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UN chief asks Israel to allow food into Gaza
SHATI REFUGEE CAMP (Gaza Strip), Nov 15: Needy Gazans seeking food aid walked away empty-handed from locked UN distribution centres on Saturday, after a strict Israeli border closure depleted UN food reserves.... 
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Lankan army captures LTTE bastion in north-west
COLOMBO, Nov 15: Government troops on Saturday captured the last LTTE bastion in the north western coast, clearing the entire western coastline of Tamil Tigers, the defence ministry said....
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Egypt bars its doctors from S. Arabia
RIYADH, Nov 15: In an apparent response to the sentencing of two Egyptian doctors in Saudi Arabia, Cairo has barred Egyptian doctors from signing employment contracts in Saudi Arabia....
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Iraq car bombs leave 10 dead
MOSUL, Nov 15: Seven people were killed and more than three dozen wounded on Saturday when a car bomb exploded near an auto dealership in the northern Iraqi town of Tal Afar, Iraqi police said....
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Thaksin divorces wife ‘on paper’
BANGKOK, Nov 15: Thailand’s ousted former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his wife have divorced after 32 years of marriage, his spokesman said on Saturday....
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British teen sets off on solo round-the-world voyage
LONDON, Nov 15: A 16-year-old British youth set off from the southern English coast on Saturday in a bid to become the youngest person to sail solo around the world....
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Myanmar jails journalist for carrying out duty
YANGON, Nov 15: A court in military-ruled Myanmar has sentenced a journalist to two years in prison for her coverage of a protest over the lack of government relief for victims of a devastating cyclone, colleagues said on Saturday....
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Ex-commander terms Iraq war unjustified
SYDNEY, Nov 15: Australia’s former military chief has said there was no evidence to justify going to war in Iraq in 2003, a report said on Saturday....
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Australian doctor held in India
BHUBANESWAR, Nov 15: Police in eastern India have arrested an Australian doctor working at an orphanage on suspicion of paedophilia, a police officer said....
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Rebels whip 32 dancers in Somalia
MOGADISHU, Nov 15: Islamist insurgents whipped 32 people in Somalia on Saturday after arresting them for taking part in a traditional dance in rebel-held territory south of the capital Mogadishu....
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Death convict pardoned after 22 years
ABUJA, Nov 15: Nigeria’s president pardoned on Friday a 57-year old convicted armed robber who had been awaiting the hangman’s noose for more than two decades, an official said....
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Babies bred for sale in Nigeria
ENUGU (Nigeria): Neighbours were suspicious of the daytime silence at the maternity clinic that came to life only after nightfall, though never suspected its disquieting secret – it was breeding babies for sale....
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Argentina’s head-in-the-clouds tourism
SALTA (Argentina): With the global slowdown threatening tourism, Argentina is banking not only on its budget status to woo visitors, but also a newly reopened attraction that it can bill, quite literally, as breathtaking....
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Despite failures, search for obesity drugs still looks golden
PARIS: Designers of anti-obesity drugs have suffered three major setbacks, but the potential reward from treating the world’s fat epidemic is so great that their quest is unlikely to be deterred....
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Love turns to loathing as Carla snubs Italy
ROME: Earlier this year, many Italians were puffing out their chests as Turin-born Carla Bruni became Madame Nicolas Sarkozy. Comparisons were drawn with Catherine de’ Medici, who in effect ruled Italy’s...
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Rwandan president accuses UN of betrayal
KIGALI: Rwanda’s president, Paul Kagame, has accused the United Nations of betraying a pledge to combat Hutu extremists in eastern Congo and then blaming his country for the failure of a costly peacekeeping mission to end years of conflict....
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