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10 killed in Philippine train wreck MANILA At least 10 people were killed and almost 100 were injured when a train derailed and plunged down a slope in the Philippines early Friday, officials and radio reports said. | 0World
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EU, Turkey Agree Terms of Entry Talks - EU Official BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union leaders and Turkey agreed on Friday the terms on which Ankara will start membership talks with the bloc next October, an EU government official said. | 0World
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Money Is Driving Moscow Makeover For decades, pilgrims to Red Square have first passed in the shadow of the stolid Moskva hotel and the elegant Manezh exhibition hall. Once they made it across the square's cobblestoned expanse, they found their view obscured by the modernist concrete hulk known as the Hotel Rossiya. | 0World
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Russia reports battle for Grozny Russia says about 250 rebels launched a coordinated attack on the Chechen capital Grozny just before President Vladimir Putin #39;s visit at the weekend. | 0World
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Delegates Urge Al-Sadr to Leave Shrine BAGHDAD, Iraq - Delegates at Iraq's National Conference called Monday for radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr to abandon his uprising against U.S. and Iraqi troops and pull his fighters out of a holy shrine in Najaf... | 0World
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UK PM to undergo heart treatment Tony Blair is to be admitted to hospital on Friday for a procedure to correct a heart problem. | 0World
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Bus with 26 passengers hijacked in Greece A hijacked bus is seen on a street some 30 kilometres north of Athens December 15, 2004. Greek police forces surrounded the bus after two armed men hijacked it early Wednesday morning with 26 passengers | 0World
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Alaska Judge Orders Ballots Reprinted ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A Superior Court judge on Wednesday ordered the state to rewrite, reprint and redistribute all its ballots for the Nov. 2 election, saying the wording of a ballot initiative was inaccurate and biased... | 0World
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Hurricanes May Affect Florida Politics (AP) AP - Two devastating hurricanes have given President Bush something his political advisers couldn't dream up: the chance to play comforter in chief in a battleground state he is determined to win again. | 0World
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Iranian Diplomat Freed in Iraq, Hopes Raised for Others An Iranian diplomat taken hostage in Iraq last month was released by his captors on Monday but the fate of at least 11 other foreigners, including a Briton threatened with beheading, remained unclear. | 0World
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Budget fight deals setback to Sharon The government of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was thrown into crisis last night after Israel #39;s parliament rejected the proposed 2005 budget and Sharon | 0World
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Israelis secure Gaza buffer zone Israeli troops seize a nine-kilometre area in Gaza to try to stop Palestinian rocket attacks inside Israeli towns. | 0World
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Daschle Bids Senate Democrats Goodbye (AP) AP - Tom Daschle bade his fellow Senate Democrats farewell Tuesday with a plea that they seek common ground with Republicans yet continue to fight for the less fortunate. | 0World
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Croats Vote in Presidential Election (AP) AP - Croats voted Sunday whether to give President Stipe Mesic a second term in an election that was not monitored by international observers, an indication of the former Yugoslav country's democratic progress since it gained independence in a bloody 1992 war with a rebel Serb minority. | 0World
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Sudan Asks UN to Verify Darfur Refugee Returns Sudan has asked the United Nations to help verify reports that 190,000 refugees from the conflict-hit western Darfur region have voluntarily returned to their homes, the UN refugee agency chief said on Tuesday. | 0World
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'The boat started shaking' The BBC's Rachel Harvey meets a fisherman in the Indonesian city of Banda Aceh who survived the tsunami. | 0World
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Iran Promises UN It Will Suspend Uranium Enrichment (Update1) Iran told the United Nations nuclear watchdog that it agreed to a European Union deal to voluntarily stop uranium conversion from Nov. 22, to ward off US calls that the Islamic Republic | 0World
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Frances hits Florida Panhandle as state begin recovery from initial strike (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - ST. MARKS, Fla. (AP) - Frances hammered the Florida Panhandle on Monday, taking a second swing at a storm-weary state where it already had knocked out power to six million people, torn up roofs and boats and been blamed for at least five deaths. | 0World
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Burma Extends Suu Kyi #39;s Detention Burma #39;s ruling military junta has placed Aung San Suu Kyi, the country #39;s charismatic opposition leader, under an additional year of house arrest, dashing hopes | 0World
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Sharon plays poker to head-off coalition crisis: World News: Tel Aviv, Dec 1 : Prime Minister Ariel Sharon appears heading to a certain defeat in parliament when he presents his government #39;s proposed budget for 2005. | 0World
