palestinian officials met on Monday to draft a joint statement to be presented at a US-sponsored peace meeting next month, a senior Israeli official said....
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Brown admits he confused people over early polls
LONDON, Oct 8: Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Monday put to rest speculations about a snap election in November but accepted responsibility for the confusion that had gripped British politics due...
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Asia to halve extreme poverty by 2015: report
MANILA, Oct 8: Asia is on track to halve extreme poverty by 2015, reflecting the impact of the region''s dynamic economy on the lives of its nearly four billion people, according to a joint report released on Monday....
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Afghanistan executes 15 prisoners
KABUL, Oct 8: Afghanistan announced on Monday it had put to death 15 men, one convicted of killing three foreign journalists, in the second confirmed executions since the fall of the Taliban regime six years ago....
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Las Vegas not lucky for all
LAS VEGAS: People trying to sell their homes in Las Vegas — one of America’s hottest job and property markets over the past decade — have seen their luck turn dramatically worse this year....
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‘Knockout’ mice play crucial role in health research
PARIS: One mouse is called Methuselah. Another is called Frantic. A whiskered cousin of theirs goes by the less poetic name of p53. These and thousands of other genetically altered —...
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US blog gets glimpses of diplomatic work
WASHINGTON: US diplomats are revealing their personal sides on the new State Department blog....
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Egypt’s plan to green its deserts stirs controversy
CAIRO: It looks like a mirage but the lush fields of cauliflower, apricot trees and melon growing among a vast stretch of sand north of Cairo’s pyramids is all too real — proof of Egypt’s determination to turn its deserts green....
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BBC creates virtual playground for children
CANNES (France): Cyber playgrounds for digitally-savvy kids look set to be the cool new space after global broadcasting giant, the BBC, unveiled its children’s online virtual world at the MIPCOM audiovisual trade show taking place in southern France....
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Rift in German coalition party threatens govt
BERLIN: Open warfare broke out on Monday among the Social Democrats, partners in German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s left-right coalition, in a row over key economic reforms that threatened to capsize the government....
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Sectarian divide in Iraq called ‘struggle about power’
BAGHDAD: For much of this year, the US military strategy in Iraq has sought to reduce violence so that politicians could bring about national reconciliation, but several top Iraqi leaders say they have lost faith in this broad goal....
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