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Putin accuses US of meddling in Russian election
SAINT PETERSBURG, Nov 26: President Vladimir Putin on Monday accused the United States of trying to “discredit” Russia’s parliamentary elections by pressuring foreign observers to abandon their monitoring mission.... 
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India to join wargames in US, says minister
NEW DELHI, Nov 26: The Indian Air Force will for the first time take part in multinational aerial wargames in the United States, billed as the world’s toughest, the defence minister said on Monday....
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Iran rebukes Saudi Arabia over ME conference TEHRAN, Nov 26: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad chided Saudi Arabia for taking part in a US-hosted Middle East peace meeting, after Arab participation in the event left Tehran isolated, media reported on Monday.Ahmadinejad...
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Hamas slams meeting
GAZA, Nov 26: Vowing to go on fighting the “Zionist enemy”, Hamas called Mahmoud Abbas the worst leader in Palestinian history on Monday and said he had no right to make concessions to Israel at the Annapolis peace conference....
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Eight killed in Afghan blasts
KABUL: Two separate Taliban-type bomb blasts blew up vehicles in Afghanistan on Monday, killing four Afghan soldiers and four civilians, officials said. Afghan police said meanwhile that US soldiers had mistakenly...
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Gunmen kill 11 relatives of Iraqi journalist
BAGHDAD, Nov 26: An Iraqi journalist said on Monday gunmen went on a killing spree in his Baghdad home, murdering seven children and four adult relatives in the latest assault on media staff in the war-scarred country....
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Israelis kill 3 Palestinians
GAZA CITY: Israeli troops killed three Palestinians and wounded four on Monday in two separate incidents in the north of the Hamas-run Gaza Strip, medics and the army said....
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Speaker leads walkout in Afghan assembly
KABUL, Nov 26: The speaker of the lower house of Afghanistan’s parliament on Monday led a mass walkout of lawmakers, protesting government actions following the killing of six lawmakers and 61...
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France signs $30bn deal with China
BEIJING, Nov 26: French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Monday oversaw the signing of about $30 billion in aviation, nuclear and other deals in what he described as an unprecedented day of trade with China....
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Protesting Indians expose Malaysia’s racial divisions
KUALA LUMPUR: Unprecedented street protests by ethnic Indians have opened up a new fault-line in Malaysia’s tense race relations, posing a major problem for the government as it faces elections, analysts said on Monday....
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Americans cautious over charges against Iran
CAIRO: The accusations come almost every day from US officials: Iran is seeking a nuclear weapon. Sponsoring terrorism. Killing Americans in Iraq. Intent on Israel’s destruction....
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Putin’s campaign battle moves to the internet
MOSCOW: Fans and foes of President Vladimir Putin are taking their election campaign to the Internet, battling for votes on blogs and websites, far from the constraints imposed on Russia’s broadcast media....
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$4.6m plan to save butterflies
CERRO PRIETO (Mexico): Mexico announced a plan on Sunday to pump pesos into a monarch butterfly reserve to boost tourism and create jobs in an impoverished area where illegal logging threatens the monarch’s habitat....
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Britons in US save money, ignore climate
LONDON: For British tourists heading to the Big Apple to take advantage of a weak dollar and stock up on bargains, the choice is clear: saving money comes before saving the planet....
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Iraqi artists spruce up concrete security walls
BAGHDAD: Unending stretches of concrete blocks set up to prevent insurgent attacks have virtually walled in Baghdad, but in the process have also created a canvas for artists to paint Iraq’s natural beauty....
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800-year-old Roman map on display
VIENNA: An 800-year-old map, the sole surviving copy of a chart used by the Roman Empire’s courier service, was put on show for just one day on Monday after being accorded “Memory of the World” status by Unesco....
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British ruling party chief quits over funding row LONDON: The general secretary of Britain’s ruling Labour party announced his resignation on Monday over a secret party funding revelation, in the latest blow to Prime Minister Gordon Brown....
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BD cyclone kills Royal Bengal tiger
DHAKA: The first body of an endangered Royal Bengal tiger killed by a devastating cyclone that smashed into southern Bangladesh has been found, the forestry department said on Monday....
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27 Kurdish women die in ‘honour killings’
ARBIL (Iraq): At least 27 women have died in so-called “honour killings” over the past four months in northern Kurdish Iraq, an official from the regional government said Monday....
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Rowling named entertainer of the year
NEW YORK: Top-selling US magazine Entertainment Weekly named J.K. Rowling its entertainer of the year on Monday, describing the British creator of the phenomenally-successful Harry Potter books as a visionary....
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