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Dhaka puts border guards on high alert: Villagers told to be ready for evacuation
DHAKA, Nov 8: Bangladesh put its paramilitary border guards (BDR) on high alert along the border with Myanmar on Saturday after Yangon mobilised troops in frontier areas.... 
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Labour Party loses power in NZ after 9 years
WELLINGTON, Nov 8: New Zealand’s centre-right National Party coalition, led by John Key, has ousted long-serving Prime Minister Helen Clark in Saturday’s general election, New Zealand television networks predicted....
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Britain to support Turkey’s EU bid
LONDON, Nov 8: Foreign Secretary David Miliband on Friday reassured Turkey of Britain’s commitment to support its bid to join the European Union....
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Abandoned military shell kills 5 in India
NEW DELHI, Nov 8: Five people were killed when they tried to dismantle a discarded artillery shell in the northern Indian town of Meerut, police said....
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Obama vows to go ahead with missile shield
WARSAW, Nov 8: President-elect Barack Obama told Polish President Lech Kaczynski he would go ahead with plans to build a missile defence shield in eastern Europe despite threats from Russia, Warsaw said on Saturday....
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US troops in Iraq battle to defend savings
CAMP SPEICHER (Iraq), Nov 8: US Lt-Col Mark Grabski has been busy on the computer over the past few weeks not to follow the history-making presidential election but to check on his dwindling savings....
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Obama win was a US triumph, says Bush
WASHINGTON, Nov 8: Outgoing US President George W. Bush on Saturday hailed successor Barack Obama’s election win as a “triumph” in US history and promised to smooth his way into the White House....
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UN envoy condemns stoning to death
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 8: United Nations envoy has condemned the stoning to death last week of a 13-year-old Somali girl who was “a victim of rape”....
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Australian bookies hold Obama payout on death fears
SYDNEY, Nov 8: Two of Australia’s largest bookmakers are refusing to pay out on bets that Barack Obama would win the US presidential election, citing fears he could be assassinated before his inauguration, a report said on Saturday....
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Thai laws fail steps against wildlife smuggling
BANGKOK: Thousands of tourists and locals throng the congested aisles of Bangkok’s popular Chatuchak market every weekend, hunting for everything from a new pair of shiny leather shoes to a puppy....
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Greece a ‘prison’ for migrants amid EU policy mess
PATRAS (Greece): The West’s war against the Taliban drove Khalid Mohamed from his home. But his search for asylum in Europe has left him trapped in a shanty town in Greece, ignored by the government and abused by police....
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Berlin Wall shadow fading fast for youth
BERLIN: Nineteen years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, its historical shadow is fading fast for Germany’s youth – many of whom do not even know who built it....
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Fears over north-south Sudan military build-up
JUBA (Sudan): Inside the sprawling compound headquarters of the ex-rebel army of south Sudan, a military flag snaps in the dusty wind.“Victory is certain,” reads the motto of the Sudan People’s...
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Best, worst and silliest election moments
WASHINGTON: One of the most famous New Yorker cartoons of all time shows two men in 19th-century garb, one sitting behind a desk and clearly a boss of some sort, the other in the boss’s guest chair leaning anxiously forward....
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