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Pakistanis Arrest More Militant Suspects Pakistani forces following up on a raid that killed a top al-Qaida fugitive arrested four more suspected extremists Monday, while the US Embassy warned that security constraints | 0World
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Punished for spat, CRPF jawan guns down 7 colleagues BARAMULLA, NOVEMBER 28: Angered by the punishment handed down by his senior yesterday afternoon, a depressed CRPF jawan turned on his sleeping colleagues after midnight, killing two officers and five policemen before being killed in retaliatory fire. | 0World
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Fresh Violence Erupts in Southern Thailand (AP) AP - Fresh violence erupted Thursday with the bombing of a bar in Thailand's mostly Muslim south, while villagers held a mass burial for some of the 78 protesters who suffocated while in army custody this week. | 0World
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Explosion wounds at least two people at an airport in Kenya An explosion went off Sunday at an airport in Kenya #39;s capital, wounding at least two people Sunday and prompting authorities to seal off the facility to air traffic, witnesses said. | 0World
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Rocket explodes at scrapyard, killing 10 GHAZIABAD: Thursday was just another working day for Santosh Khushwaha (22), a worker at Bhushan Steel #39;s plant in Sahibabad. Till about 3.20 pm. | 0World
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Summary Box: Leaner Budget, Stubborn Debt (AP) AP - SEEING RED: The government deficit is so big that the just-passed #36;388 billion bill financing almost every federal agency in 2005 could be eliminated and there would still be red ink. | 0World
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Feds, provinces prepare to reshape the fiscal map in eqaulization talks (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - OTTAWA (CP) - The federal government is promising the most sweeping overhaul to date of the 47-year-old equalization program in an effort to guarantee provinces more stable annual funding. | 0World
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Ten killed in US air strike, bombing in Iraq MOSUL (Iraq): Two people were killed and five wounded Monday when a car bomb hit an Iraqi national guard patrol in the northern city of Mosul, security and medical sources said. | 0World
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UN chief rejects calls for resignation over alleged corruption <b>...</b> UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan rejected on Tuesday calls by some US congressmen for his resignation over an alleged corruption scandal surrounding the UN-run Iraqi oil-for-food program. | 0World
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140 still trapped in mine in China blast; 25 dead BEIJING - More than 140 miners remained trapped in the tunnels and shafts of a coal mine in central China after an explosion Sunday that killed 25 of their colleagues, the government said. | 0World
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Occupation army invades Nablus, detains leader of al-Aqsa group The Israeli occupation army yesterday renewed its invasion of Nablus city to the north of the West Bank and imposed curfew, while the Israeli military vehicles were deployed intensively in several areas of the city. | 0World
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Arafat kin blames Israel Armed with Yasser Arafat #39;s weighty medical dossier, his nephew blamed Israel for the Palestinian leader #39;s death and refused yesterday to squelch rumors of poisoning -ven though | 0World
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Spacewalking Astronauts Replace Equipment CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Leaving their orbiting outpost unmanned, the international space station's two astronauts floated outside on a spacewalk Friday and plugged in new antennas and replaced a worn-out piece of cooling equipment... | 0World
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UK hostage mother appeals captors to show mercy The 86-year-old mother of British hostage Kenneth Bigley held in Iraq joined on Thursday appeals made by his family for his safe release, as the British government made clear that it would not deal with the kidnappers. | 0World
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China Detains Prominent Buddhist Leader Chinese authorities detained a prominent, U.S.-based Buddhist leader in connection with his plans to reopen an ancient temple complex in the Chinese province of Inner Mongolia last week and have forced dozens of his American followers to leave the region, local officials said Wednesday. | 0World
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New Zimbabwe restrictions target aid groups A proposed law would limit foreign funding of churches and AIDS programs. | 0World
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Palestinians request French medical report on Arafat #39;s death Palestinian leaders said Monday they had asked for a full report on Yasser Arafat #39;s death in a Paris hospital last week, challenging French laws under which his widow has maintained a veil of secrecy. | 0World
