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Pelosi says US House will pass healthcare reform (07 November 11:18) |
| US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Saturday the House was prepared to approve a sweeping healthcare overhaul that would extend insurance coverage to millions of the uni... |
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Iran frees detained AFP reporter IRNA (07 November 09:26) |
| Iranian authorities freed detained AFP reporter Farhad Pouladi on Saturday, the official IRNA news agency reported, but AFP has had no confirmation of his release nor been in contact with hi... |
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Al-Qaida videos recovered from LeT operatives house in US
(07 November 09:06) |
| A Lashkar-e-Taiba plot to launch new terror attacks in India with the help of two Pak-born Chicago men has taken a new turn with FBI agents recovering two inflammatory al-Qaida videos from t... |
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Saudi not to ban pilgrims over swine flu (07 November 06:07) |
| The Saudi health minister says the kingdom will not ban anyone considered high risk for swine flu from performing the hajj pilgrimage this year. |
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British duo win UKs biggest lottery prizes (07 November 05:05) |
| European lottery officials say two British ticketholders have shared a jackpot of 90 million pounds ($150 million) - the largest lottery prizes ever paid out in the United Kingdom.
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11 dead in Russian military plane crash (07 November 04:37) |
| A Russian military plane crashed into the sea during a training exercise in Russia's Far East region, leaving all eleven crew members missing and presumed dead, officials said on Saturday.
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Teachers student hurt in Pakistan grenade attack police
(07 November 03:51) |
| Two teachers and a student were injured Saturday when suspected militants hurled a hand grenade at a girls' school in insurgency-hit southwestern Pakistan, police said.
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Jackson brothers to make reality series debut (07 November 12:57) |
| Michael Jackson's brothers are all set to make their reality series debut on December 13, channel bosses have announced. |
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Some US Muslims fear backlash after army base shooting (07 November 12:40) |
| Arab and Muslim Americans on Friday braced for the possibility of verbal or physical attacks after an army psychiatrist of Arab descent allegedly killed 13 during a shooting rampage at a mil... |
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Going for the kill (07 November 12:18) |
| To overwhelm the Taliban, Islamabad needs to learn from the mistakes the British, Soviets and Americans made in Waziristan. For an unstable Pakistan, it’s now or never.
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Ten dead in Russian military plane crash (07 November 10:16) |
| All 10 crew on board a Russian military plane that crashed during a training excercise were believed to have died in the accident, a source close to the inquiry said on Saturday. |
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Osama Bin Laden videotape not new Monitoring site (07 November 09:53) |
| A videotape of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden released on Friday is the Pashto-language version of a tape first released several months ago, said IntelCenter, a US-based terrorism monitorin... |
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Disaster declared in flood-hit Australia (07 November 09:47) |
| Australian authorities declared a natural disaster along parts of the country's east coast on Saturday as heavy floods cut the main road linking major cities, stranding thousands of people. |
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Obama to delay Japan visit due to Texas shooting (07 November 09:37) |
| US President Barack Obama is to delay his visit to Japan by one day next week so that he can attend a memorial ceremony for the victims of a shooting at a military base in Texas, news report... |
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United States unemployment rate hits 102 highest since 1983 (07 November 04:11) |
| US unemployment jumped to double digits in October for the first time since 1983, reaching 10.2%, prompting renewed talk of additional stimulus for an economy struggling to emerge from reces... |
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More Indians in US hedge fund scam (07 November 01:07) |
| Four persons of Indian origin are among those charged in America’s largest ever insider trading case replete with all the elements of a classic television crime drama. |
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Miss England gives up title over brawl (07 November 01:06) |
| Beauty pageant winner Miss England gave up her title on Friday after reports she had been involved in a nightclub brawl with another beauty queen. |
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Lost Chaplin film found in tin box bought for just £3 (07 November 01:03) |
| A never-seen-before Charlie Chaplin film was found in a antique tin by a man who bought it on eBay for a meagre £3.20. |
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Soviets hijacked UKs Labour Party (07 November 01:02) |
| The erstwhile Soviet Union had "hijacked" Britain’s Labour Party during the Cold War and the "cosy relationship" lasted for over 30 years, a declassified diary of a Kremlin insider has rev... |
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$10000 in 6 weeks Hundreds vie for NY toilet jobs (07 November 12:54) |
| Amid a struggling US economy, hundreds of jobseekers applied for the opportunity to interact with guests at the Times Square restrooms, lured by the promise of $10,000 for six weeks’ work. |
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$10000 in 6 weeks Hundreds vie for toilet jobs in NY (07 November 12:54) |
| Amid a struggling US economy, hundreds of jobseekers applied for the opportunity to interact with guests at the Times Square restrooms, lured by the promise of $10,000 for six weeks’ work. |
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To win over Africa China adopts malaria diplomacy (07 November 12:43) |
| In a laboratory in China's southern city of Guangzhou, scientists are trying to enhance the rare sweet wormwood shrub, from which artemisinin — the best drug to fight malaria — is derive... |
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Two dead six hurt in Florida shooting (06 November 11:52) |
| Two people were killed and six hurt in an office building in Orlando, Florida, emergency officials said on Friday in the second mass shooting in the US in two days. |
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Drugs defections plaguing Afghan forces NATO commanders (06 November 11:23) |
| The Afghan army and police forces, which should one day ensure the security of their country on their own, are plagued by defections and drug addiction, according to NATO commanders. |
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Maoists warn against new Indo-Nepal extradition pact (06 November 05:51) |
| India and Nepal on Friday began bilateral security talks in Kathmandu amidst a warning by the opposition Maoist party not to sign a revised extradition treaty. |
