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No Palestinian state before peace: Israel
JERUSALEM, Nov 4: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice heard a strong message from Israel on Sunday that security must precede the creation of a Palestinian state, as she sought to bridge gaps ahead of a peace meeting.... 
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64 killed in Afghan violence
KABUL, Nov 4: A bomb planted by Taliban rebels killed four policemen in Afghanistan on Sunday while various security operations against extremist insurgents left around 60 rebels dead, officials said....
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Kurd rebels free Turkish soldiers
ANKARA, Nov 4: Eight Turkish soldiers captured by Kurdish rebels and held in Iraq were freed and returned to Turkey on Sunday after Ankara threatened to launch a cross-border attack on the militants’ sanctuaries....
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Europeans released in Chad
N’DJAMENA, Nov 4: A Chadian judge on Sunday ordered the release of seven Europeans jailed over a charity’s attempt to bring more than 100 children to France as French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrived in N’Djamena....
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UAE to review construction workers’ wages
ABU DHABI, Nov 4: The United Arab Emirates said on Sunday it will “urgently” review wages of workers in the construction sector, which has been hit by a series of strikes....
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Face of ancient Egypt’s king Tut revealed
LUXOR (Egypt), Nov 4: The true face of ancient Egypt’s boy king Tutankhamun was revealed on Sunday to the public for the first time since he died in mysterious circumstances more than 3,000 years ago....
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Demand in Georgia for president’s resignation
TBILISI, Nov 4: Several thousand protesters rallied for a third straight day in the Georgian capital on Sunday to press their demand for President Mikheil Saakashvili to resign....
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Asian sailors freed after five months
SEOUL, Nov 4: A group of 24 Asian sailors held hostage by pirates in Somalia for more than five months was freed on Sunday off the Somali coast and has left for Yemen, the South Korean foreign ministry said....
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Japan headed for further political confusion: analysts
TOKYO: A failed attempt by Japan’s prime minister to form a grand coalition with the main opposition party and break a deadlock in parliament has set the country on track for more political confusion and policy gridlock, analysts say....
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Developing world’s quest for better toilets
NEW DELHI: Delegates from dozens of nations said they needed to work harder to make toilets available to the developing world and shift away from “disposal-oriented” systems like the western flush and sewers....
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Ban on Muslim immigration urged
SYDNEY: Australian anti-immigration firebrand Pauline Hanson on Sunday said many migrants had no intention of becoming “proud Aus-tralians,” as she again called for a ban on Muslim immigration....
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Banking sanctions start affecting Iran economy
TEHRAN: The Iranian economy is starting to feel the sting from a raft of banking sanctions applied by the United States to pressure Tehran over its controversial nuclear drive, analysts said....
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S. Lanka ready to face more violence
COLOMBO: The killing of a top Tamil Tiger rebel in a Sri Lankan government air raid is likely to strengthen hawks on both sides of the bitter ethnic divide and herald more violence on the troubled island, analysts say....
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‘Positive discrimination helped Malays little’ : Failed government policies
KUALA TERENGGANU (Malaysia): Nearly four decades of controversial positive-discrimination policies were supposed to lift Muslim Malays like fisherman Maskan Mohamad out of poverty....
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