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Somalis vie to be new president Twenty-eight candidates are approved to contest next week's elections to be Somalia's new leader. | 0World
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Typhoon Aere Headed for Northern Taiwan Taiwan #39;s schools, businesses and financial markets are closed as typhoon Aere continues moving towards Taipei, the capital. Forecasters say Typhoon Aere is packing maximum sustained winds of 120 kilometers | 0World
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Survey: Format Influenced Voter Priorities (AP) AP - This presidential election has been described by many as one in which morality mattered most to voters. But that perception may be driven at least partially by how pollsters asked voters about their priority issues. | 0World
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PM talks up commitment to Indonesia Prime Minister John Howard said he wanted a close relationship with Indonesia #39;s incoming president, as he flew to Jakarta for the inauguration of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. | 0World
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Pan-African Parliament Opens in South Africa Africa #39;s new representative body, the Pan-African Parliament, has opened its first session in its new home in South Africa. South African President Thabo Mbeki was joined by drummers and dancers to welcome | 0World
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Clarke ends feud with Charles over #39;social utopianism #39; Prince Charles will today make the highly unusual move of publicly addressing the furore unleashed by his leaked memo to say the it is a quot;travesty of the truth quot; to suggest he said people should know their place. | 0World
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WFP Tackles #39;Critical Six Weeks #39; in Darfur with Up-Scaling of Air Operations - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is gearing up for the most critical stage yet of its operation to deliver food assistance to hundreds of thousands of people affected by conflict in the Darfur region of western Sudan. As the rainy season ... | 0World
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Suspected Islamic insurgents kill 16 people in attack near <b>...</b> Suspected Islamic militants killed 16 people in a pre-dawn attack south of the Algerian capital on Saturday, an official statement said. | 0World
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Beersheba bombers skirt the wall In Israel's worst terrorist attack in six months, two buses were hit by suicide bombers Tuesday. | 0World
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Correction: One-Day-Of-Prayer Story (AP) AP - In One Day of Prayer, sent in advance for use Oct. 24, The Associated Press misattributed a statement about policy toward the preaching of radical Islam at the London Central Mosque. The official quoted was the deputy director of the mosque, Sheik Anwar Madi, not the director, Ahmed Al-Dubian. | 0World
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Poll: Optimism, Fatah support on the rise among Palestinians Rising prospects for Palestinian-Israeli peace are marginalizing the Hamas movement, responsible for numerous suicide bombings and other attacks on Israelis, according to a Palestinian poll. | 0World
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American Allies Embrace U.S. Military Plan (AP) AP - American allies Japan and Australia embraced a new U.S. plan to restructure its forces abroad, while Russia said it was not concerned by the proposal. But Germany, home to 70,000 U.S. soldiers, said any withdrawal from the former Cold War frontier may hurt its economy. | 0World
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Hurricane Ivan Lashes Caymans, Jamaica A Jamaican man walks in front of a church destroyed by Hurricane Ivan in Lionel Town, outside of Kingston. Relief operations get under way in the wake of Hurricane Ivan, which has brought destruction to Jamaica and the Cayman Islands. | 0World
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Catching the insurgents is a cat-and-mouse game in Iraqs north MOSUL, Iraq - They come up in their Opels, attack and leave, says a business owner in the heart of Mosul, explaining how insurgents operate in Iraqs northern capital. | 0World
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MS risk 'linked to birth month' Children born in May have an increased risk of going on to develop multiple sclerosis, research has suggested. | 0World
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EU braces for revolution if Turkey joins club Admitting mainly Muslim Turkey into the European Union would mark nothing short of a cultural, economic and political revolution for Europe, analysts say. | 0World
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Kenya prison conditions slammed Kenya's Human Rights Commission criticises conditions at Meru jail where seven prisoners have died. | 0World
