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BD judiciary freed from government influence, but doubts remain
DHAKA: While Bangladesh’s judiciary has been freed from the corrosive influence of the bureaucracy and the political establishment, it remains to be seen how the momentous change will work to dispense real justice to the people.... 
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Congress gets tough but wants no war : Iran issue
WASHINGTON: With Ameri-cans weary of the Iraq war and US elections on the horizon, Congress is struggling over how to get tough on Iran without giving President George Bush a blank check for a military strike....
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1,700 people ask for refund : Best-selling memoir
NEW YORK, Nov 3: About 1,700 people asked to be reimbursed for buying James Frey’s largely fabricated best-selling memoir, “A Million Little Pieces,” a lawyer said as a judge approved a settlement with disgruntled readers....
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Mexico floods render 800,000 homeless
VILLAHERMOSA (Mexico), Nov 3: Thousands of people fled a Mexican city on Friday after flood waters burst through sandbag barriers in a disaster that left 800,000 people homeless and most of the state of Tabasco under water....
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Ban calls for talks on Kurdish crisis
ISTANBUL, Nov 3: The UN chief on Saturday appealed for dialogue to resolve fears of a Turkish offensive against Kurdish rebels based in Iraq, and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki pledged to work with his country’s neighbours to fight terrorism....
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Syria slams US for ‘interference’ in Lebanese politics
DAMASCUS, Nov 3: Syria on Saturday slammed what it said was US meddling in the upcoming Lebanese presidential elections, accusing it of hindering dialogue between the Lebanese....
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Volcano erupts in Indonesia
SUGIHWARAS (Indonesia), Nov 3: Indonesia’s Mount Kelud volcano has erupted, according to seismographic signals, but signs of any ash or lava are not visible because of heavy cloud cover, a top official said on Saturday....
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Heads of Iraqi army, police escape bomb attack
BASRA, Nov 3: A roadside bomb blast targeted a convoy carrying the heads of the Iraqi army and police in southern Iraq on Saturday, but both men were unhurt, the police chief said....
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Kurdish party’s office in Iraq closed
SULAIMANIYAH, Nov 3: Iraqi authorities on Saturday closed the headquarters of the Kurdistan Democratic Solution party, an organisation that allegedly has close ties to PKK guerrillas....
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Pipe bomb found at Arizona N-plant
WINTERSBURG (Arizona), Nov 3: Security officials at America’s largest nuclear power plant detained a contract worker with a small pipe bomb in the back of his pickup truck, authorities said....
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Mayor held in BD for ‘extortion’
DHAKA, Nov 3: Bangladeshi police have arrested a city mayor on extortion charges after he allegedly demanded thousands of dollars from a staff member in return for a promotion, an official said on Saturday....
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Mall shooter gets 163 years in jail
TACOMA, Nov 3: A gunman who told emergency dispatchers to “follow the screams” before wounding seven in a 2005 mall shooting rampage was sentenced to more than 160 years in prison....
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Key evidence in astronaut case rejected
ORLANDO, Nov 3: A judge rejected key evidence on Friday in a case against former Nasa astronaut Lisa Nowak, accused of stalking and attacking a romantic rival at Orlando International Airport....
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Disabling of DPRK N-plant to begin tomorrow
TOKYO, Nov 3: A team of US technicians will on Monday start disabling North Korea’s nuclear complex which makes weapons-grade plutonium, a senior US envoy said on Saturday, under a multinational disarmament deal....
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Merkel makes surprise visit to Kabul
KABUL, Nov 3: German Chancellor Angela Merkel paid a surprise visit to Afghanistan on Saturday amid waning support at home for the country’s contribution of 3,000 soldiers to fight the Taliban and other extremists....
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In the company of birds in Baghdad
BAGHDAD: Dozens of Baghdadis flock to the centre of the Iraqi capital on Friday mornings, ignoring the threat to their lives, with a sole aim — to ease their loneliness in the company of a bird....
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Rice moves to stall another Iraq invasion
ANKARA: The United States made a decisive step on Friday towards appeasing Turkish public opinion. Speaking at a press conference here, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice declared the Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) an enemy shared with Turkey....
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Egypt calls for an ‘Arab nuclear family’
CAIRO: Egypt has emerged at the forefront of a new push by Arab nations to build nuclear power plants in the volatile Middle East even as the West is locked in a standoff with Iran over its atomic drive....
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