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World -- November 17, 2005
- Annan voices concerns over reported abuse of Iraqi detainees
- Belgian terror suspects on trial over bombing attacks in Morocco, Madrid
- Businessmen: US soldiers put us in cage with lions
- French Senate passes bill extending emergency powers
- French president expects "significant progress" at Kiev summit
- Italian parliament approves controversial government reform
- Iraqi Sunnis demand int'l probe of torture
- Merkel aide says German UN Security Council seat "an illusion"
- Russia proposes to modernize Indian warplanes
- Spanish coast guards arrest 36 illegal immigrants off Spanish coast
- Sri Lankans head to polls for new president
- Swiss govt allows detained Russian paintings to leave country
- US urges Ethiopia to stop violence
- US detains over 83,000 foreigners in war on terror
- US arrests Guatemalan anti-drug chief on drug charges
- UN chief calls for strong global response to intolerance
- UN peacekeepers clash with armed gangs in Haitian capital, killing four
- US says it shares same goal with Turkey on Syria
- US senate delays vote on China currency bill