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Israel must give up land for peace: Olmert
JERUSALEM, Nov 10: Outgoing Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Monday that Israel must give up most of the Arab territories it has occupied since 1967, including east Jerusalem, if it wants peace.... 
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Tehran not hopeful of change under Obama
TEHRAN, Nov 10: Iran on Monday said it is not expecting any great difference in Washington’s policy towards Tehran when Barack Obama takes over as president in January....
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Pakistan, Syria raids were authorised in ’04: NYT: Secret US operations
NEW YORK, Nov 10: The US military conducted nearly a dozen secret operations against Al Qaeda and other terrorist groups in Syria, Pakistan and other countries since 2004, The New York Times reported on Monday....
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Obama, Bush discuss broad range of issues
WASHINGTON, Nov 10: US President-elect Barack Obama visited the White House on Monday with his wife Michelle Obama, and held a private meeting with President George Bush during which the two...
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Russian accident submarine intended for India
MOSCOW, Nov 10: India’s navy was supposed to lease the brand-new Russian nuclear submarine that suffered an accident over the weekend which killed 20 people, news reports said on Monday....
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Muslims in India endorse anti-terror edict
HYDERABAD (India), Nov 10: Thousands of Indian Muslims have united to endorse a religious edict condemning terrorism as un-Islamic, a scholar said on Monday....
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Soldier killed in Thailand blast
NARATHIWAT (Thailand), Nov 10: One soldier was killed and seven injured on Monday in two bombings in southern Thailand, the latest in a string of blasts in the insurgency-hit region, local police said....
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Thaksin in search of new home
BANGKOK, Nov 10: Exiled former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra began searching for a new home on Monday after abandoning his bid for asylum in Britain, where authorities revoked his visa last week....
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2,000-year-old gold earring found in Jerusalem
JERUSALEM, Nov10: Israeli archaeologists have discovered a 2,000-year-old gold earring beneath a parking lot next to the walls of Jerusalem’s old city, the Israel Antiquities Authority said on Monday....
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Obama Irish roots song is web hit
DUBLIN, Nov 10: A song trumpeting US president-elect Barack Obama’s ancestral Irish roots has become a surprise hit on the YouTube video-sharing website....
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Afghan writer scoops French book prize
PARIS, Nov 10: France’s top annual book prize, the Goncourt, was awarded on Monday to Afghan writer and refugee Atiq Rahimi, best known for his novel turned into a film “Earth and Ashes”....
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International space station headed for makeover
CAPE CANAVERAL (Florida): The international space station is about to get all the comforts of a modern, high-end, ‘green’ home: a fancy recycling water filter, a new fridge, extra bedrooms, workout equipment and the essential half-bath....
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Movie of ‘human’ Ataturk stirs emotions in Turkey
ANKARA: A new film that portrays Turkey’s revered founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk as a lonely, hard-drinking man beset by doubts has whipped up emotions in a country still grappling with his legacy 70 years after his death....
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Change in American govt may spur ME peace process
SOME may express reservations about George Bush’s Middle East policies over the past eight years but Tzipi Livni, Israel’s foreign minister, is not among them. Speaking during what was probably Condoleezza...
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WWI exhibition examines Asian, African troops’ role
BRUSSELS: After the guns of World War I fell silent, a young Vietnamese kitchen worker petitioned the leaders of the victorious Allied powers at the 1919 Versailles peace conference to support independence for his country....
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Russians cynical after sub accident
VLADIVOSTOK (Russia): As a child, Anton Perigin dreamed of a life on the high seas. Now 18 and watching his Pacific port hometown reel from another maritime tragedy, he says he no longer wants any part of the navy....
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North Korea tour is trip back in time
KAESONG (North Korea): This North Korean city is only 30 minutes by tourist bus from the heavily fortified border, but for South Korean day-trippers it is more like a journey back in time....
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