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| November 19, 2006 | Sunday | Shawwal 26, 1427 |
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Militancy may cause world war: Abizaid
WASHINGTON, Nov 18: The top US general in the Middle East said on Saturday that if the world does not find a way to stem the rise of Islamic militancy, it will face a third world war.... 
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Iraq intervention has been a disaster: Blair
LONDON, Nov 18: British Prime Minister Tony Blair has kicked up a new media controversy by admitting in an interview to Al Jazeera that the invasion of Iraq had been ‘disastrous’...
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Baker met Syrians to discuss Iraq cooperation: NYT
NEW YORK, Nov 18: Former US secretary of state James Baker, co-chairman of the bipartisan Iraq Study Group examining strategic options in Iraq, has met Syrian officials several times to discuss...
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Grim reminder for Bush in Vietnam
HANOI, Nov 18: For all the talk of laying to rest the ghosts of a wartime past, President George Bush had a grim reminder on Saturday of some of America''s unfinished business from the Vietnam war....
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Indonesia fears acts of terror
JAKARTA, Nov 18: Acts of terrorism during US President George Bush''s visit on Nov 20 are possible because militants remain at large, the chief of Indonesia''s intelligence agency said on Saturday....
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Flaw in microchips
PARIS, Nov 18: Researchers have discovered a fundamental flaw in microprocessor technology that could allow hackers to obtain computer users'' secret information, French daily Le Monde said on Saturday....
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Israel making ‘bionic hornet’
JERUSALEM, Nov 18: Israel is using nanotechnology to try to create a robot no bigger than a hornet that would be able to chase, photograph and kill its targets, an Israeli newspaper said on Friday....
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Sudan agrees to attend Darfur talks
KHARTOUM, Nov 18: An agreement to hold renewed talks among all parties to Darfur''s conflict brings a historic opportunity to end fighting which has killed 200,000, the U.N....
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A moving tale of an Iraqi child’s death
BAGHDAD: Ghaswan still sees Haider crying that November morning. The boy doesn''t like saying goodbye to Ghaswan, who drives to Jordan regularly to import household goods....
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New Dutch govt to face EU pressure over charter
AMSTERDAM: Dutch politicians have shirked the niggling issue of the European Constitution for a year and a half but next week''s election victor must give a vision of the bloc''s future or risk damaging the country''s standing abroad....
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Falluja — a safe haven for Iraq’s Sunnis?
FALLUJA: Marine Colonel Lawrence Nicholson strides the stony ground here in camouflage fatigues, his dog tag secured under the laces of his left boot. He doesn''t slip into his flak jacket...
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China’s Africa oil power alarms western rivals
CAPE TOWN: China''s fast-expanding role as a partner for oil-rich African nations is rattling many Western companies, which are fearful of losing out and irked by the financial power their competitor offers....
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Merkel looking for fresh start after rough first year
BERLIN: In the year since Angela Merkel took power as Germany''s first woman chancellor, she has repaired ties with Washington and charted a bold course on the world stage, helping tackle crises from Iran to the Middle East....
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Iran’s image influencing Shias in Egypt
CAIRO: Iran''s rising regional influence has emboldened Egyptian Shias to demand more rights, but has also left them vulnerable under a regime that questions their loyalty and treats all religious groups with suspicion....
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Skyscraper plan stirs row in St Petersburg
ST PETERSBURG (Russia): Admired by madmen and dreamers, the elegant skyline of St Petersburg has survived revolutions, wartime bombing and the heavy hand of Soviet planners....
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