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15 Kurd rebels killed inTurkish operation
ANKARA, Oct 28: The Turkish military killed 15 Kurdish rebels on Sunday in a major operation, amid stepped up diplomatic efforts to avert a full-scale Turkish incursion against separatist bases in northern Iraq.... 
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Blasts kills 7 in Iraq
KIRKUK, Iraq, Oct 28: A suicide car bomber killed at least seven people on Sunday in a huge explosion that ripped through shops and set cars ablaze in the northern Iraqi oil centre of Kirkuk, police said....
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14 migrants die off southern Italian coast
ROME, Oct 28: Around 14 migrants died in the waters off southern Italy in two separate incidents overnight, coastguard officials said on Sunday....
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Israel cuts fuel shipments to Gaza
JERUSALEM, Oct 28: Israel began restricting fuel shipments to the impoverished and increasingly isolated Gaza Strip on Sunday, ostensibly in retaliation for rocket attacks on its territory, officials said....
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Battles rock Mogadishu for second day
MOGADISHU, Oct 28: Fight-ing raged for a second day in the Somali capital on Sunday as Ethiopian troops clashed with Islamist-led rebels in the heaviest battles for weeks....
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India’s poor march for land rights
NEW DELHI, Oct 28: Thousands of poor farmers, landless workers and indigenous people reached the Indian capital Sunday after a month-long protest march to highlight the plight of those marginalised by India’s economic boom....
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Scandinavian airlines cancels 50 flights
COPENHAGEN, Oct 28: About 50 flights operated by Scandinavian Airlines Systems (SAS) were cancelled on Sunday after an incident that forced Danish authorities to ground for a second time part of the airline’s fleet....
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Member of royal family target of sex, drugs blackmail
LONDON, Oct 28: Buckingham Palace refused to comment on Sunday on a newspaper report that a member of the British royal family has been targeted in a blackmail scandal involving sex and drugs use....
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Germany eyes tougher rules on forced marriages
BERLIN, Oct 28: Germany is considering introducing new rules against forced marriages, a sensitive subject in Germany which is home to western Europe’s second biggest Muslim population after France....
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Muslims’ help sought in Afghan war
LONDON, Oct 28: Disagreeing with his Tory colleague Lord Ashdown’s assertion that the war in Afghanistan is already lost, Conservative leader Liam Fox in his Commentary (Afghanistan must not be lost)...
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Israeli PM apologises to Turkey over Syria raid JERUSALEM, Oct 28: Israel’s Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has acknowledged for the first time that Israeli warplanes may have violated Turkey’s air space during a raid on Syria last month, an official said on Sunday....
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A home after 45 years for ‘citizens of nowhere’ INCHEON (South Korea): Korean Park Jung-ja spent the first six decades of her life on wind-swept Sakhalin, the bad breaks of the Cold War making her a citizen of nowhere....
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British drama explores Muslim extremists’ mind
LONDON: Since the 2001 attacks on the United States, Britain has passed a series of laws that some Muslims feel unfairly target them, and human rights groups condemn as repressive....
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Lessons from past disasters help manage California blaze
LOS ANGELES: Lessons learned from previous disasters helped save lives in California’s wildfire crisis but better pre-emptive strategies could have helped douse the flames earlier, analysts say....
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The two sides of Brown
LONDON: To his fury, Gordon Brown, the British Prime Minister, was accused of plagiarising phrases from the speeches of American politicians in the address he gave to his party conference last month in September....
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Child labour Versus quality clothing
NEW DELHI: Amitosh concentrates as he pulls the loops of thread through tiny plastic beads and sequins on the toddler’s blouse he is making. Dripping with sweat, his hair is thinly coated in dust....
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