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Israel again seals off Gaza
GAZA CITY, Nov 25: Israel reacted on Tuesday to militant rocket fire by again sealing off the Gaza Strip, where officials said the territory’s sole power plant was forced to shut down because of the crippling blockade.... 
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Thai protesters swarm airport; flights suspended
BANGKOK, Nov 25: Anti-government demonstrators swarmed Bangkok’s international airport late on Tuesday — halting departing flights — as opponents and supporters of Thailand’s government clashed in an escalation of the country’s long-running political crisis.Outbound...
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US-based Muslim charity convicted of funding terrorism
DALLAS (USA), Nov 25: The leaders of what was once the largest Muslim charity in the United States were found guilty Monday of acting as a front for Palestinian militants in the largest terrorism financing prosecution in American history....
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Anti-Syria move ‘can discredit IAEA’: N-study not a bomb risk, says ElBaradei
VIENNA, Nov 25: A bid by Syria for aid in planning a nuclear power plant poses no proliferation risk and a western move to block the project could discredit the UN nuclear watchdog, its chief said in remarks released on Tuesday....
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200,000 people living in DR Congo bush: UN
KINSHASA, Nov 25: More than 200,000 people have been living in the bush in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo for the past week, hiding in fear of the battle between rebels and government troops, according to the United Nations....
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Dubai court suspends jail term of Britons
DUBAI, Nov 25: An appeals court in Dubai on Tuesday suspended three-month jail terms against two Britons convicted of having sex on the beach in the booming Gulf emirate but ordered them to leave the country....
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BD parties start campaigning for polls
DHAKA, Nov 25: Bangladesh swung into election mode on Tuesday after the country’s major political parties pledged to stand in a national poll on Dec 29 to restore democracy to the emergency-ruled country....
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Anti-Christian violence claimed 100 lives in India
NEW DELHI, Nov 25: Over 100 Christians had been killed in weeks of violence in eastern India and 10,000 remained in government camps a month after the unrest ended, a Christian advocacy group said on Tuesday....
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Software developed to improve looks
JERUSALEM, Nov 25: Want to optimise your looks without radically altering them? An Israeli team of computer scientists may have the answer....
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Film festival scraps M.F. Husain’s documentary
PANAJI (India), Nov 25: Hardline Hindu nationalists have succeeded in getting a documentary by a controversial artist taken off the schedule at India’s most prestigious film festival, organisers said on Tuesday....
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LTTE chief plans to issue rallying call
COLOMBO, Nov 25: The reclusive leader of Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tigers is to deliver his annual policy address this week from a besieged jungle hideout that could soon be totally overrun by government troops....
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US appeals court verdict on Gitmo Uighurs
WASHINGTON, Nov 25: Lawyers for 17 Muslim Uighurs held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, renewed an appeal for their release onto United States soil on Monday saying US authorities could not hold them indefinitely....
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Kuwaiti cabinet resigns
KUWAIT CITY, Nov 25: Kuwait’s cabinet resigned on Tuesday in protest against an attempt by three lawmakers to question the prime minister about allegations his government is corrupt and has allowed public services to deteriorate despite the country’s oil riches....
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ME, Asia fail to halt maid abuse
BEIRUT, Nov 25: Migrant and domestic workers still face beatings, rape and sometimes even murder because laws in Middle Eastern and Asian nations do not protect them from abusive employers, a US-based rights group said....
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Pirates push for ransom bonanza
MOGADISHU, Nov 25: Somali pirates on Tuesday were engaged in talks over ransoms for several vessels, including a Saudi oil tanker, an Ukrainian freighter carrying arms and their latest catch, a Yemeni cargo ship....
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‘Crisis’ becomes dreaded word in Kazakhstan
ASHIBULAK (Kazakhstan): From a lone shepherd in the great silence of the empty steppes to the champagne-sipping socialites of the big cities, no-one in Kazakhstan can escape a looming shadow....
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Afghanistan’s stunning lakes thirst for tourism
BAND-E-AMIR (Afghanistan): Swan-shaped pedal boats bob in the sapphire-blue lakes of Band-e-Amir as tradesmen peddle their wares on the shore. Then, as if from nowhere, two US Black Hawks roar low over the water....
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Decrepit Romanian roads and rail stand in way of prosperity
MEDGIDIA (Romania): In the early 1900s, it took a steam train three hours to get from the Romanian capital Bucharest to the Black Sea. Now an electric train does it in six....
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