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| Libya builds death-row bridge |
| Libya’s Supreme Court today scrapped death sentences against five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor and ordered a retrial of the cases which have harmed Tripoli’s efforts to build ties with the West.
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| Saddam side seeks free torture probe |
| Lawyers for Saddam Hussein have asked his Baghdad court for an independent investigation into claims by the ousted Iraqi leader that he has been tortured by his American cap
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| Saudi driver dilemma |
| Crown Prince Sultan has held open the possibility that Saudi Arabia could lift its ban on women drivers ? but said Saudi men would have the final say.
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| Leap second |
| Get ready for a minute with 61 seconds. Scientists are delaying the start of 2006 by the first “leap second” in seven years, a timing tweak meant to make up for cha
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| Pope plea on tech triumph |
| Pope Benedict, in his first Christmas address, today urged humanity to unite against terrorism, poverty and environmental blight and called for a “new world order”
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| Fruits of truce in Christ’s homeland |
| Calls for peace resonated in Bethlehem today as a lull in violence spurred the biggest influx of Christmas pilgrims for years to the town where Christians believe Jesus was b
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