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EU Leaders Poised to Offer Entry Talks to Turkey (Reuters) Reuters - EU leaders were poised on Thursday to\set a date to start accession talks with Turkey, as Turkish\Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan arrived in Brussels in an\optimistic mood for a spate of last-minute diplomacy. | 0World
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8 terror suspects, including alleged al-Qaida figure, charged in Britain LONDON (AP) - Eight suspects, including a man identified in the United States as a senior al-Qaida figure, appeared in court under heavy guard Wednesday as police investigated an alleged plot to commit murder and cause mayhem with chemicals, radioactive ... | 0World
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Bush Says Kerry Doesn't Understand Terror War (Reuters) Reuters - President Bush charged on\Wednesday that Democrat John Kerry has a "fundamental\misunderstanding" of the war on terrorism because a leader in\the Iraqi insurgency, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, has sworn\allegiance to al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden. | 0World
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President likely to win again President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was headed for an almost certain five-year extension of his mandate when Tunisians voted in presidential and parliamentary elections yesterday. | 0World
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Skepticism warranted on Iran #39;s nuclear pact Iran has agreed to a plan by the UN #39;s atomic agency, saying it will halt uranium enrichment work. But the world must remain vigilant about that nation #39;s plans. | 0World
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Nevada Stages Huge Rib Cook-Off SPARKS, Nev. - Some 300,000 people are expected to pig out on about 130,000 pounds of pork ribs... | 0World
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Briton begs for life on video, asks Blair #39;s help Baghdad -- A militant group that beheaded two American engineers this week posted a video on the Internet on Wednesday showing a third hostage, Kenneth Bigley, a Briton, pleading for his life. | 0World
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Red Cross deeply concerned by humanitarian law violations in Iraq The International Red Cross is quot;deeply concerned quot; at the impact of the fighting in Iraq and the apparent failures by all sides to respect humanitarian laws. | 0World
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Mortars hit British army camp in restive Iraq province, no <b>...</b> Two mortars hit a military base in a restive region south of Baghdad on Sunday where a battle group of British soldiers have recently arrived, causing no casualties, a spokesman said. | 0World
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Profit Drops at NTT DoCoMo on Service Fees (AP) AP - NTT DoCoMo Inc., Japan's top mobile carrier, reported a 6 percent drop in first fiscal half earnings Friday as it introduced discounts to fight intensifying competition. But it raised its full-year forecast, citing anticipated gains on asset sales. | 0World
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UN soldier injured in clash with Aristide loyalists A UN peacekeeper and a Haitian policeman were injured Saturday in a clash with loyalists of former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide in Port-au-Prince. | 0World
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Middle East ; Twenty Filipinos found alive in rubble after storm Middle East News, MANILA, About 20 Filipinos have been found alive in the rubble of a collapsed building, 10 days after a fierce storm and landslides devastated several eastern and northern provinces, a radio station has reported. | 0World
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W.H.O. Panel Backs Gene Manipulation in Smallpox Virus A committee has recommended that scientists be allowed to manipulate a gene in the smallpox virus for the first time to speed up discovery of drugs effective against the virus. | 0World
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Darfur Rebels Boycott Talks for 24 Hours ABUJA, Nigeria (Reuters) - Sudan's two Darfur rebel groups walked out of peace talks in Nigeria for 24 hours Saturday, saying they needed to mourn 75 civilians killed by Sudanese government forces and Arab Janjaweed militia in the last three days. | 0World
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More talks scheduled as Italy presses Libya on immigration crisis (AFP) AFP - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is aiming to make cooperation with Libya a model for Europe's efforts to stem a tide of illegal immigration from Africa, but further talks are still needed between Tripoli, Rome and the EU to resolve the crisis. | 0World
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Bad Hair Day for Sir Mark First, the son of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was caught in his pyjamas when police raided his Cape Town home. Then he was robbed in a holding cell while waiting to be charged with helping finance a foiled coup attempt in Equatorial Guinea. | 0World
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Schroeder avoids big new losses Local election results in Germany #39;s most populous state indicate another setback for Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder - but the decline has slowed. | 0World
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Sudanese Peace Talks Hit Impasse (AP) AP - Peace talks between the Sudanese government and two rebel factions from the troubled Darfur region hit an impasse, and the sides agreed to break for at least three weeks before resuming efforts, one rebel faction said Wednesday. | 0World
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Sydney link to Madrid plotters COUNTER terrorist police are on standby to swoop on a Sydney man who was yesterday identified as being linked to an extremist group plotting to bomb the High Court in the Spanish capital Madrid. | 0World
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Forteen Dead as Storm Batters Japan The death toll from a tropical storm buffeting Japan rose today to 14 after searchers found more victims, including two men buried inside their homes beneath mud and debris that had barreled down a mountainside. | 0World
