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Kurdish rebels seek peace plan from Turkey
QANDIL (Iraq), Nov 1: A top Kurdish rebel based in northern Iraq called on Ankara to present a peace plan that could end his group’s two-decade armed rebellion against Turkey, in an interview with AFP on Thursday.... 
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Iran says satisfied with IAEA talks
TEHRAN, Nov 1: Iranian officials said on Thursday they were satisfied with the results of their latest talks with a UN atomic agency deputy director general over Iran’s contested nuclear programme....
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Japan ends ‘war on terror’ mission
TOKYO, Nov 1: Japan on Thursday ordered home ships engaged on a refuelling mission in the Indian Ocean, halting the close US ally’s main role in the ‘war on terror’ due to domestic opposition.Japan,...
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Storm Noel barrels towards Bahamas after killing 100
SANTO DOMINGO, Nov 1: The death toll from tropical storm Noel’s Caribbean rampage rose to 100 on Thursday, as floodwaters hampered the rescue of people trapped on rooftops in the Dominican Republic....
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US team in N. Korea to begin disabling N-facilities
BEIJING, Nov 1: A team of US atomic inspectors arrived in North Korea on Thursday after expressing confidence that the historic disablement of the isolated nation’s nuclear facilities would go smoothly....
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77 child workers rescued in Delhi
NEW DELHI, Nov 1: Indian police on Thursday rescued 77 child textile workers in the third raid this week following reports that a local supplier to US clothing chain Gap was employing minors....
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Suharto to give away defamation money
JAKARTA, Nov 1: Former Indonesia’s dictator Suharto will give to the poor money he has been awarded in a lawsuit against US-based Time magazine if an appeal by its publisher fails, his lawyer said on Thursday....
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Cervical cancer survivors prone to other cancers
NEW YORK, Nov 1: Women who survive cervical cancer are at increased risk for developing other cancers decades later, according to a report in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute....
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US diplomats resist forced duty in Iraq: report
WASHINGTON, Nov 1: US State Department diplomats have criticised new rules that will force some to work in Iraq against their will or risk dismissal, the Washington Post reported on Thursday....
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Kenya’s new monkey population puts climate change in perspective
NAIROBI, Nov 1: The discovery of a new population of monkeys in Kenya, away from their normal habitat, could have been caused by climate change that may be affecting Africa, a conservation group warned on Wednesday....
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Price to pay if Iran doesn’t halt enrichment: Burns
VIENNA, Nov 1: Iran will have a price to pay if it does not cooperate with the UN nuclear watchdog International Atomic Energy Agency and halt uranium enrichment, a top US official said on Thursday in Vienna....
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US courts routinely shackle delinquent teenagers: study
CHICAGO, Nov 1: Many US juvenile courts routinely shackle teens accused of minor crimes and deny them adequate access to a lawyer, a study has found....
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Pilot of Hiroshima bomber dies
CHICAGO, Nov 1: The pilot of the plane that dropped the first atomic bomb, devastating Hiroshima during World War II, died on Thursday in his Ohio home, a spokesman said....
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Six powers to meet in London on Iran
LONDON, Nov 1: Representatives of the six major powers involved in talks about Iran’s nuclear programme will meet in London on Friday, the...
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Bush vows to push freedom agenda in Lebanon
WASHINGTON, Nov 1: US President George Bush said on Thursday that his administration has to push the freedom agenda in Lebanon, Iraq and the Palestinian territories where there is a chance to move people from helplessness to hopefulness....
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US church fined for anti-gay protest
BALTIMORE (Maryland), Nov 1: A US jury ordered an evangelical church on Wednesday to pay nearly $11 million in damages for picketing the funeral of a Marine killed in Iraq and claiming the war was punishment for tolerating gays....
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European left struggles to preserve power
BERLIN: They are struggling in Germany, reeling in France, on the defensive in Britain and clinging to power in Italy....
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‘Missing daughters’ trend on rise in Vietnam
HANOI: Vietnam’s birth ratio has become skewed toward boys, a trend that population experts are blaming on a traditional preference for male offspring and the availability of abortion and ultrasound foetal scans....
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Tiger deaths exaggerated to boost morale: analysts
COLOMBO: Judging by Sri Lankan government accounts of Tamil Tiger dead after decades of fighting, there should hardly be any rebels left....
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Conflict surfaces within Hamas
GAZA CITY: Signs of discord have emerged between hardcore radicals and pragmatists in Hamas after the Palestinian Islamist movement captured the Gaza Strip, analysts said on Thursday....
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Group helping Darfur orphans faces fraud charges
PARIS: Bertrande Allemand, a clown who entertains sick children in hospitals in rural France, describes herself as someone who wants to ease the suffering in the world....
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Nasa to disclose results of safety survey
WASHINGTON: Nasa is abandoning its secrecy claims and promising to reveal results of an unprecedented federal aviation survey that found aircraft near collisions, runway interference and other safety problems occur far more often than previously recognised....
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