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US rebukes Sharon over remarks
WASHINGTON, Oct 5: In a rare public disagreement between two strong allies, the White House rebuked Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on Friday for saying the United States risked appeasing Arab... 
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FBI, CIA warn of more attacks
WASHINGTON, Oct 5: US intelligence officials have warned members of Congress it is highly probable that militants linked to Osama bin Laden will attempt another major attack on American targets at...
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Maleeha, Rania make bid to erase prejudice
CHICAGO, Oct 5: Oprah Winfrey, the queen of US talk television and arbiter of all things cultural for many Americans, gave her viewers a quick course in Islam on Friday, attempting...
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Northern Alliance not viable, say experts
LONDON, Oct 5: The Northern Alliance may join any U.S.-led war on terrorism, but British defence sources do not consider Afghanistan’s main opposition group as a viable replacement for the Taliban....
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Israeli tanks enter Al Khalil: 5 killed
AL KHALIL, Oct 5: Israeli tanks and troops thrust into a Palestinian area of the West Bank city of Al Khalil on Friday, seizing strategic positions and killing five Palestinians in...
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Saudis in US feeling persecuted
RIYADH, Oct 5: Saudi citizens have started to feel being persecuted amid a perceived rise in anti-Arab and anti-Muslim sentiments in the US in the wake of last month’s carnage. Scores...
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Indian papers mock hijack ‘comedy’
NEW DELHI, Oct 5: Indian newspapers heaped scorn on Friday on senior security officials’ handling of a supposed mid-air hijacking that turned into a false alarm....
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Hijackers’ chocolate crumbs found
BOSTON, Oct 5: Some of the first documents released in the investigation of the Sept 11 attacks showed that some of the hijackers had a sweet tooth, a handheld flight computer,...
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Researcher foresees human clone in three months
NICOSIA, Oct 5: Scientists could create the first cloned human before the end of the year, a doctor working on the controversial project said on Friday....
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Khaleda Zia to take oath as PM on 8th
DHAKA, Oct 5: Khaleda Zia will be sworn in as Bangladesh’s prime minister on Monday (Oct 8), officials said, as election authorities brushed aside demands from the defeated Awami League to...
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US ‘war’ may hurt civil liberties
LONDON: The victims of what American President George W. Bush has called a “war against terrorism” may ironically turn out to be what the world’s democracies value most — freedom and...
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Asia on brink of Aids epidemic
JAKARTA: Large parts of Asia are beginning to experience an Aids epidemic and the region will probably overtake Africa as the most heavily affected area in the world unless firm action...
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UN scores use of food as weapon of war
UNITED NATIONS: Afghanistan, Israel and Burma stand accused of violating the basic human right to food and of using food as a weapon of war, says a senior UN investigator....
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Tibetan refugees long for a baby boom
BANGALORE: Alarmed at a declining birth rate spurred by modern lifestyles, Tibetans settled in India are worrying about their future — they need to increase their numbers if they want to...
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260,000 judges to try genocide cases
NAIROBI: Rawandans went to the polls on Thursday to choose 260,000 judges for traditional local courts to tackle the huge backlog of people awaiting trial for the 1994 genocide....
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Terrorism: still undefined
UNITED NATIONS: The lack of a clear definition of terrorism is taking on new urgency as the UN General Assembly debates the issue and the Security Council prepares to enforce sweeping...
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Macedonian peace deal tested
SKOPJE: Macedonian police units moved towards areas recently held by ethnic Albanian guerrillas on Thursday, testing the limits of the peace agreement initialled seven weeks ago and drawing strong criticism from...
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BD polls a verdict against terrorism, nepotism and corruption
DHAKA: The message of the Oct 1 general election in Bangladesh was loud and clear — the people have given their verdict against the unprecedented terrorism, widespread nepotism and corruption. They...
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