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General at odds with Tel Aviv on US-Iran talks
JERUSALEM, Nov 18: Israel''s military intelligence chief said he sees a positive side to a possible US dialogue with Iran on halting its nuclear programme, an assessment that broke ranks with Israeli foreign policy.... 
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Israel ignores UN plea for lifting Gaza blockade
GAZA, Nov 18: Israel resealed border crossings with the Gaza Strip on Tuesday citing continued rocket fire at its towns, despite warnings from world aid groups of looming shortages of food and fuel supplies in the coastal territory....
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HRW urges Delhi to punish policemen: Torture of Muslims
NEW DELHI, Nov 18: A leading human rights group on Tuesday called for Indian police to be punished for torturing Muslim men detained after bomb attacks in a southern city last year....
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Taliban threaten France with attacks
DUBAI, Nov 18: A Taliban military leader threatened to carry out attacks in Paris unless French troops are pulled out of Afghanistan, in a video broadcast Monday on Al-Arabiya television....
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Obama new hope for Afghanistan: UN
OSLO, Nov 18: The installation of a new US administration offers a fresh opportunity to tackle Afghanistan''s problems and the chance must not be wasted, the UN special envoy to Afghanistan said on Tuesday....
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Lankan troops kill seven rebels
COLOMBO, Nov 18: Lankan naval forces, backed by helicopter gunships, attacked LTTE boats, on Tuesday, killing seven Tigers, military sources said....
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BD govt holds crisis talks over polls
DHAKA, Nov 18: Bangladesh''s army-backed government held crisis talks with political leaders on Tuesday in an effort to get the schedule for next month''s elections back on track....
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Malaysian activists threaten to march naked
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 18: Malaysian activists have threatened to stage a naked protest over a sudden hike in rental rates for government housing, drawing criticism from Muslim leaders and police on Tuesday....
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India, Egypt sign extradition agreement
NEW DELHI, Nov 18: India and Egypt signed here on Tuesday five agreements including an extradition treaty and another for establishing a strategic dialogue at foreign minister level....
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Egyptian court overrules gas exports to Israel
CAIRO, Nov 18: A Cairo court on Tuesday overruled the Egyptian government''s decision to allow exports of natural gas to Israel and said the constitution gave parliament the right to decide on sales of natural resources....
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Taiwanese to receive shopping coupons
TAIPEI, Nov 18: Everyone in Taiwan will be given more than US$100 in shopping vouchers in a government bid to boost the economy amid the global credit crisis, the prime minister announced on Tuesday....
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World’s oldest polar bear dies
OTTAWA, Nov 18: The world’s oldest polar bear, orphaned as a cub in the cold Russian north and raised in captivity, has died aged 42 after thrilling millions of visitors to a Canadian zoo, officials said on Tuesday....
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Congo rebels agree to give UN a chance; army chief sacked
LUOFU (Congo), Nov 18: Rebels in east Democratic Republic of Congo announced a military pullback on Tuesday to support a UN peace initiative and the government sacked its armed forces chief following a string of defeats....
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ICJ to hear Croatia genocide claim against Serbia
THE HAGUE, Nov 18: The UN''s highest court will hear a genocide claim lodged against Serbia by neighbouring Croatia for ethnic cleansing committed during the Croatian war of the early 1990s, judges ruled on Tuesday....
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Berlusconi plays ‘hide and seek’ on Merkel
TRIESTE (Italy), Nov 18: Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi played “hide and seek” on visiting German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday, hiding behind a column when she went to meet him for a brief Italo-German summit in Trieste....
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Somalia on the brink of anarchy
LONDON: President Abdullahi Yusuf’s admission that Somalia’s transitional government is close to collapse puts the international community, and principally permanent UN Security Council members such as Britain, on the spot....
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Canadian Tamils ravaged by war in Sri Lanka
TORONTO: The picture of a fallen top commander of Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tiger rebels is neatly plastered on the wall of a shopping centre....
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Australia in the grip of alcohol-fuelled violence
SYDNEY: Krystle Kelley’s scarred face, slashed by an angry drunk woman with a broken glass, is the face of Australia’s alcohol-fuelled wave of violence....
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Dutch savour delicacy abhorred by foreigners
JIRNSUM (Netherlands): A black, chewy and often salty candy that turns most foreigners’ stomachs is savoured in near daily handfuls by the Dutch, who hardly leave home soil without it....
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Afghan refugees return to bleak future
CHAMTALA (Afghanistan): Born in a refugee camp in Pakistan, Zarmat had never seen his homeland until he moved his family to Afghanistan six months ago. Home is now a crude tent on a barren field not far from the border....
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