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Iraq urges Iran to help defuse crisis with Turkey
BAGHDAD, Oct 31: Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Wednesday urged Tehran to help defuse the crisis with Turkey over Kurdish rebels and called for Iran’s support at a conference on Iraq this week.... 
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Putin ‘mystery message’ delivered to Iran
TEHRAN, Oct 31: Russia’s foreign minister delivered a mystery Kremlin message to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad during his surprise trip to Iran amid growing tensions over the its atomic drive, media reports said on Wednesday....
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50 Taliban killed
KANDAHAR, Oct 31: Afghan and Nato forces have killed 50 Taliban rebels in three days of clashes and surrounded 200 others who occupied civilian homes in southern Afghanistan, police said on Wednesday....
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Gender inequality criticized
LONDON, Oct 31: Religion and culture are no excuse for the suppression of women’s rights, the wife of former British prime minister Tony Blair said in a keynote speech on Wednesday....
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Toilet summit opens in India
NEW DELHI, Oct 31: Delegates from dozens of nations gathered in India on Wednesday to open a World Toilet Summit aimed at finding low-cost methods to give billions of people access to sanitation....
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Abdullah, Brown discuss ME peace
LONDON, Oct 31: King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia continued his state visit to Britain and held a meeting with Prime Minister Gordon Brown at his Downing Street residence on Wednesday....
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China to deploy theft patrol on Everest
BEIJING, Oct 31: A Chinese mountaineering official will have the unenviable task of trying to prevent robberies on the roof of the world after a spate of equipment thefts, officials said Wednesday....
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US speeding up anti-missile plans: Moscow
MOSCOW, Oct 31: Russia accused the US on Wednesday of accelerating attempts to deploy anti-missile defences in central Europe, despite Moscow’s request for a freeze on the project....
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‘Anti-liberation’ groups not wanted in BD polls
DHAKA, Oct 31: The head of Bangladesh’s army-backed interim government said on Wednesday no group which opposed the country’s 1971 war of liberation from Pakistan should be allowed to take part in coming national elections....
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Russia cuts number of poll observers
MOSCOW, Oct 31: Russia on Wednesday slashed the number of foreign election observers for parliamentary elections in December, which Europe’s main elections watchdog said could ‘seriously limit’ its mission....
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Quake hits northern California
OAKLAND (California), Oct 31: A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck in a rural area, about 15km northeast of San Jose, California, Silicon Valley’s biggest city, on Tuesday night, causing minor damage....
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Indian troops kill five rebels
SHILLONG (India), Oct 31: Indian troops shot dead four rebels and a supporter of a tribal militant group in an overnight clash in the north-eastern state of Meghalaya, police said on Wednesday.—AFP...
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Turkey battles Kurd rebels, considers sanctions ANKARA, Oct 31: The Turkish army on Wednesday said it had killed 15 Kurdish separatists near the Iraqi border, as the government discussed possible sanctions against Iraqi Kurdistan for failing to crack down on the rebels....
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UAE denies mass expulsion of Asian workers
DUBAI, Oct 31: Dubai’s police chief denied on Wednesday that the authorities were planning a mass expulsion of Asian workers who went on strike in the booming Gulf emirate over poor wages and living conditions....
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UN access urged for Hmong refugees
BANGKOK, Oct 31: Thailand must allow the United Nations access to thousands of ethnic minority Hmong who fled Laos, many of whom are suffering mental problems caused by fear, a leading medical charity said on Wednesday....
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Court allows Liz to keep disputed painting
WASHINGTON, Oct 31: The US Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit against actress Elizabeth Taylor for owning a Van Gogh painting that a Jewish woman lost before fleeing Nazi Germany to South Africa in 1939....
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43 killed as storm Noel rages across Caribbean HAVANA, Oct 31: At least 43 people were killed in floods and landslides triggered by tropical storm Noel as it struck Haiti and the Dominican Republic, and tore across Cuba on Wednesday....
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Russian anti-drugs officer killed by poison: official
MOSCOW, Oct 31: An officer from Russia’s powerful Federal Anti-Narcotics Service has been fatally poisoned in Saint Petersburg, a spokesman for the agency said on Wednesday....
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More control needed to avoid ‘opium tsunami’: UN : Border security
KABUL: A “tsunami” of opium will hit Afghanistan’s neighbours if border security remains weak and officials fail to intercept the drug, whose profits fund terrorism, the UN anti-drug chief said on Wednesday....
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Sri Lanka imposes censorship on war reporting
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka has imposed blanket censorship on war reporting, officials said on Wednesday, a week after Tamil Tiger rebels carried out a devastating attack on the country’s air force....
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Germany, India agree to boost ties in defence, science
NEW DELHI: India and Germany agreed to work together to tackle the threat of global warming, speed up the success of worldwide trade talks and boost the two countries’ business, science and defence ties....
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Maldives faces religious tensions : Transition to democracy
MALE: The Maldives has built South Asia’s most successful economy based on luxury tourism, but the atoll nation is now facing religious tensions as it undergoes a difficult transition to democracy....
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West Bengal paralysed by protest strike
KOLKATA: India’s West Bengal state was paralysed on Wednesday by a strike called by the opposition to protest over the deaths of villagers opposed to the setting up of an industrial park, police said....
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Troops start vacating private property in Kashmir
SRINAGAR: Indian troops have started quitting their positions in houses, hospitals and schools in Kashmir in line with demands from a key government ally, officials said on Wednesday....
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Bollywood seeks help with piracy fight
NEW DELHI: Stronger enforcement of copyright laws and educating audiences are a must if Bollywood wants to reduce millions of dollars in losses incurred every year because of piracy, says a top Hollywood official....
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S. Asians leading in mobile telephony; lag behind in internet use
RAWALPINDI: The region of South Asia, home to 23 per cent of the world’s population, has become the world leader in mobile telephony; however the region still behind in terms of...
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