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Miami man gets 13-year sentence for Sears Tower plot (21 November 05:05) |
| The sentence for Narseal Batiste was handed down by a federal court judge in Miami, who had earlier announced lighter prison terms for his four co-conspirators.
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China cloud hovers over PMs US visit (21 November 12:30) |
| Senior ministers want joint statement with 'hands-off' message for Beijing. |
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US must address Paks concern over troop surge in Afghanistan Gilani (20 November 10:18) |
| Pak premier Yousuf Raza Gilani made the remarks during a meeting with US CIA chief Leon Panetta, who arrived here for talks with the top Pakistani civil and military leadership. |
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Diplomats concerned over Nepals stalled peace process (20 November 09:03) |
| The Maoists, who waged a decade-long insurgency, joined mainstream politics after a November 2006 peace deal with the interim government led by GP Koirala. |
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Somalia to join child rights pact UN (20 November 07:33) |
| Somalia has announced it plans to ratify a global treaty aimed at protecting children, leaving the United States as the only country outside the pact. |
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ISI helped Taliban supremo Mullah Omar to flee from Quetta to Karachi (20 November 06:54) |
| One-eyed leader of the Afghan Taliban recently found refuge from potential US attacks in Karachi with Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) assistance. |
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Three policemen killed 7 injured in Peshawar blast (20 November 06:40) |
| Officials said a police van on routine patrol in the area under the jurisdiction of Yaqatoot police station was attacked with a remote-controlled bomb in the wee hours of the morning. |
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Eleven killed in Congo ethnic clashes UN (20 November 06:10) |
| The fighting unrelated to simmering rebel violence in the mineral rich east follows the killings of at least 100 people last month in the northern village of Dongo. |
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16-year-old Chinese boy eats 92 dumplings in 15 minutes (20 November 06:02) |
| Peng Shilian, a high school student, who weighs a whopping 145 kg, became the youngest ever to win the contest. |
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Couple name baby after Kia Carens people carrier (20 November 06:00) |
| Samantha Smyth, 23, and Tony Richardson, 24, had at first decided to name their baby Tilley, but changed their minds when their daughter was born in the vehicle. |
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Obamas dinner for Indian PM turns into a hottest ticket (20 November 05:50) |
| There is a silence from the White House on what's on the menu for the first State Dinner by president Barack Obama or even where it is being held? But the clues are there. |
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CIA chief in Pakistan to discuss war on terror (20 November 05:28) |
| The two sides were expected to discuss the sharing of credible and actionable intelligence, especially in areas along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. |
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Lankan former general vows to protect democratic freedom (20 November 04:39) |
| In his resignation letter last week, Sarath Fonseka had claimed that fears that he could launch a coup had led the president Mahinda Rajapaksa to sideline him. |
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At least four killed in Saipan shooting (20 November 04:35) |
| Saipan is the largest island in the US Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in the West Pacific with a population of about 62,000. |
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ElBaradei hopes for Iran fuel deal by end of year (20 November 04:32) |
| It is a unique opportunity to move from sanctions and confrontation to the process of building trust. |
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US Senate nears first healthcare vote (20 November 04:13) |
| Democrats in the US Senate geared up for a fierce battle over a new healthcare reform plan on Thursday as Republicans condemned the bill's price tag and tax hikes. |
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Peru accuses gang of killing to sell human fat (20 November 03:58) |
| Peruvian police said they had broken up a gang that allegedly killed dozens of people and sold their fat to buyers who used it to make cosmetics.
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US seeks release of geologist in China secrets case (20 November 03:57) |
| Xue Feng, a geologist born in China, was detained late in 2007 after negotiating the sale of an oil industry database to his employer at the time, a US-based consultancy. |
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Mujib killers likely to go for review of SC verdict (20 November 03:55) |
| The Supreme Court verdict upholding death sentence to the convicts was read out to them last evening and the five expressed desire to see their relatives and lawyers. |
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Venezuela blows up two border bridges to Colombia (20 November 03:53) |
| Venezuelan soldiers on Thursday blew up two makeshift foot bridges that stretched across the border to Colombia. |
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Eight militants killed in US drone attack in Pak tribal belt (20 November 03:51) |
| The drone attack occurred in Macchikhel area near Mirali, a key town in North Waziristan tribal agency. |
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Senator John Kerrys daughter arrested in Hollywood (20 November 03:41) |
| US senator John Kerry's elder daughter, Alexandra was arrested in Hollywood on Thursday on suspicion of drunken driving.
