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BD storm toll over 3,000, millions suffer
DHAKA, Nov 19: Four days after super cyclone Sidr killed over 3,000 people in Bangladesh, rescuers struggled on Sunday to reach isolated areas along the country’s devastated coast to give aid to millions of survivors.... 
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Iran, Venezuela vow ‘strategic unity’
TEHRAN, Nov 19: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Monday wrapped up a visit to the Islamic republic aimed at building a “strategic unity” with fellow anti-US populist President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad....
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Thousands protest against US army training
ATLANTA, Nov 19: Thousands of people demonstrated outside a big US Army base on Sunday to demand the closure of a defence department training school they say promotes torture and murder in Latin America....
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Afghan governor’s son among 7 dead in suicide blast
KANDAHAR, Nov 19: A suicide attack outside the office of the governor of Afghanistan’s south-western Nimroz province on Monday killed one of his adult sons and six of his bodyguards, the governor told AFP....
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EU warns Kosovo over independence declaration
BRUSSELS, Nov 19: European Union ministers on Monday warned Kosovo against any unilateral declaration of independence following weekend elections in the Serbian province, as Russia stressed such a move could destabilise the Balkans....
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Terror war led to HR abuses: watchdog
KAMPALA, Nov 19: Torture, beatings, executions, racist stereotyping and intrusive surveillance are among the abuses countries are committing in the name of fighting terrorism, a rights watchdog said on Monday....
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India wants air force exercise with China
NEW DELHI, Nov 19: India did not perceive any threat from China’s air force as it has no permanent bases in Tibet and was quite willing to have a joint exercise...
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Khmer Rouge leader charged with war crimes
PHNOM PENH, Nov 19: Former Khmer Rouge leader Khieu Samphan was formally detained and charged on Monday with war crimes and crimes against humanity by Cambodia’s UN-backed genocide tribunal, a court spokesman said....
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Baby thrown from blaze rescued
TOKYO, Nov 19: A five-month-old baby was caught by neighbours after her mother threw her from the third floor window of a burning building in the western Japan city of Osaka on Monday, police said....
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Britain confirms second outbreak of bird flu
LONDON, Nov 19: Britain confirmed a second outbreak of potentially lethal bird flu on Monday, after a farm in eastern England was found to be infected last week....
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Six die after cook mistakes poison for flour
BEIJING, Nov 19: A Chinese cook reached for a packet of rat poison thinking it was flour when making rice dumplings, inadvertently killing himself and five others, state media said on Monday....
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Lebanese exhausted by political tug of war
BEIRUT: Exhausted by decades of bloodshed, many Lebanese see the political tug-of-war over the presidential election as another sad chapter in the country’s troubled history that could herald new violence....
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Revival of Communist Party: Russia’s last democratic option?
KOROLYOV: Gennady Zyuganov grins at his wrinkled audience as a voice booms out: “Comrades, let us salute the heroes of the revolution!” A procession of rather ancient men shuffles forward....
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Weak dollar worries Americans in Europe
BERLIN: Andrew Curry once loved going out for dinner and drinks in Berlin, feeling far wealthier in the German capital than he did at home in the United States....
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Dumping iron into ocean may save planet
MIAMI: From the deck of the research ship Weatherbird II, a California company hopes to prove a controversial theory that putting iron dust in the ocean can produce enough plankton to help save the Earth....
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Travel bug spreading among young Chinese
BEIJING: Armed with backpacks, sleeping bags, budget travel guides, and hunger for a wider world long beyond their reach, backpackers from China are likely to be heading to a youth hostel near you....
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Giuliani’s ‘scary’ style alarms opponents
NEW YORK: Republican Rudy Giuliani vows to be tough on terror, chooses advisers who want to bomb Iran and doesn’t think pretending to drown prisoners is torture....
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BD cyclone an ecological disaster: experts
DHAKA: Experts said on Sunday they feared for the wildlife and ecology of the world’s biggest mangrove forest after a deadly cyclone tore through the Sunderbans – home to the endangered Royal Bengal tiger....
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