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| Road to EU opens for Turkey after deal |
| Turkey and the EU struck an eleventh hour deal and launched membership talks today despite deep public scepticism over whether the wealthy western bloc would ever manage to absorb the populous Muslim nation.
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| Iran ready for no-strings talks |
| Iran said today it was willing to resume unconditional talks with the European Union (EU) over its nuclear programme, which Washington says is a cover to make atomic bombs.
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| Voice of Taliban held in Pak |
| The main spokesman for Afghanistan’s Taliban insurgents, Abdul Latif Hakimi, was arrested in Pakistan today, the Pakistani government said.
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| Hurricane hits Mexico |
| Hurricane Stan smacked into Mexico’s Gulf coast today, knocking down trees and closing ports after unleashing floods, mudslides and high waves that killed at least 35 pe
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| A woman walks past a painting by Turkish artist Burak Delier showing a woman wearing a chador made from an EU flag at an exhibition in Istanbul. (AFP) |
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