Archive for the November 9, 2005
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Saudi Arabia said on Tuesday it had taken into custody a man on the kingdom's most wanted list of fugitive al Qaeda suspects. An Interior Ministry statement on the state-run Saudi Press Agency named the
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Israel will sell 50 unmanned spy drones worth 220 million dollars to India, public radio reported Tuesday. The Heron drones can fly at an altitude of 30,000 feet (nine kilometres), are equipped with camera and
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The United States has left Uzbekistan off a list of states it considers serious violators of religious freedom despite appeals by human rights groups to include the estranged US military ally on the annual list.
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The UN Security Council on Tuesday unanimously adopted a one-year extension of the mandate of the US-led forces in Iraq. The council voted 15-0 "to extend the mandate of the multinational force, as set forth
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Gunmen killed a second defence lawyer acting in Saddam Hussein's trial on Tuesday, renewing questions over whether the former president can get a fair trial amid Iraq's daily violence. Another defence lawyer was slightly wounded
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Israeli soldiers shot dead a Palestinian youth on Tuesday in a confrontation in the West Bank town of Nablus, medics said. The Israeli army said its troops had opened fire on Palestinians suspected of planning
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An Indian court has struck down a bid by the government of Andhra Pradesh state to set aside five percent of government jobs and educational places for Muslims, a lawyer said Tuesday. The Andhra Pradesh
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US forces in Iraq have used incendiary white phosphorus against civilians and a firebomb similar to napalm against military targets, Italian state-run broadcaster RAI reported on Tuesday. A RAI documentary showed images of bodies recovered
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India's prime minister on Tuesday described as unsubstantiated charges that his Congress party and a cabinet minister had benefited from shady deals linked to the UN oil-for-food programme for Iraq. "Our image has not been
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The French government on Tuesday declared a state of emergency in riot-hit parts of the country in order to combat the worst outbreak of urban unrest since the May 1968 student revolt. Meeting in crisis
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