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| A Nobel face and a less noble one |
| Bangladeshi economist Muhammad Yunus received the Nobel Peace Prize today and urged world leaders to get on with the fight against poverty and stop spending money on wars like the one in Iraq.
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| US bugged phone: Report |
| US intelligence was eavesdropping on Princess Diana’s telephone calls on the night she died in a car crash in Paris, while keeping British secret agency in dark, a newsp
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| ‘Tata’ to friends, tyrant to others |
| Augusto Pinochet dominated Chile for 17 years and polarised it until the end of his life the archetypal dictator reviled by most for his repressive rule but loved by some f
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| Widow finger at Russia |
| The widow of the murdered former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko says her husband angered members of the Russian security services by speaking out against them, but she neve
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| Bangla troops take position |
| Troops took up positions around the Bangladeshi capital and in all major cities and towns today after the government ordered the deployment to ensure a peaceful run-up to ele
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| Iran gains most from Iraq war |
| The report issued last week by the blue-ribbon Iraq Study Group provides fresh proof of Iran’s strengthened hand in West Asia since the US-led invasion: It mentions
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