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Israel suspends attacks against PA: Sharon’s partners agree to stay on
TEL AVIV, Dec 5: Israel suspended on Wednesday its strikes against the Palestinian Authority (PA) to give its leader, Yasser Arafat, the chance to show he was serious about cracking down... 
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100,000 Tamils stopped from voting
COLOMBO, Dec 5: Sri Lanka’s moderate Tamil parties and election monitors on Wednesday demanded fresh polls in the embattled northern and eastern regions where nearly 100,000 people were prevented from casting...
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Tel Aviv asked to respect HR code
GENEVA, Dec 5: Israel was urged to respect the Fourth Geneva Convention at a conference on Wednesday, marking the first time a signatory has been formally reminded of its obligations under...
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De Klerk’s ex-wife murdered
 CAPE TOWN, Dec 5: Marike de Klerk, the 64-year-old ex-wife of former South African president F.W. de Klerk, was murdered, South African police said on Wednesday, a day after her body...
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Gendarmes strike spreads in France
 RENNES (France), Dec 5: An unprecedented protest movement by French gendarmes spread on Wednesday, as thousands of officers in towns around the country staged demonstrations for improved pay and conditions....
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Nepal doesn’t need foreign troops: PM
KATHMANDU, Dec 5: Nepal Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has ruled out the use of foreign troops to help put down a growing Maoist rebellion, while favouring the swift import of...
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Malaysia deports 1,600 after riot
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 5: More than 1,600 Indonesian illegal immigrants who rioted and set fire to a detention centre in Malaysia were deported within hours, police said on Wednesday....
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Early man grew up quickly, says study
PARIS, Dec 5: Early humans did not suffer teenage growing pains, according to a new study which suggests our distant ancestors grew up quickly, rather like apes....
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US arm-twisting forced Rabbani to step aside: officials
BONN, Dec 5: US officials put heavy pressure on Afghanistan’s nominal President Burhanuddin Rabbani to step aside, threatening serious consequences if he blocked a new government, officials at the talks said...
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Marines moving towards Kandahar
 DESERT AIRSTRIP RHINO (Afghanistan), Dec 5: US Marines have moved from a desert airstrip in southern Afghanistan towards the Taliban stronghold of Kandahar to block roads in the area as part...
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Karzai — link between old and new
 BONN, Dec 5: Hamid Karzai, the Pakhtoon tribal chief chosen to head the post-Taliban administration in Afghanistan, is unusually qualified to shoulder the huge task of trying to lead his war-torn...
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Rabbani defied Alliance: Fahim
KABUL, Dec 5: Ousted Afghan president Burhanuddin Rabbani ignored instructions from his Northern Alliance not to re-enter Kabul last month, Defence Minister General Mohammad Qasim Fahim said on Wednesday....
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Main points of Bonn accord
THE AGREEMENT:— acknowledges the right of the people of Afghanistan to freely determine their own political future in accordance with the principles of Islam, democracy, pluralism and social justice, and expresses appreciation of the Afghan mujahedin for their years of combat....
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7 Muslims shot dead as Lankans go to the polls
COLOMBO, Dec 5: At least 10 people, including seven Muslims and a seven-year-old boy, were killed in clashes during polling for general election in Sri Lanka on Wednesday, police said....
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The unseen side of Afghan talks
BONN, Dec 5: The unseen side of things was one of the remarkable aspects of the intra-Afghan talks in Germany: satellite telephone calls to guerrilla commanders in the field, international diplomatic...
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Israel mulling future without Arafat
AL QUDS: Israel’s government has not officially decided to topple Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat, but it apparently no longer fears it would be worse off without him....
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Allegiances change as Afghan war winds shift
BALKH (Afghanistan): Shir Ahmad stands in a muddy courtyard, fiddling with the dials on his American-made two-way radio. Three days ago, he was a farmer. Now, he is a military commander....
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‘Dirty bombs’ not as dangerous as nukes
WASHINGTON: Finding enough radioactive material to make a ”dirty bomb” might be relatively easy, experts say, but the effects of such a weapon could never remotely approach those of a nuclear...
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Outbreak of Frankenstein syndrome after cloning
WASHINGTON: The announcement by a small Massachusetts company that it had created a human embryo with cloning techniques was a great publicity event, but rather misleading advertising. If anything, the experiment...
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US missile shield is science fiction
WASHINGTON: Before the Sept 11 attacks supposedly changed everything, the Bush administration deemed a July 14 missile-defence test over the Pacific Ocean a success, even though the impact of the “kill...
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