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Obama walks tricky line on Afghan exit strategy (20 November 03:30) |
| President Barack Obama's vow to reveal his "end game" for Afghanistan may bolster any future decision to send more US troops. |
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Palestanian president confirms rescheduling of elections (20 November 03:30) |
| Mahmoud Abbas said that the Palestinian leadership would take measures to avoid a constitutional vacuum when the term of the current legislature and his term as president expire on Jan 25. |
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Brazil wont extradite Italian former guerrilla (20 November 03:14) |
| Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is not thinking of extraditing Italian former guerrilla Cesare Battisti. |
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Roman Polanski will not agree to his extradition Lawyer (20 November 03:10) |
| The Oscar-winning director, who holds dual French and Polish nationality, was arrested to comply with a US warrant when he flew to Switzerland to receive an award at a film festival in Septe... |
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Anglican head challenges Vatican over women clergy (20 November 03:00) |
| Roman Catholics should look beyond the divisive issue of ordaining women to see how much they share with the world's Anglicans. |
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Iraq election impasse continues veto contested (20 November 02:51) |
| Iraqi lawmakers failed to resolve differences over an election law, dampening hopes of holding a vote on time in January. |
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Belgian Van Rompuy becomes EUs first president (20 November 02:28) |
| European Union leaders named Belgian PM Herman Van Rompuy, a man little known outside his home country, as the bloc's first president. |
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Russias Vladmir Putin wants New Year without gas shocks (20 November 02:05) |
| Russian PM Vladimir Putin said that existing gas deals with Ukraine were a guarantee of stable energy supplies to Europe. |
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Motorbike bomber kills 12 in Afghan town (20 November 01:07) |
| The attack which killed 11 civilians and one police officer, occurred a day after Afghan president Hamid Karzai was sworn in for the second term. |
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US senators seek probe into Chinas yuan peg (20 November 12:24) |
| Sen Charles Schumer and Sen Lindsey Graham from South Carolina have attempted to pass punitive tariff legilation against China to pressure it into floating its currency. |
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Cross border fertilisation of terrorism in Pak Clinton (20 November 11:31) |
| Secretary of state Hillary Clinton has said there is cross border fertilisation of terrorism in Pakistan from Afghanistan. |
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US reopens investigation into Watergate scandal (20 November 11:28) |
| Forensic investigators will investigate exactly what then US President Richard Nixon knew about the Watergate break-in. |
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PMs state visit to showcase strong Indo-US relationship (20 November 11:14) |
| The PM's visit as Barack Obama's first state guest is expected to showcase the significance the US president attaches to Indo-US relationship. |
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China helps Pak build multi-role jet fighters (20 November 12:29) |
| Pakistan's first multi-role JF-17 Thunder jet fighter will roll out later this month. |
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911 Obama top words of the decade (19 November 11:51) |
| The Global Language Monitor used a math formula to track the frequency of words. |
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New fossils reveal a world full of crocodiles (19 November 10:22) |
| New fossils unearthed in what is now the Sahara desert reveal a once-swampy world divided up among a half-dozen species of unusual and perhaps intelligent crocodiles. |
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Irans unrest death sentences distressing Hillary Clinton (19 November 10:15) |
| Iran's state broadcaster reported on Tuesday that five people had been sentenced to die over the post-election protests, and another 81 had received jail terms of up to 15 years.
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Pakistans five military officers linked to Headley arrested (19 November 09:37) |
| Some serving and ex-military officers are among five people arrested in Pakistan in connection with the LeT plot to carry out a major terror attack in India using David Coleman Headley, said... |
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Headley born to a Pakistani diplomat father (19 November 09:33) |
| The Philadelphia Inquirer has brought out unknown facets of the life of David Headley, reporting that he was born to a Pakistani diplomat father and an American mother. |
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China tries dissident from US after Obama leaves (19 November 09:22) |
| A student leader of China's 1989 pro-democracy movement who has long lived in the United States went on trial in China on Thursday. |
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China tries to pacify India over Indo-Pak reference (19 November 09:06) |
| Responding to a question on what China thought was its role in Indo-Pak relationship, Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Qin Gang tried to downplay the significance of the Sino-US joint stat... |
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Pakistani troops kill seven militants in South Waziristan (19 November 08:44) |
| Soldiers also conducted 'area domination and consolidation' operations around their positions in Tor Wam and seized a cache of arms and ammunition.
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Indian man arrested in UK for estranged wifes murder freed on bail (19 November 08:28) |
| Geeta Aulakh, a receptionist with the popular Asian radio station Sunrise Radio, was found lying on a street in Greenford, west London on Monday, with severe head injuries. |
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Suicide attack kills 10 in Afghanistan (19 November 08:16) |
| The bombing in Uruzgan province followed an apparent suicide attack in the neighbouring province of Zabul that killed two US soldiers. |
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India US along with other states discuss way ahead for Afghanistan (19 November 07:23) |
| The foreign ministers' roundtable discussion took place at the Stor Palace in the Afghan foreign ministry after the swearing in of Hamid Karzai as the president of Afghanistan. |
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Employees of Japanese banking major leave early for family time (19 November 07:14) |
| According to an employee, the management felt that letting everyone off at 5.10pm rather than the usual 7pm would give romance time to couples and help reverse low population rates. |
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Miss Trinidad and Tobago 2008 caught in three-some sex tape scandal (19 November 07:08) |
| Anya Ayoung-Chee was named after a video showing her having sex with boyfriend, Wyatt Gallery and another woman in a menage a trios was leaked.
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Miss Trinidad and Tobago 2008 caught in threesome sex tape scandal (19 November 07:08) |
| Anya Ayoung-Chee was named after a video showing her having sex with boyfriend, Wyatt Gallery, and another woman in a menage-a-trois was leaked. |
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