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Maoists warn against new extradition treaty as Indo-Nepal security talks start (06 November 05:51) |
| India and Nepal on Friday began bilateral security talks in Kathmandu amidst a warning by the opposition Maoist party not to sign a revised extradition treaty. |
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Nuclear energy not on platter for Pakistan US (06 November 01:47) |
| The US, which signed a nuclear agreement with India last year, is not considering the option of providing atomic energy to Pakistan as part of its efforts to resolve the energy-crisis in the... |
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Indian students hit after four Australian colleges close (06 November 01:41) |
| Over 2,000 international students were left in the lurch, some with barely two weeks to go before they get their degrees, following the sudden overnight collapse of four private colleges in ... |
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Sarkozy asks Bruni to keep low profile (06 November 01:20) |
| French President Nicolas Sarkozy is said to have asked his wife Carla Bruni to maintain a low profile, following complaints that she has been wielding too much political influence over her h... |
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Michelle Obama to star in reality show (06 November 09:00) |
| She is known for her unconventional choices and now US first lady Michelle Obama is setting another precedent by the first presidential wife to appear on a reality TV series. |
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New York 911 police chief admits corruption (06 November 08:45) |
| Former New York police commissioner Bernard Kerik pleaded guilty to a slew of charges in his high-profile corruption trial, a federal prosecutor said. |
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Fort Hood military base shootings horrific Obama (06 November 04:47) |
| US President Barack Obama called a shooting attack at the Fort Hood military base in Texas Thursday a "horrific outburst of violence." |
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12 dead 31 wounded in firing at US military base (06 November 03:31) |
| Three gunmen who opened fire on Thursday at the Fort Hood Army base in Texas, killing 12 people and wounding 31 others, were all American soldiers, the US army said. One shooter has been kil... |
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DNA test for UK asylum seekers triggers protests (06 November 12:57) |
| Authorities in Britain describe the testing as voluntary and say applicants will be asked to provide a mouth swab or hair or nail sample only in cases where questions arise about their natio... |
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Cambridge student saves former Oz PM from shoe-hit (06 November 12:54) |
| An angry man threw a boot at former Australian prime minister John Howard during a debate at Cambridge University, the quick-thinking student who caught the shoe said on Thursday. |
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An Australian Gitmo for Asian boat people (06 November 12:52) |
| Deep in the jungle on this small island lost in the Indian Ocean, Australia’s new $370 million refugee detention center reaches its full power after its lights come on at dusk. |
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An apartment block in NY - for ladies only (06 November 12:40) |
| Man on the premises! Martha Morales, the evening supervisor at the Webster Apartments, a large, brick home to 370 women of varying ages and occupations, strode down a long corridor lined wit... |
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Give pees a chance student may face jail (06 November 12:36) |
| A university student who was photographed urinating over a war memorial was warned on Wednesday that he could be jailed for the "disgusting act." |
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Transsexual Jesus drama triggers row (06 November 12:06) |
| At least 300 protesters participated in a candlelit protest outside a theater in Glasgow, Scotland, where a play is to portray Jesus as a transsexual. |
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Hitlers birthplace in Austria on sale (05 November 08:50) |
| An Austrian house where Adolf Hitler was born is being put up for sale amid frantic efforts by authorities to block the auction over fears it could fall into the hands of neo-Nazis who would... |
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Nepals ruling parties flay UN for interference (05 November 08:41) |
| Nepal’s 22-party ruling alliance flayed UN Secy-Gen Ban Ki-Moon for advocating a national govt, saying it was the prerogative of Nepalis and the republic’s parties to decide what kind of... |
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Sri Lanka hints at LTTE-Maoist links (05 November 08:38) |
| A top Sri Lankan official today said the rebel LTTE may have had links with the Maoists in India, days after Union Home Minister P Chidambaram said that the left wing extremists were acquiri... |
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Nepal 18-yr-old looks like a six-month-old and is breastfed (05 November 06:50) |
| Yangjima Jirel, 18, remains cut off from the world. She can’t move on her own and has to be carried by her mother. She has the appearance of a six-month-old and is still breast-fed. |
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33 militants killed in Paks Waziristan (05 November 06:46) |
| Renewed pitched battles erupted around the Taliban stronghold of Sararogha with 28 militants and 5 soldiers killed in fresh clashes, as US drones, after a brief lull fired missiles targeting... |
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33 militants killed in Waziristan by Army and US drones
(05 November 06:46) |
| Renewed pitched battles erupted around the Taliban stronghold of Sararogha with 28 militants and 5 soldiers killed in fresh clashes, as US drones, after a brief lull fired missiles targeting... |
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Dare to bare Pak fashionistas thumb a nose at Taliban (05 November 05:30) |
| Bare shoulders, backless gowns and pouting models wowed Pak glitterati as the Pakistan Fashion Week took off in Karachi. The event got delayed by three weeks because of security jitters. |
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Al Gore to become worlds first carbon billionaire (05 November 03:55) |
| Former US vice president Al Gore, who has campaigned relentlessly on green issues, is on track to become the world's first "carbon billionaire" amid claims of profiting from the climate chan... |
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Militants attack girls school in Khyber region
(05 November 02:39) |
| Militants on Thursday blew up a state-run girls' school in Pakistan's troubled Khyber tribal region, the second such attack in the area in four days. |
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UN to pull staff out of Afghanistan (05 November 12:48) |
| The United Nations is to pull its non-essential foreign staff out of Afghanistan after a deadly Taliban attack on a guesthouse for UN workers, a spokesman said today. |
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UN to pull non-essential foreign staff out of Afghanistan (05 November 12:48) |
| The United Nations is to pull its non-essential foreign staff out of Afghanistan after a deadly Taliban attack on a guesthouse for UN workers, a spokesman said today. |
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