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    Sinai attacks target Israelis
    MANAMA, OCT. 8.At least 31 persons, mainly Israelis, have been killed in four coordinated strikes at an Egyptian hotel and a tourist resort, marking the biggest attacks on Israelis abroad in the last two years. Twenty-nine persons were killed ...

    High alert ahead of Afghan polls
    KABUL, OCT. 8.More than 100,000 Afghan and foreign security forces were on high alert on Friday, the day before the country's first direct presidential election after more than two decades of war. Despite a 24-hour flurry of rocket attacks, ...

    'Bigley beheaded'
    DUBAI, OCT. 8.A militant group led by the Al-Qaeda ally Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has beheaded the British hostage Kenneth Bigley in Iraq, Abu Dhabi Television said today, quoting `informed' sources in Iraq. The 62-year-old engineer was ...

    Aga Khan, wife split
    LONDON, OCT. 8. The Aga Khan and his German-born wife are divorcing after six years of marriage. Begum Inaara Aga Khan, 41, has been separated from her husband for over a year. The couple filed for divorce due to an "irretrievable breakdown" of ...

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    'Kerry takes lead over Bush'
    Washington: Senator John Kerry holds a slim lead over the U.S. President George W. Bush, according to an Associated Press poll that shows the Democrat gaining ground while Mr. Bush lost support on personal qualities, the war in Iraq and national ...

    Australia goes to the polls
    SINGAPORE: The Australian Prime Minister, John Howard, said on Friday the `undecided' voters might play a crucial role in the parliamentary polls on Saturday. Discounting the pre-election opinion polls which had indicated a tight race, perhaps ...



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