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Turkish MPs okay Iraq incursion
ANKARA, Oct 17: Turkey’s parliament resoundingly approved a motion on Wednesday, allowing troops to cross into northern Iraq to hunt down Kurdish rebels there, but its Western allies and Baghdad urged Ankara to refrain from military action.... 
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N-deal with US still on, says Congress party
NEW DELHI, Oct 17: India’s ruling Congress party said on Wednesday that a controversial nuclear deal with the United States was still on, despite stiff opposition within the coalition government....
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Pakistani detainee gets access to lawyer
WASHINGTON, Oct 17: The Pentagon said on Tuesday it was allowing one of the 15 so-called “high value” detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to see a lawyer for the first time....
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India, S. Africa, Brazil vow joint fight for poor
PRETORIA, Oct 17: The leaders of emerging powerhouses India, South Africa and Brazil pledged to work together on Wednesday to ensure a better deal for developing nations as they seek a common voice on the world stage....
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Anne Enright bags Booker prize
LONDON, Oct 17: Irish writer Anne Enright won the Man Booker fiction prize for “The Gathering,” an uncompromising portrait of a troubled family that its author called the literary equivalent of a ‘Hollywood weepie’....
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China hits out at US over Dalai Lama
BEIJING: China unleashed a fresh verbal tirade at the United States on Wednesday over the Dalai Lama’s warm reception in Washington, but analysts said threats of seriously damaged ties were overstated....
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Maldives cracks down on Islamic ‘extremists’
MALE (The Maldives): The Maldives on Wednesday unveiled tough measures to combat Islamic extremism and protect its vital luxury tourism industry after an unprecedented bombing wounded British, Japanese and Chinese holidaymakers....
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Delhi changing stance towards Colombo
COLOMBO: India’s arms length policy towards Sri Lanka’s saga of war and peace may be changing, reports from India indicated in the wake of an official visit by President Mahinda Rajapakse to Delhi early this week....
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BD army chief denies political ambitions
DHAKA: Bangladesh’s army chief denied that he wanted to become president of the emergency-ruled country, rejecting ‘lurking’ questions about his political ambitions, a report said on Wednesday....
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Oldest surviving Rolls-Royce up for sale
LONDON, Oct 17: FOR SALE — Venerable old British car, only three previous owners. Offers around 2 million pounds ($4.07 million). But this is no ordinary — albeit expensive — car....
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Myanmar junta blames monks for violence
YANGON, Oct 17: Myanmar’s ruling junta blamed Buddhist monks on Wednesday for last month’s violent crackdown on pro-democracy protests, as it admitted nearly 3,000 people had been detained over the rallies....
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Regional trade conference under way in Afghanistan
HERAT, Oct 17: A regional conference on trade among nations in the Economic Cooperation Organisation (ECO) began on Wednesday in Afghanistan, the first such major gathering to be held for decades in the war-torn country....
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Speedy India caused Himalayas, says study
PARIS: The Himalayas and Tibetan plateau formed when a “supercontinent” broke up and the Indian sub-continent smashed at high speed into Eurasia, a study published in the British journal Nature says....
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Century later, evidence puts murder in doubt
LONDON: It is one of the most notorious murders in British history: a doctor kills his wife, flees on a cruise ship with his mistress dressed as a boy, and is finally intercepted and hanged....
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Asia’s super rich are getting richer: survey
HONG KONG: The number of dollar millionaires in Asia has swelled by 8.6 per cent, with Japan home to more than 1.47 million, a report published on Wednesday found....
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Sri Lanka opposition backs UN monitors
COLOMBO: As four prominent members of a Human Rights Advisory Committee appointed by the Sri Lanka’s human rights minister resigned citing lack of faith in the government in mitigating rights violations,...
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Cash for killing rodents
GAUHATI: Authorities in north-eastern India are offering farmers cash for every rat killed in the face of an explosion in the rat population that threatens to devastate crops and plunge the region into a famine, officials said Wednesday....
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Kabul shuts down two more security firms
KABUL: Two more private Afghan security firms were closed down on Wednesday, police said, in a continuing crackdown on a lucrative but largely unregulated security industry....
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India’s elderly fear for future
NEW DELHI: Eighty-seven-year-old Indrani Warner sits in her room at one of India’s new homes for the elderly surrounded by the mementos of a lifetime....
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