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Turkey’s entry to EU will help peace: Bush
WASHINGTON, Jan 8: US President George Bush on Tuesday said the United States would continue to help Turkey fight their “common enemy,” Kurdish rebels, but the White House also urged Ankara to find a political solution to the problem.... 
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Military tribunal begins questioning US Marines: Afghan shooting
CAMP LEJEUNE (North Carolina), Jan 8: Testimony began on Tuesday before a rarely used military tribunal investigating allegations that a newly-formed special forces unit killed as many as 19 Afghan civilians...
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Malaysia bans recruitment of Indian workers
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 8: Malaysia has frozen the recruitment of Indian workers, including temple priests, sculptors and musicians, an official said on Tuesday, in a move apparently linked to an unrest by Malaysia’s ethnic Indians....
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Ban on Indian, BD workers denied
NEW DELHI: A Malaysian minister denied on Tuesday that his government had suspended the recruitment of workers from India and Bangladesh....
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Kurdish rebels apologise over bomb attack
ANKARA, Jan 8: A Kurdish rebel group apologised on Tuesday for a deadly car bomb attack in Turkey’s main Kurdish city last week, blaming it on militants acting on their own, a news agency close to it reported....
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Abbas, Olmert agree to get talks moving
JERUSALEM, Jan 8: Israeli and Palestinian leaders agreed on Tuesday, on the eve of a visit by President George W. Bush, to begin peace talks on the thorniest issues despite major differences over Jewish settlement construction near Jerusalem....
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Obama poised to deal second blow to Hillary
MANCHESTER (New Hampshire), Jan 8: Democrat Barack Obama appeared poised to deal a second crushing blow to Hillary Clinton’s White House hopes on Tuesday and boost his quest to become the...
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Odinga rejects bilateral talks to end crisis
NAIROBI, Jan 8: Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga on Tuesday rejected bilateral talks with President Mwai Kibaki, dimming hopes for a breakthrough to end turmoil that has led to almost 500 deaths....
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Kibaki unveils partial cabinet
NAIROBI: Kenya’s President Mwai Kibaki on Tuesday announced a partial cabinet line-up which was promptly dismissed by his rival Raila Odinga’s movement as a gimmick....
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SC says India remains socialist
NEW DELHI, Jan 8: India remains a sovereign, secular, socialist democratic republic, the Supreme Court said on Tuesday after rejecting a petition to delete the word socialist from the constitution in...
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Britain’s decision on N-plants likely to help sway others
LONDON: Britain is expected on Thursday to back a new generation of nuclear power plants, adding to the gathering momentum behind atomic energy as part of the solution to the world’s energy problems....
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New nuclear power plants
TO date, 439 nuclear power plants are in operation and 34 are under construction, according to figures from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)....
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Smart cars to watch roads while drivers’ minds drift
LAS VEGAS: Smart cars that pay attention to the roads while drivers’ minds are elsewhere are on the automotive horizon at the world’s largest consumer electronics show....
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Hostility awaits Bush in ME
BEIRUT: US President George Bush’s visit to the Middle East this week will evoke widespread hostility in a region where many view him as a war-monger pursuing US-Israeli hegemony, not peace and democracy....
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Nairobi’s cultural mosaic shattered
NAIROBI: Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki’s disputed re-election and subsequent violence have poisoned tribal relations in Nairobi, with the once harmonious capital now a hotbed of mutual suspicion....
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Obama’s fans flock to see him up close
NEW HAMPSHIRE: Barack Obama is nearly two hours late when he takes the stage, flashes that smile, and says in that instantly recognisable baritone: “Good afternoon, believers.”...
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