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Turkey threatens to send troops into northern Iraq
ANKARA, Oct 9: Turkey on Tuesday threatened a military incursion in northern Iraq as part of stepped up measures against Kurdish rebel bases in the region.... 
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White House accused of leaking Osama tape
WASHINGTON, Oct 9: A private US intelligence company has claimed that a Bush administration leak has ruined years of clandestine work to find and exploit Al Qaeda secrets on the Internet, the Washington Post reported on Tuesday....
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IAEA team holds talks with Iran govt
TEHRAN, Oct 9: Iran and a delegation from the UN nuclear watchdog held talks on Tuesday about Tehran’s controversial uranium enrichment programme, the Isna news agency reported, but there were no details on what was discussed....
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Pakistani named as UN body’s adviser
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 9: UN Secretary General Ban ki-moon on Monday appointed Lt General Ahmad Shuja Pasha, a Pakistani as Military Adviser of the United Nations Department of Peace Keeping Operations (DPKO), replacing Gen Per Arne Five....
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45 killed in govt attack on Darfur town
KHARTOUM, Oct 9: A Sudanese army assault killed at least 45 people in the Darfur town of Muhajiriya, where bodies littered the streets amid burned out buildings, rebels who control the area said on Tuesday....
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Richest man in British history was a soldier
LONDON, Oct 9: The richest man in Britain’s history is not a steel magnate, trader or football club owner, but a soldier....
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Russian serial killer says murder is like love
MOSCOW, Oct 9: A Russian man accused of murdering 49 people asked a court on Tuesday to add another 11 victims to his tally, and told a jury when he first...
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India govt, communists step back from brink
NEW DELHI, Oct 9: The India government and its communist allies stepped back from the brink on Tuesday, agreeing to meet again this month to resolve a row over a nuclear...
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Riyadh unveils rules for succession
RIYADH, Oct 9: The Saudi government has notified rules for a succession council set up last year to handle matter of succession....
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British PM ‘running away’ from Iraq
LONDON: Britain is “running away” from Iraq, partly due to Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s desire to distance himself from Tony Blair, experts said on Tuesday....
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Drugs bring money to poor communities
TASBAPAUNI (Nicaragua): Centuries of troubles have bobbed on the waves off the Mosquito Coast: Christopher Columbus, the Spanish conquest, pirates, slave ships. For the fishing villages scattered across these remote central...
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Gaza blockade stops students from studying abroad
GAZA: Palestinian student Khaled al-Mudallal arrived home to Gaza on a mission: marry his fiancee Duaa then spirit her back to Britain where he would complete his university degree....
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Small is beautiful: Nobel winners behind shrinking hard disks
PARIS: Over the past decade, hard drives have shrunk to the size of postage stamps while their storage capacity has improved fifty-fold, a feat that can be traced to two men who won the Nobel Prize for Physics on Tuesday....
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Silent killer stalks S. African miners
PRIESKA (South Africa): Robert Devenish has resigned himself to an agonising death of asbestos-induced cancer, a silent but cruel killer stalking mining communities in South Africa’s Northern Cape province....
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Tasers generally safe for use by law enforcement: study
SEATTLE: Tasers and similar stun guns, increasingly popular among law enforcement agencies across the United States, are generally safe for police to use, according to new research....
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Indian FM repeats old speech: Myanmar turmoil
By failing to freshen up his speech, critics said Pranab Mukherjee appeared to ignore widespread pro-democracy protests in Myanmar and a deadly military crackdown....
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Why Labour didn’t go for an election
LONDON: Psst! Wanna find the issue that kiboshed an election? The one they call Bottled Brown? Come stroll with me across the road ... first right, second left and down towards Peckham in south-east London....
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