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Quake aftershocks hit north Japan Strong aftershocks have continued to hit Japan two days after 24 people died in the country #39;s deadliest earthquake in almost a decade. | 0World
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Kenyan sues over 'HIV sacking' A woman is allowed to bring Kenya's first lawsuit for alleged discrimination for being HIV positive. | 0World
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Australian opposition sticking by Latham SYDNEY - He may have failed to unseat Prime Minister John Howard in Saturday #39;s election, but opposition leader Mark Latham looks set to remain head of the Labour Party, his colleagues said Sunday. | 0World
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EU May Veto Panel Over Gay 'Sin' Remark (AP) AP - The European Parliament on Thursday threatened to veto the entire incoming European Union executive commission unless Italy's nominee for Justice Commissioner #151; who earlier described homosexuality as a sin #151; was dropped from the list. | 0World
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Europe ; Russia to acquire new nuclear weapons systems: Putin Moreover, these will be things which do not exist and are unlikely to exist in other nuclear powers, he added. Putin failed to specify what type of systems he was referring to but Russia has been seeking | 0World
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Presidential candidate arrested A PALESTINIAN presidential candidate was arrested by Israeli authorities for allegedly attacking a border guard at a roadblock near Jerusalem, his party said. | 0World
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Car bombs kill 12; US readies attack Car bombs killed at least a dozen people in Baghdad and another major city as American forces prepared for a full-scale US attack on the insurgent stronghold Fallujah. | 0World
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Summary: Yanukovych leads Ukraine election UKRAINE VOTES: Near complete results from Sunday #39;s presidential election show Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych with 40 percent support and opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko with 39 percent. | 0World
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Sharon steps up efforts to form national unity govt JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon stepped up efforts on Friday to overcome resistance in the ranks of his right-wing Likud party to an enlarged government coalition with the centre-left Labour, ahead of a decisive party meeting. | 0World
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Spy Agency Reform Thrown Into Doubt (Reuters) Reuters - An agreement reached on Saturday by\congressional negotiators on post-Sept. 11 intelligence reforms\was thrown into doubt by resistance by some Republicans in the\House of Representatives. | 0World
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ADQ steals riding from Liberals in one of four provincial byelections (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - MONTREAL (CP) - The Action democratique du Quebec grabbed a much-needed seat from the governing Liberals in a provincial byelection Monday, while the Liberals and the Parti Quebecois easily retained other ridings. | 0World
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Yanks Advance to ALCS After Beating Twins MINNEAPOLIS - A big home run by Ruben Sierra, a clutch 11th-inning hit by Alex Rodriguez and the New York Yankees are headed right back where most people figured - playing the Boston Red Sox for the AL pennant. Sierra's three-run homer in the eighth inning tied it, then Rodriguez doubled, alertly stole third base and scored the go-ahead run on a wild pitch by Kyle Lohse to lift the Yankees over the Minnesota Twins 6-5 Saturday... | 0World
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Czech helicopter accident kills six British soldiers SIX British soldiers died yesterday when their low-flying helicopter hit electricity cables and spiralled out of control in the Czech Republic. | 0World
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IRA Would Disarm if N.Irish Deal Is Struck - Adams (Reuters) Reuters - Gerry Adams, leader of the Irish\Republican Army's (IRA) political ally Sinn Fein, signaled on\Sunday that the guerrilla group was ready to give up its arms,\but only if a new Northern Ireland peace deal can be struck. | 0World
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EU wants fishing ban in fifth of North Sea Around a fifth of the North Sea would be closed to fishing next year under European Commission plans for an unprecedented ban to help rescue cod stocks from collapse. | 0World
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Spectre of closure haunts the Uffizi One of the world #39;s greatest art museums, the Uffizi gallery in Florence, may be forced to close by huge government spending cuts, the Italian heritage minister said yesterday. | 0World
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Syrian - Egyptian summit held Syria #39;s President Bashar al-Assad and his Egyptian counterpart Hosni Mubarak on Tuesday held talks in Sharem al Sheikh. Before the summit, there were erports that during the meeting, Mubarak will offer Assad | 0World
