US vice presidential debate : Biden, Palin trade barbs over Iraq, economic crisis
* Biden says McCain ‘out of touch’ on economic crisis
* Palin accuses Biden, Obama of waving ‘white flag’ in Iraq
ST. LOUIS: Republican Sarah Palin and Democrat Joe Biden clashed on the economy and Iraq during a lively but polite debate on Thursday, and aimed the most criticism at... 
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Russia fears US nuclear arms on its borders
* Boosts arms spending to replace Georgia losses
MOSCOW: Accession of Russia’s neighbours Ukraine and Georgia to NATO could lead to deployment of tactical nuclear weapons on their territory and trigger a new arms race, the Kremlin’s security chief said in an interview.
Security...
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First EU monitors enter Georgian buffer zones
NABAKHTEVI: EU monitors entered a Russian-controlled buffer zone around Georgia’s breakaway region of South Ossetia for the first time on Wednesday in what they said was a smooth start to their peacekeeping operation. The 200-plus EU monitors began deploying under a French-brokered ceasefire deal that...
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Kenya accuses West of political meddling
NAIROBI: Kenya accused Western envoys on Friday of “shameless blackmail” and “gross condescension” for trying to pressure the head of the electoral commission out of his job over the chaotic presidential poll.
Local media reported this week that US and European Union ambassadors visited Samuel...
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US Africa command starts work, faces hostility
* Africom commander denies Washington wants to build new bases in Africa
JOHANNESBURG: The US military’s new Africa command went into action on Wednesday, but hostility and cynicism have forced it to shelve plans to be based on the continent.
The command, known as Africom, was...
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National security above nuke co-operation: Syria
VIENNA: Syria said Friday it would co-operate with the UN atomic watchdog over its suspected nuclear programme but stressed it would not compromise on national security.
Syria also indicated it would press on for a seat on the board of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), up for discussion...
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Malaysian couple beaten to death in ‘quit-smoking ritual’
KUALA LUMPUR: A Malaysian couple were beaten to death by family members in a bizarre ritual to cure them of a smoking habit and illnesses, reports said Friday.
A 15-year-old daughter of one of the four relatives who carried out the beating was also attacked after stumbling onto the scene and...
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Britain’s top cop quits after racism, shooting rows
LONDON: Britain’s top policeman, Metropolitan Police chief Ian Blair, announced his resignation Thursday after months of pressure, notably over the fatal shooting of an innocent suspect and racism allegations.
Blair, who came to office shortly before suicide bombings in London in July 2005, said...
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R E G I O N: US, France and Russia eye India’s lucrative nuclear market
* US business leaders estimate India nuclear deal could create 200,000 jobs in the country
* France singed nuclear pact on Tuesday, Russia already working in India’s nuclear sector
NEW DELHI: With an emphatic vote Wednesday, the US Senate assured that America will take part in India’s...
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Taliban leader rejects Karzai’s offer of talks
* NATO commander in Afghanistan supports talks with insurgents
SPIN BOLDAK: A senior Taliban commander on Friday rejected reconciliation with what he called the “puppet” Afghan government, the latest in a series of pronouncements from both sides on potential peace talks.
While...
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NATO can’t stay in Afghanistan forever, says Canada
OTTAWA: Prime Minister Stephen Harper, who has committed to pulling out Canadian troops from Afghanistan in 2011, said on Thursday some other Western leaders wrongly believed NATO forces could stay there forever. Harper initially said Canada would not leave Afghanistan until the country was able to...
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Rice to visit India and Kazakhstan
WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will visit India this weekend, officials said on Thursday, celebrating a foreign policy victory on a nuclear trade pact while encouraging India to buy American technology.
Rice will also visit the Central Asian state of Kazakhstan, an oil-rich...
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Israel bolsters nuclear site defence against Iran
* Khamenei vows to back Hamas, predicts Jewish state’s ‘destruction’
JERUSALEM: Israel will install two massive radar antennae near the Dimona nuclear plant to bolster its defence measures against Iran, the Maariv newspaper reported on Friday.
The 400 metre-high (1,300 feet) antennae...
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Blasts kill 2, wound 100 in India
GUWAHATI: At least two people were killed and about 100 wounded when four bombs exploded in a town in India’s remote northeast on Wednesday, police said.
Police said they suspected Muslim militant groups, based in neighbouring Bangladesh, were behind the blasts in the Radhanagar and Gulbazar...
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Iran ties enrichment halt to fuel import guarantee
* Tehran’s FM says US must change foreign policy to improve ties
BRUSSELS: Iran would consider stopping sensitive uranium enrichment if guaranteed a supply of nuclear fuel from abroad, an Iranian official suggested on Thursday.
For that to happen, UN inspectors would have to verify...
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42 killed as Sri Lanka bombs Tiger police HQ
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka unleashed more air strikes on Friday on the seat of the separatist Tamil Tigers’ quasi-government, and intensifying combat killed 42 in a relentless ground advance, the military said.
As battles raged across the front in the north of the Indian Ocean island nation, aid workers...
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Amnesty urges India to protect Christians
NEW DELHI: Amnesty International has urged India to act on its words and end what it said were ongoing attacks by hardline Hindu nationalists against the country’s minority Christian community.
In a statement late Wednesday, Amnesty also urged New Delhi to “conduct a prompt and impartial investigation...
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India bans smoking in public, tobacco firms fume
* Ban includes all offices, restaurants, schools, colleges, pubs, discotheques, hospitals and bus stops
* Offenders will be fined 200 rupees
NEW DELHI: India banned smoking in public places on Thursday in an attempt to fight tobacco use blamed, directly or indirectly, for a fifth...
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