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Bolivia expels US ambassador: Washington terms move a grave error
LA PAZ (Bolivia), Sept 11: Bolivian President Evo Morales said on Wednesday that he is expelling the US ambassador in Bolivia for allegedly inciting violent opposition protests.... 
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Russia slams Ukraine stance over Georgia
MOSCOW, Sept 11: Russia condemned on Thursday the “unfriendly” stance of Ukraine over the war in Georgia and its treatment of ethnic Russians, fuelling tensions in what is feared could be the region’s next flashpoint....
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Two suicide blasts claim four lives in Afghanistan
KANDAHAR (Afghanistan), Sept 11: Two Taliban-style suicide blasts struck Afghanistan on Thursday, killing at least four Afghans and wounding about a dozen more, government officials said....
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Car bomb kills Lebanese leader
BEIRUT, Sept 11: Saleh Aridi, a member of Lebanon’s opposition Democratic Party, was killed on Wednesday in a car bomb explosion in his hometown of Baysur, southeast of Beirut, officials said....
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Channel tunnel shut after fire
LONDON, Sept 11: British fire-fighters raced into the Channel Tunnel on Thursday to tackle a fire described as a “serious incident,” as traffic tailbacks rapidly formed on the British end after the tunnel was closed....
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Iraq awaiting ‘US response on pact proposals’
BAGHDAD, Sept 11: Iraq is still waiting for a response from the United States to proposals regarding the controversial security deal between the two countries, Deputy Prime Minister Barham Saleh said on Thursday....
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S. Asian flood victims struggle for survival
DHAKA, Sept 11: Thousands of villagers in South Asia complained of fever and diarrhoea on Thursday as flood waters started receding, exposing victims to threats of water-borne diseases, officials and aid agencies said....
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Kidman ‘most overpaid celebrity’
CANBERRA, Sept 11: Nicole Kidman was named the most overpaid celebrity in Hollywood in the second annual list of least bankable stars by US magazine Forbes, taking the top slot from fellow Australian Russell Crowe....
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Malaysian PM rejects call to step down
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 11: Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi rejected on Thursday a call by his trade minister to step down before 2010, saying that the timetable had been agreed by his cabinet....
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Indian PM due in US on 25th
WASHINGTON, Sept 11: US President George W. Bush will welcome Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sept 25 for talks on bilateral relations including a nuclear cooperation deal, the White House said on Thursday....
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Japan to wrap up Iraq mission by end of year
TOKYO, Sept 11: Japan said on Thursday it was ending an air mission in Iraq, wrapping up a military deployment which was historic for the pacifist nation but deeply unpopular among the public....
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Thousands forced to flee Houston as Ike advances
HOUSTON (Texas), Sept 11: Roads and bridges leading away from the Texas coast were jammed on Thursday as hundreds of thousands of residents of Houston and surrounding areas began a mass...
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Yemeni rioters pardoned
SANAA, Sept 11: Yemen has pardoned dozens of people arrested in violent protests by unemployed youths in April, under a government agreement with the opposition, a security official said on Thursday....
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Suu Kyi in good health: lawyer
YANGON, Sept 11: Aung San Suu Kyi’s lawyer said on Thursday that he had held “positive” talks with the detained democracy leader and that she appeared in good health, after reports she was not accepting food....
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Fatimid era jug expected to fetch millions
LONDON, Sept 11: A rare crystal jug belonging to Egypt’s Fatimid dynasty and mistaken earlier this year for a cheap French claret pitcher, is expected to sell for millions of pounds at auction....
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Somali pirates release German, Japanese ships
NAIROBI, Sept 11: Somali pirates have released a German-operated ship and a Japanese tanker that were seized last month, a Kenyan maritime organisation said on Thursday....
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South Korean cemetery keeps Cold War alive
PAJU: There is no resting in peace at South Korea’s “Enemy Cemetery”....
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Iran battles searing drought across half the country
EGHLID: According to local legend Cyrus the Great, founder of the Persian Empire, abhorred the telling of lies, which he believed to be his people’s worst enemy....
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Fear and mistrust plague Mosul
MOSUL: Falah Mohammed peered over his shoulder as he spoke of how militants threatened to kill him and his family unless he quit his government job....
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India’s ‘river of sorrow’ brings biblical flood
MADHEPURA: Most years, the Kosi river of eastern India is a tranquil stream that flows gently into the Ganges. But every few years it becomes a raging torrent, wreaking disaster on everything in its path....
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