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Sunni Clerics Call for Elections Boycott Iraqi interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi smiles during a visit with Iraqi troops at Camp Fallujah, on the outskirts of Fallujah, Iraq, Monday, Nov. 8, 2004. | 0World
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25 dead in India rail accident NEW DELHI - At least 25 people are feared killed and more than 50 hurt after two Indian Railway trains collided head-on in the Hoshiarpur District of Punjab State about 350 kilometers north of New Delhi on Tuesday. | 0World
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Moore's Pre-Election TV Special Nixed NEW YORK - The cable pay-per-view company iN DEMAND has backed away from a plan to show a three-hour election eve special with filmmaker Michael Moore that included the first television showing of his documentary "Fahrenheit 9/11." The company said Friday it would not air "The Michael Moore Pre-Election Special" due to "legitimate business and legal concerns." A spokesman would not elaborate. Moore has just released his movie on DVD and was seeking a TV outlet for the film, which sharply criticizes President Bush, as close to the election as possible... | 0World
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Ivory Coast Army Pulls Back, Paris Flies in Troops ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Ivory Coast on Sunday ordered a pullback from an offensive on the rebel-held north after France destroyed its airpower in a retaliatory strike which sparked mob attacks on French citizens and property. | 0World
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Albert Cheng to be the voice of HK citizens if elected a <b>...</b> By Channel NewsAsia #39;s Hong Kong Correspondent Roland Lim. HONG KONG : Many eyes will be on Albert Cheng in the race for Hong Kong #39;s Legislative Council Elections on September 12. | 0World
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Iraq deaths claim #39;to be studied #39; The government will quot;examine with very great care quot; claims around 100,000 Iraqi civilians have died as a result of the US-led invasion, Jack Straw has said. | 0World
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Jackson's Lavish Lifestyle Put on Display SANTA MARIA, Calif. - Michael Jackson's elegant home with its lavish playground for children was placed on display in a courtroom as defense attorneys showed a judge videotapes of a raid last year on the pop star's Neverland estate... | 0World
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Car bombs seized, Russia reports MOSCOW Russian law enforcement agencies have thwarted an extremist attack on targets in Moscow, according to the FSB, the federal security service. | 0World
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UN wants Iran freeze uranium enrichment work demands from the UN atomic-watchdog agency that it freeze all work on uranium enrichment, a technology that can be used for nuclear weapons. | 0World
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Ten Colombian Police Die in Marxist Rebel Ambush <p></p><p> BOGOTA, Colombia (Reuters) - Ten Colombian police officerswere killed on Tuesday in an ambush by the National LiberationArmy, or ELN, in the worst attack by the Marxist group inyears, authorities told Reuters.</p> | 0World
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Tehran sticks by #39;right #39; to master nuclear fuel cycle Iran repeated Sunday it had a quot;right quot; to master the sensitive nuclear fuel cycle, ahead of an expected proposal from Europe calling for Tehran to abandon such work in exchange for diplomatic and trade incentives. | 0World
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Vancouver votes in record numbers, rejects ward-based electoral system (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - VANCOUVER (CP) - Vancouver residents took to the polls in record numbers Saturday and voted not to adopt a ward system used by every other major Canadian city to elect its municipal politicians. | 0World
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Powell Discusses Human Rights in China (AP) AP - Secretary of State Colin Powell won agreement from top Chinese officials Monday to resume joint discussions on human rights issues, but he failed to persuade them to open a dialogue with old rival Taiwan. | 0World
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Brazilian Troops to Remain in Haiti (AP) AP - Brazilian U.N. peacekeepers will remain in Haiti until presidential elections are held in that Caribbean nation sometime next year, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said Monday. | 0World
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Spice Isle in ruins BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - There are reports that at least 12 people were killed and 90 per cent of all homes in Grenada have been destroyed by Hurricane Ivan which has left quot;incalculable destruction quot; in the Caribbean #39;Isle of Spice #39;. | 0World
