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Syria ‘safe haven’ for terrorists: US
DAMASCUS, Nov 23: The United States criticised Syria at a security conference on Sunday for “giving safe haven to terrorists” attacking Iraq, weeks after a US raid on Syria it said was targeting Al Qaeda militants, delegates said....
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Thai protesters in ‘final battle’ against government
BANGKOK, Nov 23: Thousands of anti-government protesters rallied in central Bangkok on Sunday, the start of what they call the “final battle” in a five-month street campaign to oust the administration....
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Tehran threatens to close oil route if attacked
TEHRAN, Nov 23: An Iranian militia held civil defence drills on Sunday to prepare for any hostile air strikes and the military said it could close a waterway crucial for world oil supplies if Iran was attacked....
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Global crisis to deepen: IMF chief economist
ZURICH, Nov 23: The IMF’s chief economist has warned that the global financial crisis is set to worsen and that the situation will not improve until 2010, says a report....
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Bangladesh polls on Dec 29
DHAKA, Nov 23: Bangladesh’s top election official on Sunday said polls to return the country to democratic rule would be held on Dec 29, in line with the demands of the party of ex-premier Khaleda Zia.Chief...
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China, Russia pledge deeper cooperation
LIMA, Nov 23: Chinese President Hu Jintao and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev on Sunday pledged closer cooperation to face the world financial crisis, a Chinese spokesman said....
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India failing to crush Maoist revolt: Manmohan
NEW DELHI, Nov 23: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday said India was failing in its efforts to crush a Maoist rebellion plaguing vast swathes of the country....
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Bush ‘very pleased’ with Iraq war outcome
TOKYO, Nov 23: US President George Bush believes the Iraq war was a success and is “very pleased” with what is happening there, he said in a pre-recorded interview broadcast on a Japanese television network on Sunday....
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Lankan troops close in on rebels
COLOMBO, Nov 23: The Sri Lankan armed forces are mounting heavy pressure on the Tamil Tiger rebels ahead of rebel chieftain Velupillai Prabhakaran’s annual Hero’s Day speech on Nov 27....
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Some in Arab world wary of Hillary
WASHINGTON: There is possibly no person President-elect Barack Obama considered for secretary of state who is more reliably pro-Israel than Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., the woman to whom he appears likely to give the job sometime after Thanksgiving....
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Obamas choose school, puppy, cabinet
WASHINGTON: At last it’s official. One of the gravest and most consequential decisions Barack Obama will ever make in his presidency as least as far as a small and highly privileged segment of Washington is concerned has been taken....
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Japan scientists eye made-to-order bones
TOKYO: Japanese hospitals are running a clinical trial on the world’s first custom-made bones which would fit neatly into patients’ skulls and eventually give way to real bones....
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