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October 26, 2008 Sunday Shawwal 26, 1429


International

US air force plans separate nuclear command
WASHINGTON, Oct 25: The US Air Force said on Friday it would create a separate command for nuclear missiles and bombers after blunders undermined confidence in its nuclear mission and led to the dismissal of top officials....
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1,000 students held in India over anti-Thackeray protest
PATNA, Oct 25: Police arrested more than 1,000 students in Bihar state on Saturday after their protests over the release on bail of a firebrand politician turned violent....
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Over 60 die in Yemen floods
SANAA, Oct 25: Aid operations swung into higher gear in Yemen on Saturday after floods killed at least 58 people and six more died from lightning strikes during two days of fierce storms....
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Military accord traps Baghdad
BAGHDAD: As the United States and Iraq approach a deal on the future US military presence in the country, Baghdad is trapped between Washington’s demands and Tehran’s fears about US influence in the region, politicians and analysts say....
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Mother, brother of US singer killed
CHICAGO, Oct 25: Police on Saturday were searching for the missing seven-year-old nephew of Oscar-winning actress and singer Jennifer Hudson after her mother and brother were gunned down....
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Veteran of Long March dies at 102
BEIJING, Oct 25: One of China’s first Communist generals and a veteran of the Long March has died at the age of 102, state media said on Saturday....
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Army warns of cyber threat from bloggers
WASHINGTON, Oct 25: A draft US Army intelligence report has identified the popular micro-blogging service Twitter, Global Positioning System maps and voice-changing software as potential terrorist tools....
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Ban promises to protect the poor
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 25: Saying that the American markets have lost some legitimacy as the world pace setter, the head of a new United Nations panel on the world financial crisis...
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Plans for compulsory gender education
LONDON: Sex education is to be made a compulsory part of the UK’s national curriculum in primary and secondary schools under government plans to cut teenage pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections....
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Canada ready to break taboo, run budget deficits
OTTAWA: Over the last decade in Canada, regardless of the party in power, the idea of running a federal budget deficit has been unthinkable....
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Sophocles’ Oedipus as forceful as ever
LONDON: Like all the greatest plays in history, Sophocles’ Oedipus the King is a masterpiece because on every encounter it offers us something new. Sigmund Freud’s interpretation of the play —...
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American Dream fades for New York immigrants
NEW YORK: The immigrants gathered at dawn to chase the American Dream, but as fast as the sun soared over New York, so the dream slid from their grasp....
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What makes a good environmental film?
TURIN: Earlier this week I spent a long and, in every sense of the word, sober lunch in a trattoria in Turin with fellow jury members at the world’s longest running environmental film festival, Cinemambiente, now in its 11th year....
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