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Greek Sprinters Withdraw From Olympics ATHENS, Greece - Greek sprinters Kostas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou pulled out of the Athens Games on Wednesday, nearly a week after they missed a drug test and were later hospitalized following a suspicious motorcycle crash. "I'm withdrawing from the Olympics," Kenteris said after meeting with the International Olympic Committee's disciplinary commission... | 0World
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Darfur peace talks set to restart Negotiations between the Sudanese government and rebel groups in the troubled Darfur region are to resume. | 0World
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Air pollution causes five million deaths each year in India: minister (AFP) AFP - As many as five million deaths are caused by air pollution every year in India, the country's junior Environment and Forest Minister Namo Narayan Meena said. | 0World
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Alberta Senate election candidates question Klein's resolve on Senate reform (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - EDMONTON (CP) - Senate reform will not be taken seriously by Ottawa unless Premier Ralph Klein gets more strongly behind the issue, say candidates in Alberta's Senate selection race. | 0World
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Haiti struggles for flood relief Waters begin to recede but aid agencies in Haiti struggle to bring supplies to people hit by tropical storm Jeanne. | 0World
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Israeli Missile Kills Hamas Weapons Maker An Israeli airstrike in Gaza City on Thursday night killed a leading weapons maker of Hamas who was responsible for some of the group #39;s most powerful bombs and its homemade rockets, Israel #39;s military said. | 0World
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West Japan Quakes Unlikely to Be Precursors, Panel Says TOKYO (Reuters) - Two strong earthquakes that struck western Japan are unlikely to be precursors to the type of massive tremors that hit the region every century or so and the chances of major aftershocks seem low, a government panel said on Monday. | 0World
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Trade to Dominate Bush's Farm Agenda (AP) AP - President Bush will begin a second term barely a year after the United States had its first case of mad cow disease and as Japan and other countries maintain bans on U.S. beef. | 0World
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US, Iraqi forces seize control of Samarra US and Iraqi forces announced they seized control of the Iraqi city Samarra on Saturday, after engaging in fierce battles with anti-occupation fighters. | 0World
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Kurds say changes merely gesture by Turkey for EU ILICA, Turkey -- For the past nine years, Osman Acar, his two wives, and 22 children have spent most nights inside an 18-by-15-foot tent pitched outside this remote village in the mountains separating Turkey from Iraq. | 0World
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Syria Has No Plan to Pull Troops from Lebanon -- UN UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Syria has failed to meet a U.N. Security Council demand that it pull its troops out of Lebanon and has given no timetable for when it would do so, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said on Friday. | 0World
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NASA Chief Said to Be Top Contender for L.S.U. Job Sean O'Keefe has sought and become the top contender for a high-level job at Louisiana State University, according to NASA and university officials. | 0World
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Muslims held after Spanish raids Judicial sources said Monday #39;s operations had foiled a planned bomb attack on the High Court. The interior ministry said further arrests could be made imminently, as police moved against what was described as an active Islamic militant group. | 0World
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Swiss Voters Reject Citizenship Proposal GENEVA - Voters in Switzerland - where more than one in five is a foreigner - rejected proposals to liberalize tough rules on citizenship in a national referendum Sunday. In an outcome revealing the deep divide between the country's French- and more conservative German-speaking regions, two government-backed plans failed to win support in a majority of the Alpine country's 26 cantons, or states, official results showed by early afternoon... | 0World
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Philippine Floods and Landslides Killed 32 People, AFP Says Philippine floods and landslides killed 32 people and left more than 100 towns under water or buried, Agence France-Presse reported, citing civil defense officials. | 0World
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N.Korea, US to Discuss Six-Way Talks in Dec: Nikkei A North Korean official will visit the United States next month for talks with US counterparts on resuming six-party talks aimed at ending North Korea #39;s nuclear program, a Japanese newspaper reported on Friday. | 0World
