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Opec blunder reveals Saudi-Iran rift on dollar
RIYADH, Nov 16: A blunder by Opec on Friday exposed a disagreement between Saudi Arabia and Iran about the falling dollar when a private meeting of ministers was broadcast to journalists by mistake.... 
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Russia poised to start delivering N-fuel: Iran
TEHRAN, Nov 16: Iran said on Friday that Russia has informed the UN watchdog that it is poised to ready for delivery the first consignment of fuel for the nuclear power plant under construction at Bushehr on Iran’s Gulf coast....
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Plan to map Muslims in Los Angeles scrapped
NEW YORK, Nov 16: Muslim civil rights groups have succeeded in persuading the Los Angeles Police Department to scrap its controversial plan to create a map detailing the Muslim communities in...
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Turkish govt moves to ban Kurdish party
ANKARA, Nov 16: Turkish prosecutors on Friday started legal action to ban the main Kurd political party in Turkey, which has been accused of colluding with Kurdish rebels....
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UN body to free bandwidth: Mobile firms’ demand accepted
GENEVA, Nov 16: A UN telecoms meeting has decided to give mobile service providers access to bandwidth currently reserved for terrestrial television broadcasts, offering the promise of high-speed Internet access on-the-move anywhere in the world by 2015....
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Georgia lifts emergency
TBILISI, Nov 16: Georgia lifted a state of emergency on Friday as President Mikheil Saakashvili insisted life was returning to normal after violent clashes on the streets of the capital.Critics...
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Fukuda pledges to restart naval mission
WASHINGTON, Nov 16: Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda told US President George Bush here on Friday that he would make his “utmost efforts” to restart a Japanese naval mission supporting US-led efforts in Afghanistan....
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Plot to kidnap Rahul foiled, say police
LUCKNOW, Nov 16: Indian police claimed on Friday that they had foiled a plot by Muslim militants to kidnap a top politician — reported to be Rahul Gandhi, scion of the Nehru-Gandhi political dynasty....
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IAEA suggests Iran is ‘playing for time’
VIENNA: The UN nuclear watchdog’s mixed assessment on Iran’s disputed nuclear activities suggests Tehran is willing to do only just enough to stave off potential sanctions, but not prepared to cede to all of the West’s demands, analysts said on Friday....
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Palestinians feel the pinch as Israel privatises crossings
TULKAREM (West Bank): Ibrahim hops off the Israeli transit truck and runs to the new crossing with the West Bank. He stops in front of the swivel gate and anxiously waits for the green light to enter....
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Hollywood ponders over relationship with internet
LOS ANGELES: Mired in the second week of a bitter strike, Hollywood’s studios and writers appear headed for a long stalemate over how to share the wealth from the next media bonanza – delivering TV shows and films over the Internet....
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OSCE calls off Russian election mission
WARSAW: Europe’s main elections watchdog, the OSCE, on Friday called off its observer mission to Russia’s forthcoming parliamentary polls citing a lack of cooperation, but Moscow shrugged off the charge.Russian...
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Saakashvili has chance to ‘leave with dignity’
TBILISI: A Georgian leader on Friday compared his country’s head of state with President Pervez Musharraf and former Chilean strongman Augusto Pinochet. Shalva Natelashvili, a presidential candidate and head of the...
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‘Bookseller of Kabul’ exposes lies
KABUL: The famed bookseller of Kabul – whose family life was chronicled by a Norwegian journalist – has published a scathing response to that best-selling book, accusing the author of creating lies about him and abusing his hospitality and friendship....
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