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Kuwait mulls change in sponsor system after labour unrest
KUWAIT CITY, Sept 10: Kuwait said on Wednesday it was considering alternatives to its widely criticised employee sponsor system after violent protests by foreign workers demanding better conditions.... 
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Russia threatens to hit US sites in Europe
MOSCOW, Sept 10: A top Russian general threatened on Wednesday to target planned American missile shield sites in Poland and the Czech Republic with ballistic missiles amid icy US-Russia relations over Georgia....
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Prague approves missile base accord with Washington
PRAGUE: The Czech government approved on Wednesday an agreement on deploying US forces at an anti-missile radar, with Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek dismissing a Russian general’s threat to target the site as “nonsense.”...
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Russia, EU at odds over Georgia peace deal
MOSCOW, Sept 10: Russia ruled out on Wednesday allowing EU observers into the Georgian regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, contradicting claims by French President Nicolas Sarkozy over the mission....
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Sri Lanka forces blast LTTE intelligence base
COLOMBO, Sept 10: Sri Lankan jets blasted the Tamil Tigers’ intelligence headquarters on Wednesday, striking back the day after a rebel air and ground assault on a major military base killed at least 25 people, the military said....
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US to sell $7bn missile system to UAE
WASHINGTON, Sept 10: The Pentagon has proposed the sale of an advanced US missile defence system valued at up to $7 billion to the United Arab Emirates, the Pentagon said in a statement released on Wednesday....
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HR groups concerned at trapped civilians
COLOMBO, Sept 10: International human rights groups have sounded an alarm that a government order early this week for United Nations and non-governmental aid workers to leave Sri Lanka’s northern Wanni region could affect thousands of civilians trapped in heavy fighting....
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US presidential race erupts into spat over gender politics
NORFOLK (Virginia), Sept 10: The US presidential campaign erupted on Wednesday in a spat over gender politics, with John McCain accusing the Democrat of a sexist attack on his running mate and Barack Obama denouncing Republican “lies and phoney outrage”....
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Afghanistan still ‘war on terror’ frontline
KABUL: Seven years after the attacks on the World Trade Centre, Afghanistan is again the frontline of the US-led “war on terror” with extremist unrest intensifying and a new focus on Pakistan’s tribal areas....
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Bangladesh’s ‘battling begums’ seek path back to power
DHAKA: The release of former Bangladeshi premier Khaleda Zia may spell a return of the political climate that forced the army-backed regime to step in and declare a state of emergency 18 months ago, observers say....
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Britain, Nato forces spread too thin in Afghanistan
LONDON: Two-and-a-half years into an operation to secure vast desert reaches of Afghanistan from the Taliban, British commanders quietly admit they are seriously undermanned....
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Nepal eyes possible army role for former rebels
KATHMANDU: Nepal will decide within six months the fate of thousands of former Maoist rebel fighters, its president said on Wednesday, potentially resolving a prickly issue seen as key to a lasting peace after a decade of civil war....
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Corporate India muscles in on Bollywood
MUMBAI/HONG KONG: Bollywood is increasingly becoming a target for corporate takeover, as more of India’s multi-nationals diversify into movies to tap the market’s huge investment potential....
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