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Tropical storm kills over 622 in Haiti PORT-AU-PRINCE: Floods unleashed by Tropical Storm Jeanne ravaged Haiti, killing more than 622 people in this deeply impoverished Caribbean nation, as well as 18 others elsewhere in the Caribbean. | 0World
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Cuba to End Circulation of U.S. Dollar Nov. 8 HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba said on Monday that it was ending circulation of the U.S. dollar in its territory as of Nov. 8 in response to tightened U.S. economic sanctions. | 0World
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The Worrying Developments of the Debate in France It is often said that the debates over Turkey #39;s application for membership into the European Union (EU) reveal the fact that the European project has come to a standstill and that they reflect a lack of vision from its leaders. | 0World
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Memos Show Bush Suspended From Flying WASHINGTON - Newly unearthed memos state George W. Bush was suspended from flying for the Texas Air National Guard during the Vietnam war because he failed to meet Guard standards and failed to take his annual flight physical as required... | 0World
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Lethargic Gunners fail to tie up loose Strands (AFP) AFP - Arsenal's capacity for shooting themselves in the foot in Europe surfaced again as the English champions laboured to a 1-1 draw with Rosenborg. | 0World
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Violence Across Iraq Kills 12 Iraqi officials say at least 12 people were killed and 16 wounded in more incidents of violence across the country Wednesday. They say 10 people were killed and six wounded in an exchange of gunfire between | 0World
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Web Site Says Zarqawi Group Kills American Hostage DUBAI (Reuters) - A message posted on an Islamist Web site said Monday the militant group of al Qaeda ally Abu Musab al-Zarqawi had killed one of two Americans it was holding hostage, but the report could not be immediately verified. | 0World
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N.Y. Touts Its Convention Security (AP) AP - The pileup of events in the city next week, including the Republican National Convention, will add to the security challenge for the New York Police Department, but commissioner Ray Kelly says, "With a big, experienced police force, we can do it." | 0World
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Greenspan warns over US deficit Federal Reserve chief Alan Greenspan says the US trade deficit cannot be sustained indefinitely. | 0World
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China, Russia Will Hold First War Games China and Russia will hold their first joint military exercise next year, the Chinese government said Monday, as President Hu Jintao called for an expansion of the rapidly growing alliance between the former Cold War rivals. | 0World
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Japan accused of illegal whaling in Australia The conservation group, Humane Society International (HIS), filed an application at the Australian Federal Court on Tuesday seeking a restraining order against the company involved. | 0World
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Kanye West Leads Grammy Nominations Alicia Keys and Usher received eight Grammy nominations each on Monday and Ray Charles, who died in June, received seven. | 0World
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Powell rejects UN secretary #39;s claim that Iraq war was quot;illegal quot; STATE DEPARTMENT Secretary of State Powell is rejecting comments made by the UN secretary-general about the war in Iraq. In an interview with the BBC, Kofi Annan (KOH #39;-fee AN #39;-nan) called the US-led military | 0World
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China #39;s Appeal to North Korea: Attend Nuclear Working Talks China has asked that North Korea attend working-level meetings ahead of the next round of six-party nuclear talks in Beijing. | 0World
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Australian Police Uncover #36;74M in Meth (AP) AP - Police on Friday said they'd uncovered #36;74 million worth of crystal methamphetamine hidden in hollowed-out candles from China #151; one of Australia's biggest-ever drug seizures. | 0World
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Alleged Bin Laden Tape Targets Saudi Rulers An audio tape purportedly by Osama bin Laden praises gunmen who attacked a US consulate in Saudi Arabia on Dec. 6 and warns Saudi rulers they could be toppled like the Shah of Iran. | 0World
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Uranium processing halted, Iran says Iran announced yesterday that it has frozen all uranium-enrichment programs, weakening a US effort to refer its suspect nuclear activities to the UN Security Council. | 0World
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Dangerous Commission Pervez Musharraf's war on al-Qaeda and on Pakistan's domestic extremists has earned him many enemies | 0World
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Sharon invites opposition to join coalition Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has reached out to his opposition rival with an invitation to enter discussion on forming a new coalition government. | 0World
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Russians question official take on hostage-takers #39; identities MOSCOW -- Two days after the bloody end of a hostage crisis left more than 300 people dead, the identity of the attackers who seized a school in the ethnic patchwork of Russia #39;s North Caucasus region remained uncertain yesterday. | 0World
