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Fierce new row rocks White House race
CHICAGO, Oct 12: A war of words with racial undertones marked the White House race on Sunday after civil rights icon John Lewis accused Republican John McCain of sowing “hatred” against Barack Obama....
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N. Korea vows to disable nuclear plants
SEOUL, Oct 12: North Korea said on Sunday it would resume work to disable its plutonium-producing nuclear plants and readmit UN inspectors after the United States removed Pyongyang from a terrorism blacklist....
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Russia tests long-range ballistic missiles
MOSCOW, Oct 12: Russia test-fired three intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM) on Sunday, including two from submarines patrolling on opposite ends of the sprawling country, news agencies reported....
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Turkish planes bomb Kurdish rebels in Iraq
ANKARA: Turkish warplanes bombed on Sunday a Kurdish rebel hideout in northern Iraq where senior militants were believed to be, the army said....
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Pirates reject mediator
MOGADISHU, Oct 12: Pirates holding a Ukrainian arms ship off the Somali coast have rejected a local mediator, delaying efforts to free the freighter laden with battle tanks and others arms, elders and a pirate said on Sunday....
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China approves key land reforms
BEIJING: China’s ruling Communist Party approved a major economic reform plan on Sunday that will allow farmers to trade and mortgage their land rights and help bolster the nation’s food security....
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Thai PM dismisses call for resignation
BANGKOK: Thailand’s embattled prime minister on Sunday dismissed calls for his resignation, saying that stepping down would not resolve the country’s deepening political crisis....
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BD parties threaten poll boycott
DHAKA: Bangladesh’s two main political parties renewed their threat to boycott elections in December if their leaders, facing charges of corruption and abuse of power, were not given an unconditional release....
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Amitabh to leave hospital in a few days
MUMBAI: Leading Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan will be discharged in a few days from a Mumbai hospital where he was admitted after complaints of abdominal pain, a hospital official said on Sunday....
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Indian woman commits ‘sati’
RAIPUR (India): An elderly woman in the eastern Indian state of Chhattisgarh jumped into her husband’s funeral pyre, killing herself in an outlawed custom, police said on Sunday....
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McCain, Palin are playing with fire
WASHINGTON: I prefer to discuss politics through my novels, but I am truly dismayed these days. Twice last week alone, speakers at McCain-Palin rallies have referred to Sen....
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Last 100 days to feature ‘no letting up’ for President Bush
WASHINGTON: So how will it end? President George W. Bush is down to his final 100 days in office as of Sunday. Don’t expect a quiet fade into the Texas night....
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Easier way to make stem cells found
WASHINGTON: Researchers trying to find ways to transform ordinary skin cells into powerful stem cells said on Sunday they had found a shortcut by ‘sprinkling’ a chemical onto the cells....
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