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TB re-surfaces as ruthless killer
CAPE TOWN, Nov 12: Fifty years after it was thought to have been contained, tuberculosis (TB) has re-emerged as a ruthless killer claiming a life every 20 seconds, a global lung health conference has heard.... 
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Demo, violence against land grab paralyse Indian state
KOLKATA, Nov 12: India''s state of West Bengal came to a standstill on Monday as a strike was held in protest at the killing of villagers opposed to the establishment of a massive industrial park....
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Badawi defends police clampdown on protest
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 12: The Malaysia’s prime minister has defended the use of teargas and water cannon to break up a mass weekend protest for electoral reform, the biggest seen here in a decade, a report said on Monday....
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UN rights official visits Myanmar’s jail
YANGON, Nov 12: A top UN human rights official on Monday visited Myanmar’s notorious Insein prison as part of his probe into rights abuses and the actual death toll from the junta’s suppression of pro-democracy protests....
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Bodies, oil slicks wash up from Black Sea storm
PORT KAVKAZ (Russia), Nov 12: The bodies of three sailors washed ashore on Monday after a ferocious Black Sea storm wrecked five ships, spilling 2,000 tonn-es of oil in the environmentally sensitive waters, officials said....
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Gulf airlines on shopping spree
DUBAI, Nov 12: The oil-rich Gulf states are quenching their thirst for airplanes with huge orders at the Dubai air show, confident that passenger traffic in the region is on the rise....
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Lankan air force vows to target LTTE supreme
COLOMBO, Nov 12: Nearly two weeks after eliminating the LTTE second in command S. P. Thamilchelvan, the Sri Lankan Air Force said its next move would be to go “all out” to target Tamil Tiger supremo Velupillai Prabhakaran....
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Libya’s rules for visitors
TRIPOLI, Nov 12: Libya has imposed new entry regulations on western visitors, which resulted in at least one planeload of foreigners being turned away from the north African state, a European diplomat said on Monday....
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US calls on Georgia to lift emergency
TBILISI, Nov 12: A top US diplomat on Monday called on Georgia to immediately lift a state of emergency imposed five days ago and described recent unrest in the ex-Soviet country as “a shock to the system.”...
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Bird flu outbreak in UK
LONDON, Nov 12: British vets ordered the slaughter of some 5,000 birds on Monday after a new outbreak of avian flu on a farm in eastern England, the first in six months, officials said.The...
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Iran warns US of a ‘quagmire deeper than Iraq’
TEHRAN: The United States could unleash vastly superior firepower if it attacked Iran but Tehran could strike back against its forces in Iraq and threaten oil supplies crucial to the world economy....
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Egypt’s ruling party works on patronage, not politics
CAIRO: Despite a highly marketed effort at modernisation, Egypt’s ruling party is still centred on one man and draws much of its loyalty from its function as a patronage machine, analysts say....
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Democrats struggle in spending standoff
WASHINGTON: President George Bush may have lost a veto battle last week on a water projects bill, but Republican allies in Congress are sticking with him in another, bigger veto showdown over government spending....
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Chocolate drink was popular before 1000BC: study
CHICAGO: Natives of Central America were drinking beverages made from cacao before 1000 BC, 500 years earlier than previously thought, a study to be released on Monday said....
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All not quite aboard for Annapolis summit
JERUSALEM: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has again paid a visit to the Middle East, held meetings with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, spoken about...
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Football fan killing sparks riots in Italy
ROME: The Italian government held an emergency meeting on Monday after the police killing of a football fan sparked riots by supporters across the country....
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Prehistoric women dressed to impress
PLOCNIK (Serbia): If the figurines found in an ancient European settlement are any guide, women have been dressing to impress for at least 7,500 years. Recent excavations at the site —...
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