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Mogadishu violence claims 30 lives
MOGADISHU, Nov 9: Ethiopian troops shelled suspected Islamist hideouts on Friday in Mogadishu, where some of the worst fighting in months has left more than 30 dead in two days, many of them civilians.... 
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Nine Iranians held in Iraq freed
BAGHDAD, Nov 9: Nine Iranians held in Iraq on suspicion of aiding insurgents were freed by the American military in Baghdad on Friday, amid growing signs that both the US and Iran are seeking to ease tensions over Iraq....
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US urges Asian states to work together: Security issue
TOKYO, Nov 9: US Defence Secretary Robert Gates called on Friday on Asian states to work more closely together on security issues and not to depend only on the United States to ensure regional stability....
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Taliban warn judges to halt executions
KABUL: Afghanistan’s insurgent Taliban group threatened on Friday to “punish” justice officials if more prisoners were executed after 15 criminals went before the firing squad in October....
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Slovaks, Indian charged with human trafficking
BRATISLAVA: Police have charged six Slovaks and one Indian national with trafficking more than 100 Asians including children through Slovakia, officials said Friday....
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Japanese suicides exceed 30,000
TOKYO: The number of suicides in Japan topped 30,000 for the ninth straight year in 2006, the government said on Friday, urging employers to do more to tackle depression at work....
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UK, Germany get iPhones
LONDON, Nov 9: Britons desperate for an iPhone finally got their hands on the much-hyped gadget on Friday as it went on sale here four months after being launched in the United States....
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Badawi vows to suppress rally
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 9: Malaysia’s Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi vowed on Friday to suppress a weekend political rally, backing police who warned they will break up the protest and arrest participants....
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Ex-New York police chief charged with corruption
NEW YORK, Nov 9: Former New York police commissioner Bernard Kerik, a close ally of Republican presidential front-runner Rudolph Giuliani, was formally indicted on Friday on charges of tax evasion and corruption....
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Karzai in search of peaceful solutions
KABUL: After nearly two years of increased bloodshed, Afghan President Hamid Karzai is reaching out to Taliban militants who have been waging battle against his government, in a renewed push for...
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Myanmar must not squander rare chance: analysts
BANGKOK: Military-run Myanmar could be on the verge of a breakthrough in the battle for democratic reform after moves towards dialogue by the junta and detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, analysts say....
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Dreams turn into dust for India’s gold scavengers
KOLKATA: As 70-year-old Mohammed Omar sifts through grime in the back lanes housing Kolkata’s ornament makers to pick out gold dust, his deeply lined face furrows with worry as again he finds nothing....
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Uproar in Kenya over ‘African Guantanamo’
NAIROBI: Mohammed Abdillahi pores over court proceedings and affidavits as he waits for prayers to begin at the Jamia Mosque in downtown Nairobi. The distraught 58-year-old Kenyan spends every spare moment...
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Asean aims to promote democracy, human rights
SINGAPORE: A landmark charter to be signed by Southeast Asian leaders this month seeks to promote human rights and democracy but doubts remain over how it can bring rogue members such as Myanmar into line....
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Internet threats heighten alarm after Finnish school killings
TUUSULA (Finland): Alarm in Finland over this week’s high school massacre was heightened on Friday by Internet threats of further attacks that prompted police to surround two more schools....
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$160,000 lunch
MOSCOW: Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev will have lunch on Saturday with a US couple who paid $160,000 at a charity auction for the pleasure, Interfax news agency reported....
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