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Dallaire launches tirade against Western powers for Sudanese waffling (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - OTTAWA (CP) - The Canadian general who watched helplessly while genocide raged in Rwanda launched a tirade Wednesday against Western countries for their "lame and obtuse" response to unnervingly similar horrors unfolding in Sudan. | 0World
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Same-sex couples across Canada rejoice at Supreme Court ruling (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - TORONTO (CP) - Rev. Barbara McDowall and her wife, Gail Donnelly, say all they ever wanted was the right to walk down the aisle just like any other couple in love. | 0World
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Karzai set to be Afghan president in ring of steel They are two of the most hawkish members of President George W. Bush #39;s cabinet and key architects of. the Washington-backed war that overthrew the Taliban in the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks. | 0World
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Crunch vote for new EU Commission The threat of a constitutional crisis hangs over the EU as MEPs vote on whether to veto the new Commission. | 0World
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Iran says has missile with 2,000 km range Such a missile would be capable of hitting Israel or parts of southeastern Europe. Iran says its missiles are for purely defensive purposes. | 0World
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Top-Seeded Federer Upset in Second Round ATHENS, Greece - Top-seeded Roger Federer crashed out in the second round of the Olympic tournament Tuesday night, losing 4-6, 7-5, 7-5 to Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic. Federer, who won Wimbledon the past two years and replaced Andy Roddick atop the rankings in February, was undone by poor serving and a string of unforced errors... | 0World
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Pakistan Found to Aid Iran Nuclear Efforts new assessment of Iran #39;s nuclear program by the United Nations #39; International Atomic Energy Agency says that, as early as 1995, Pakistan was providing Tehran with the designs for sophisticated | 0World
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Thailand Fireworks Plant Blast Kills 14 (AP) AP - A massive explosion at a fireworks factory in central Thailand on Sunday killed 14 people, including a 4-year-old boy, and injured two others, a police official said. | 0World
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Putin accuses West President Vladimir Putin has accused the West of indulging terrorists, just hours after a Chechen warlord claimed responsibility for a wave of deadly attacks in Russia and threatened more. | 0World
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3 killed in Fallujah attack United States forces attacked a house in Fallujah leaving three people dead early on Thursday. The target was a suspected safe house for Jordanian-born militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. | 0World
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Bigley granted Irish passport The Irish government has given Kenneth Bigley - kidnapped in Iraq - an Irish passport in a bid to stress his non-British roots. It was issued following appeals from his family and his dual citizenship means | 0World
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Sudan, Rebels Sign Accords The Sudanese government and rebel representatives signed accords Tuesday aimed at ending hostilities in the troubled western region of Darfur and guaranteeing aid groups access to 1.6 million civilians uprooted by the conflict. | 0World
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New Somali cabinet named in exile A new government is named for Somalia but it remains too dangerous for them to be based in the capital. | 0World
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Castro receives get-well wishes from presidents HAVANA: President Fidel Castro, recovering from a fall that broke his kneecap and an arm, has received get-well wishes from the leaders around the globe, state media reported Saturday. | 0World
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Stocks Move Higher As Oil Prices Drop NEW YORK - Stocks regained some momentum Thursday as oil prices declined in spite of Hurricane Ivan's damper on production in the Gulf of Mexico, and fresh economic data suggested inflation remains well under control. In the first hour of trading, the Dow Jones industrial average gained 32.81, or 0.3 percent, to 10,264.17... | 0World
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Abduction planned to the second Armed to the teeth, the kidnappers beat up a hapless guard, dragged a screaming Iraqi hostage by her hair and took off in broad daylight. | 0World
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Mortar Barrage Kills 1 in Central Baghdad A mortar barrage hammered the heavily fortified Green Zone and elsewhere in central Baghdad on Thursday, killing at least one person and underscoring the vulnerability | 0World
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Indian truckers' strike enters third day, prices spiral (AFP) AFP - A strike by thousands of Indian truckers protesting a proposed new tax entered its third day, with officials reporting a sharp increase in prices of essential goods in major centres. | 0World
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Iraq #39;s Sadr militia to begin disarming The Iraqi government and US army expressed cautious optimism on Sunday about radical Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr #39;s deal to disarm his militia in the Baghdad slum of Sadr City. | 0World
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Purported al-Zarqawi tape boasts of humiliating U.S.-led forces in Iraq (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - An audiotape purportedly from key terror suspect Abu Musab al-Zarqawi boasts that Islamic holy warriors have humiliated the U.S.-led coalition in Iraq. | 0World
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Allawi vows Iraq #39;s elections on target BAGHDAD: Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi said elections would be held as planned in January even as a grisly video surfaced yesterday purporting to show militants sawing off the heads of three Iraqi members of a Kurdish party for co-operating with | 0World
