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Use of more potent polio vaccine planned
Country will switch to bivalent oral doses to contain spread of virulent strain, minister says
India
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Use of more potent polio vaccine planned
Country will switch to bivalent oral doses to contain spread of virulent strain, minister says
'Good leads' in Headley probe, Chidambaram says
Koda insists tax raids were politically motivated
Seven killed, 25 hurt as India train derails
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UK
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Ministry probes alleged abuse of Iraqi civilians
Soldiers 'used US torture photos' for intimidation
Canadians mourn for Lady Thatcher
Payout for boy beaten with metal bar by toddler
Builder kidnapped client's family
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Afghanistan
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US low on options in Afghanistan
The Obama administration has a weak hand as it seeks to play tough - with few other options if President Hamid Karzai refuses to go along.
Obama looks for revised Afghan war options
Afghan presidential inauguration to be on Nov. 19
US seeks new Afghan timelines
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Pakistan
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Troops kill eight militants in Swat search operation
Ongoing violence indicates Taliban are still operating in region
Suicide attack kills 10 at police checkpoint near Peshawar
Pakistan's army kills 8 militants in Swat Valley
11 killed in Pakistan suicide bomb
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USA
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UN food chief Jacques Diouf on hunger strike
Jacques Diouf stages 24-hour protest to draw attention to world's hungry
Nasa moon crash struck lots of water
Jefferson gets 13 years over freezer cash stash
Case against Iranian centre threatens mosques
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Philippines
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Concern over 'emotional burnout' among Philippines flood victims
Relief workers also prone to stress, says WHO official
Insurgents kill 22 in daring raid on factory
700 families evacuated from Mayon rim area
23 die as Philippine communists, security clash
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South Africa
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Zuma expected to stand up against allies
South African president likely to resist mounting pressure to boost government spending.
A retreat into nature's heart
South Korean defects to the North
South African police fuel rage
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Australia
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Rudd straddles fence on uranium supplies to India
Hints Australia may revise NPT-signatory requirement.
Australia to apologise to abused children
Australian PM furious over claim
Bloody leech solves case
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Sri Lanka
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Sri Lanka migrants seek asylum
The migrants' wooden boat carried a spray-painted sign: "We are Sri Lankan civilians. Plz save our life."
Sri Lanka ruling party wins assembly
World leaders urged to help Sri Lankan refugees
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Venetians hold mock funeral procession for dying city
Population dwindles as residents flee to mainland for easier living
Comoros leader: Arabs should not abandon us
When I said 'no' to the president
Nepal Maoists continue government blockade
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Al Qaida returns to Manhattan
Trial in US federal court would be just the theatre Khalid Shaikh Mohammad wants
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Obama's Tibet test
The US president's snub of the Dalai Lama could embolden China
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What to expect at the Dubai Airshow
We preview what types of aircraft to expect at the Dubai Airshow
