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Iran gives blueprints to iaea : N-arms programme
VIENNA, Nov 13: After years of stonewalling, Iran has given the UN nuclear agency blueprints showing how to mould uranium metal into the shape of warheads, diplomats said on Monday in... 
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German vice-chancellor resigns
BERLIN, Nov 13: German Vice-Chancellor Franz Muentefering, the top Social Democrat (SPD) in Angela Merkel’s government, is resigning for family reasons in a move that is likely to increase tensions in Berlin’s ‘grand coalition’....
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US, Iraqi forces kill 15 militants
BAGHDAD, Nov 13: US and Iraqi forces killed an estimated 15 Al Qaeda gunmen during a fierce battle south of Baghdad after the militants launched a major attack on recently formed neighbourhood patrols, the US military said on Tuesday....
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Peres, Abbas support ME conference
ANKARA, Nov 13: Israeli and Palestinian presidents Shimon Peres and Mahmud Abbas on Tuesday hailed an upcoming Middle East peace conference as an historic opportunity while warning that failure could spell fresh trouble for the region....
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Iran, China vow to boost ties
TEHRAN, Nov 13: Iran and China vowed on Tuesday to boost ties that Beijing believes will help preserve regional and international peace, official Iranian media reported....
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Poland detains 7 soldiers over Afghan deaths
WARSAW, Nov 13: Polish authorities have detained seven soldiers in connection with an incident in which Afghan civilians were killed, the defence ministry said on Tuesday....
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Khaleda serves legal notice on Election Commission
DHAKA, Nov 13: Detained BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Tuesday threatened the Election Commission with legal action if it does not withdraw invitation to her party’s ‘acting secretary-general’ M Hafizuddin Ahmed for dialogue on electoral reforms....
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Europe airlines may be forced to close websites
BRUSSELS, Nov 13: Over half of Europe’s airlines including Ryanair could be forced to close their websites next year if they fail to remedy problems shown by the EU consumer affairs watchdog in a probe carried out in September....
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France heads for ‘hellish’ strike
PARIS, Nov 13: France faced several “hellish” days as transport unions prepared on Tuesday to launch open-ended strikes, but President Nicolas Sarkozy vowed he would not retreat from reform....
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Georgia to lift emergency within days: US envoy
TBILISI, Nov 13: A top US diplomat said on Tuesday he expected Georgia to lift a state of emergency within days....
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Monkeys on rampage in Delhi
NEW DELHI, Nov 13: Just weeks after the Indian capital’s deputy mayor toppled to his death fending off a pack of monkeys, the animals have gone back on the attack, sparking fresh concerns about the simian menace....
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Hamas cracks down on Fatah after deadly rally
GAZA CITY, Nov 13: Hamas rounded up at least 200 rival Fatah party members in night-time raids in the Gaza Strip, officials said on Tuesday, a day after Islamist gunmen killed seven people at a mass rally....
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Corruption rife in Afghanistan, Karzai admits
KABUL, Nov 13: Corruption among Afghan officials is rife and government must be reformed to help end 30 years of war, misery and oppression, President Hamid Karzai said on Tuesday in an unusually frank assessment of his country’s woes....
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US army interfering in Russia’s backyard: Moscow
MOSCOW, Nov 13: Russia’s armed forces chief on Tuesday compared a US plan to station an anti-missile shield in central Europe to Moscow deploying missiles in Latin America....
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Slim poll victory predicted for Danish PM
COPENHAGEN, Nov 13: Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen’s centre-right bloc was on course for a narrow victory in Tuesday’s general election, exit polls published before polling stations closed showed....
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170,000 flee Mogadishu fighting, says UN
MOGADISHU, Nov 13: More than 170,000 people have fled fighting in Somalia’s capital in the past two weeks, the UN refugee agency said on Tuesday, worsening a humanitarian crisis already facing the country....
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Young Asian artists gain popularity in NY
NEW YORK: When Brian Wallace opened his Red Gate Gallery in Beijing in 1991, the market for contemporary Chinese art was simply non-existent, explains the soft-spoken Australian dealer....
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Last liberals to leave Russian parliament
MOSCOW: After 14 years in the Russian parliament, Vladimir Ryzhkov, one of its last liberal voices, will soon clear his desk because new rules sponsored by the Kremlin prevent him from running for re-election next month....
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Russian PM takes charge of oil spill clean-up
TEMRYUK (Russia): Russian Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov flew to the Black Sea coast on Tuesday to oversee efforts to clean up an oil slick that coated beaches with a thick black sludge and left birds poisoned and blinded....
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Misstep raises possibility of fresh polls in Japan
TOKYO: Just months after Japan’s opposition won a landmark election victory, a misstep has raised the possibility of fresh polls and set back hopes the country is developing a genuine two-party system, analysts say....
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Denmark unlikely to ease immigration rules
COPENHAGEN: Denmark’s tightening of immigration rules is unlikely to ease after Tuesday’s election despite a record number of immigrants running for parliament....
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Many believe Aids is not fatal: survey
NEW YORK: In a nine-country survey released today, more than 40 per cent of respondents did not understand that AIDS is always a fatal disease....
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Baghdad University hopes for a better year
BAGHDAD: One month into the new academic year and education at the sprawling University of Baghdad is as near to normal as it has been for years — the grisly murders of two professors and two students aside....
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5,000 crocodiles Escape amidst floods
HO CHI MINH CITY: As if the spate of fatal flash floods and landslides triggered by more than a month of torrential rain was not enough, villagers in central Vietnam have...
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