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Pakistan denies CIA has set up bases on its soil in hunt for Osama <b>...</b> Pakistan on Monday denied a newspaper report that the CIA has set up covert bases in the country #39;s remote tribal regions to hunt for Osama bin Laden and stop him from plotting another attack on the United States. | 0World
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Barry Bonds Hits 700th Career Home Run SAN FRANCISCO - Barry Bonds hit his 700th home run Friday night, toppling another milestone and edging closer to Babe Ruth and Hank Aaron in his quest to become the greatest slugger in baseball history. Bonds rewarded his fans in the opener of the San Francisco Giants' nine-game homestand with a 392-foot opposite-field homer to left center leading off the third inning... | 0World
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Stocks Expected to Fall on Alcoa Report NEW YORK - Stock prices were expected to drop after the opening bell Friday as investors stay cautious on the corporate earnings picture, with Alcoa Inc. likely casting a shadow in early trading... | 0World
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Four Chinese injured in explosion outside Australian embassy in <b>...</b> Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Kong Quan said here Thursday that four Chinese company staff were injured in a car bomb explosion which happened outside the Australian embassy in Jakarta Thursday morning. | 0World
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2 dead, 18 injured as powerful typhoon lashes southern Japan (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - TOKYO (AP) - A powerful typhoon lashed southern Japan on Monday, toppling trees and telephone poles with strong winds and torrential rains. Two elderly men died after being knocked down by strong winds, while 18 people were injured and one was missing. | 0World
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Violence exposes Shi'ite divisions BAGHDAD -- Iraqi security forces fired on demonstrators loyal to rebel cleric Moqtada al-Sadr in the Iraqi capital yesterday, killing two in a clash that underscored the increasingly vitriolic and open split within the Shi'ite Muslim community. | 0World
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Radical Shiite Cleric #39;Accepts Peace Plan #39; If the agreement is fulfilled and al-Sadr has made contradictory statements in the past it would resolve a crisis that had angered many of Iraq #39;s majority Shiites and threatened to undermine the fledgling interim government of Prime Minister ... | 0World
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Pakistan Says 'Important' Al Qaeda Men Arrested ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani security forces have arrested two "important" al Qaeda operatives, including an Egyptian, a senior official said on Wednesday. | 0World
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Nepal #39;s Maoist Rebels Blockade Paralyzes Kathmandu Nepal #39;s capital, Kathmandu, has been paralyzed by Maoist rebels, who have imposed a virtual blockade of the city. | 0World
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US, UK Knew of Equatorial Guinea Plot, Sunday Times Says The US and UK knew of the possibility of a coup against the government of Equatorial Guinea, the Sunday Times reported, citing unidentified officials at the Pentagon and UK government. | 0World
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Israel FM calls for peace summit Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom has called for a new international summit to re-launch the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. | 0World
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Nazi holiday camp sold at auction A section of a 4.5km-long hotel complex built by the Nazis as a holiday camp is sold at auction. | 0World
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Baghdad area deaths said to top 10,000 BAGHDAD -- At Sheik Omar Clinic, a big book records 10,363 violent deaths in Baghdad and nearby towns since the war began last year -- deaths caused by car bombs, clashes between Iraqis and coalition forces, mortar attacks, revenge killings, and robberies. | 0World
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Labour denies plan for February poll LABOUR officials yesterday dismissed reports that Tony Blair is contemplating a snap general election in February and insisted that May remained the most likely time for the poll. | 0World
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UN to investigate Darfur genocide A UN panel is given three months to establish whether genocide is taking place in Darfur in western Sudan. | 0World
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Russian Siege Sparks World Horror, Solidarity LONDON (Reuters) - Tragic, despicable, inhumane, cowardly, barbaric, evil, and astonishing -- the deaths of a hundred or more people including children in a siege in Russia sparked strong words for the hostage-takers from world leaders. | 0World
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Plenum Could Bring Leadership Changes China #39;s ruling Communist Party leaders, led by Hu Jintao, began a four-day closed-door plenum in Beijing today that is due to set policy for the next year and could bring some leadership changes. | 0World
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UN Security Council to Meet in Nairobi on Sudan The United Nations Security Council is traveling to Nairobi, Kenya, for a special two-day meeting on the conflicts in Sudan. The Security Council meetings on Thursday and Friday are intended to put pressure | 0World
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MP Offers to Photograph IRA Decommissioning Maverick Labour MP Austin Mitchell today offered to use his photographic skills to end the impasse in the Northern Ireland peace process. | 0World
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