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Iran builds long-range missile
TEHRAN, Nov 27: Iran on Tuesday announced it has built a new missile with a range sufficient to put Israel and US bases in the Middle East within easy reach, amid rising tensions over Tehran’s contested nuclear drive.... 
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US fire kills seven Iraqi civilians
BAGHDAD, Nov 27: Seven Iraqis, including three women and a child, were reported killed by US fire, as a suicide bomber disguised as a shepherd killed seven people on Tuesday in an attack on police, officials said....
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World must fix climate in less than 10 years: UNDP
BRASILIA, Nov 27: Unless the international community agrees to cut carbon emissions by half over the next generation, climate change is likely to cause large-scale human and economic setbacks and irreversible ecological catastrophes, a UN report said on Tuesday....
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Peace with govt impossible, says LTTE chief
COLOMBO, Nov 27: The leader of the Tamil Tiger rebels declared on Tuesday that Sri Lankan peace efforts were a waste of time and vowed to strike back at the island’s “genocidal” government....
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Sanjay granted bail
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt bail on a six-year prison term handed down for possessing illegal weapons....
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Brown denies knowledge of secret party donations
LONDON, Nov 27: The Labour government of Prime Minister Gordon Brown, already seriously bruised over the collapse of Northern Rock bank, the loss of two Revenue & Customs discs containing millions...
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Indian army officials under probe over human trafficking
NEW DELHI, Nov 27: Indian military personnel are under investigation for suspected human trafficking, senior officials said on Tuesday....
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Afghan marijuana cultivation up by 40 per cent KABUL, Nov 27: The fields of Balkh province in northern Afghanistan were completely free of opium poppies this year, a success touted often by Afghan and international officials....
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27,000 HIV infections in Europe
PARIS: More than 27,000 new HIV infections were recorded in European countries last year, the European Centre for the Epidemiological Monitoring of AIDS said on Tuesday....
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Foreign forces won’t stay a day more than needed: BD
DHAKA: US marines and Pakistani military medics helping with relief operations in Bangladesh will not stay a day more than they are needed, a minister said....
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India slams UN report on carbon cuts
NEW DELHI, Nov 27: India on Tuesday slammed a recommendation in a new report from the UN Development Programme that urges developing countries cut carbon emissions by 20 per cent over three decades starting in 2020....
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Russia shrugs aside West’s criticism
MOSCOW, Nov 27: Russia on Tuesday strongly defended the mass detention of anti-Kremlin demonstrators in the latest salvo of a war of words with the West before parliamentary elections....
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Court orders retrial over photographer’s death
TEHRAN, Nov 27: Iran’s supreme court has ordered a new trial over the death of Iranian-Canadian photographer Zahra Kazemi in a Tehran prison four years ago, after finding faults in the original case, the judiciary said on Tuesday....
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History-making woman cop quits tamely
NEW DELHI: India’s first woman police officer, seen as a symbol of empowerment in a male-dominated society, said on Tuesday she was quitting, months after a junior male colleague was chosen ahead of her for a top job....
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Ethiopia to maintain crackdown on rebels
ADDIS ABABA: Ethiopia will sustain its crackdown on separatist rebels in the restive Ogaden region, Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said on Tuesday, adding that scores of insurgents had been killed....
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Gore steals the show at White House
WASHINGTON: Al Gore, the former US vice president, finally won his place in the White House’s Oval Office on Monday — right next to President George Bush....
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Cairo film festival competes for Arab spotlight
CAIRO: The 31st Cairo International Film Festival opened on Tuesday amid controversy, seeking to retake its place as the Arab world’s international cinematic meeting point after years in the wilderness....
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Goods smuggled into Gaza through tunnels
RAFAH: Fresh milk is impossible to find but TNT, dates or bullets are readily available. While the Gaza Strip is being squeezed by Israeli sanctions, the border town of Rafah has...
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British spy agency to recruit women, minorities LONDON: Britain’s foreign intelligence agency MI6 has opened its doors to a popular radio program, part of its bid to recruit the minorities and female officers it says it needs to spy on the country’s enemies....
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Iran ‘nuclear spy’ cleared
TEHRAN: An Iranian ex-nuclear official has been cleared of espionage, the judiciary announced on Tuesday, contradicting charges from President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad that the former negotiator was an atomic spy....
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More women workers migrating far from home WASHINGTON: The stereotype of the male migrant toiling in a foreign land on behalf of an impoverished wife and children needs updating as half the time the migrant is a woman, says a new report....
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Child refugees in UK tell stories through photographs
LONDON: When Amir arrived in Britain last December he was 16, fleeing Iraq on a false passport after the kidnap and murder of his father. He landed at London-Heathrow airport with...
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