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Abbas meets Hamas leaders in West Bank
RAMALLAH, Nov 2: Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas met Hamas leaders in the West Bank on Friday for the first time since the Islamists routed his forces in a bloody takeover of the Gaza Strip in June.... 
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Time for action against Kurd rebels: Turkey
ANKARA, Nov 2: Turkey wants action not words in dealing with Kurdish rebels based in northern Iraq, Foreign Minister Ali Babacan said on Friday during a joint press conference with US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice....
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Sri Lankan peacekeepers repatriated over sex scandal
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 2: More than 100 Sri Lankan peacekeepers stationed in Haiti are to be repatriated over charges that they paid for sex, a UN spokeswoman said on Friday....
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UAE firms flouting labour rules put on notice
DUBAI, Nov 2: The United Arab Emirates warned on Friday that it will get tough with firms employing foreigners in violation of labour rules after the expiry of a deadline for illegal workers to leave the country....
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Arab states urged to re-open Iraq embassies
DUBAI, Nov 2: The US ambassador to Baghdad urged Arab states on Friday to reopen their embassies in Iraq to counter Iran’s “negative” influence in the war-torn nation....
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Myanmar cuts Internet, snubs UN official
YANGON, Nov 2: Myanmar’s junta cut Internet connections and axed the senior United Nations official here on Friday, clouding the atmosphere before a visit by the world body’s envoy over last month’s violent crackdown....
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Indian ministers told to shun Dalai Lama ceremony
NEW DELHI, Nov 2: The Indian government has quietly told government ministers to stay away from a felicitation on Saturday of the Dalai Lama, Tibet’s spiritual leader and China’s thorn in the flesh, a news agency said on Friday....
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Illegal Indian immigrants
CHAMONIX (France), Nov 2: Thirty illegal Indian immigrants travelling in “inhuman conditions” were stopped while crossing the French Alps in a small truck, border police said on Friday....
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Protest against Georgian president
TBILISI, Nov 2: At least 50,000 protesters demonstrated on Friday in the Georgian capital Tbilisi against the rule of President Mikhail Saakashvili, four years after he led the Rose Revolution in this strategic ex-Soviet republic....
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Indian rebels kill seven troopers
GUWAHATI, Nov 2: Seven paramilitary troopers died on Friday in an ambush by tribal separatists in India’s restive northeastern state of Assam, police said....
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Sanjay’s bail plea delayed
NEW DELHI, Nov 2: India’s Supreme Court on Friday said imprisoned Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt would have to wait until Nov 20 to appeal for bail after being jailed for possessing weapons....
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Neighbours averse to action by Turkey : Kurdish insurgency
BEIRUT: Iraq’s neighbours are likely to urge Turkey to avoid any invasion to crush Kurdish rebel bases in Iraqi territory when they meet in Istanbul this weekend, even though they share Ankara’s abhorrence of Kurdish nationalism....
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With veto power, Bush is blistering Congress
WASHINGTON: President George W. Bush’s agenda these days is not subtle: Blast Democratic lawmakers for ineptitude. Then find a way to do it again....
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Artificial joint makers paid $20m to doctors
MINNEAPOLIS: The hips and knees are synthetic, but it is real money that is changing hands....
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Running your car on vegetable oil
LONDON: In an effort to get round the big rise in oil prices, thousands of motorists have taken to running their cars on supermarket-bought vegetable oil and it’s all perfectly legal....
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BD scientist exorcises curse of arsenic poisoning
KUSHTIA (Bangladesh): Majeda Khatun holds out her hands to show the black scars left from drinking contaminated water in Bangladesh where an estimated 50 million people have been exposed to arsenic poisoning....
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