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Bangladesh relaxes emergency, allows poll campaigning

(IANS)Authorities in Bangladesh Monday announced further relaxation of a state of emergency to allow campaigning for parliamentary and local polls.The government also decided to withdraw

[World] Bin Laden aide convicted in war crimes trial

(IANS)A propagandist for Osama bin Laden was found guilty Monday on three charges of war crimes at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, becoming only the second detainee ...

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[World] Al-Qaeda man receives life sentence

An al-Qaeda propagandist has been sentenced to life in prison after being found guilty of terrorism charges by a military tribunal at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.A ...

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[World] Death of grandmother casts sadness on Obama campaign

Barack Obama has announced the death of his grandmother, Madelyn Payne Dunham, who was 86.One day before the election, Obama announced the news from a ...

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[World] Countdown to U.S. election begins

(Jim Malone )U.S. presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain are engaged in a furious last-minute push for votes in the final hours of the ...

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[World] Multi-millionaires also back Obama ahead of election

Sunday 2nd November, 2008 By Liliana Martinez-Barack Obama has promised to increase taxes if he becomes president of the United States. But the really rich want ...

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[World] Pakistani TV cameras trained on US polls

Every morning, Pakistan wakes up to television programmes on the US election. The discussions, analysis and forecasts continue through the day till midnight talk shows, ...

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[World] Razak set to be next Malaysian premier

Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak has won the presidentship of the ruling United Malay National Organisation (UMNO), which sets him on track to ...

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[World] 40 Bangladesh political parties barred from polls

(IANS)Forty political parties, including those professing Islamist and Left extremist ideologies, have been barred from the December parliamentary polls by the Bangladesh Election Commission for ...

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[World] Pakistan set to start assessment of quake damages

(IANS)Authorities Sunday prepared to begin a survey in Pakistan's southwest to calculate damage from this week's earthquake that left thousands homeless ahead of a harsh ...

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