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Powell: U.S., Iran to Talk Iraq Stability (AP) AP - The United States expects to sit down with Iran at an international conference to discuss stability in Iraq, U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell said Tuesday. Washington and Tehran have no diplomatic relations. | 0World
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Removal of Kim Jong Il Portraits in North Korea Causes Speculation In North Korea, portraits of Kim Jong Il have been taken down in what may signal significant and possibly far-reaching changes in the Stalinist leader #39;s personality cult. | 0World
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EU Nations Ban Phthalates From Toys (AP) AP - European Union governments on Friday permanently banned chemicals used to soften plastic from being used in toys, saying they are harmful to young children who put toys in their mouths. | 0World
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Japan's Princess Sayako to marry government official: reports (AFP) AFP - Princess Sayako, the only daughter of Japan's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, will marry a 39-year-old official working with Tokyo's metropolitan government, press reports said. | 0World
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Human Rights Comment Thai PM Thaksin #39;s Contempt for Human Rights It was yet another black day for Thaksin Shinawatra #39;s premiership. When more than 80 Thais perished at the hands of Thai troops in the deep South on Monday - six in the clash between protesters and security | 0World
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North Korea #39;s No. 2 Leader Visits China North Korea #39;s second-most senior leader toured a shiny new science park in Beijing Monday, a first stop on visit aimed at finding ways to help the North #39;s moribund economy as much as jump-starting stalled nuclear talks. | 0World
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Nigeria Unions Say Strike to Go Ahead on Monday LAGOS (Reuters) - Nigeria's main umbrella union said Sunday it would go ahead with a general strike in Africa's top oil producer Monday to protest against rising domestic fuel prices. | 0World
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France firm over headscarf ban A law banning headscarves in schools will stand, despite demands by a group holding two journalists in Iraq. | 0World
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Karma Nabulsi Why has Yasser Arafat not quot;groomed quot; a successor (like some petty oriental despot), commentators have demanded to know in recent days, and why he is leaving a chaotic power-vacuum? | 0World
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Italian President Vetoes Justice Reform (AP) AP - Italy's president dealt a blow to the center-right government Thursday by vetoing one of its centerpiece reforms, an overhaul of the justice system. | 0World
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Leaders sign EU #39;s first constitution However, their celebration of unity has been marred by uncertainty over its ratification and turmoil over the stalled European Commission. | 0World
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Wave machine Hurricane Ivan produces Caribbean swell Surfersvillage Global Surf News, 08 September 2004: - - Hurricane Ivan pounded the islands of the southeastern Caribbean yesterday. | 0World
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Iraqis May Extend Election Amid Violence BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq may modify plans for its first free election to give people more time to vote next month, officials said Wednesday as suicide bombers and gunmen again struck Sunni Muslim towns north and west of the capital. | 0World
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Indian Train Crash Kills 25, More Than 250 Injured NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Two passenger trains collided in northern India Tuesday, killing at least 25 people and injuring more than 250, police said. | 0World
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UN spy-bug shock A SECRET listening device has been found at the Geneva offices of the United Nations. Workers found the sophisticated eavesdropping equipment, possibly made in Russia or eastern Europe, during renovation work | 0World
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Karzai Clinches Afghan Poll Win, Rival Concedes KABUL (Reuters) - President Hamid Karzai clinched victory in Afghanistan's historic presidential poll as his main rival conceded defeat even before election workers began counting the final votes on Monday. | 0World
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Euro sets new record high at 1.3063 dollars (AFP) AFP - The euro hit a new record high of 1.3063 dollars, beating its previous record of 1.3047 set a day earlier. | 0World
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Bush, Kerry Open Final Debate in Arizona TEMPE, Ariz. - President Bush and challenger John Kerry opened their third and final debate on Wednesday as each candidate hoped to stamp a last favorable impression on millions of voters before Elecion day... | 0World
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