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Missile shield for US navy cancelled
WASHINGTON, Dec 15: A naval component of the planned US missile defence shield was cancelled due to cost overruns, the Pentagon announced late Friday.... 
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EU ushers debate of institutional reforms
BRUSSELS, Dec 15: European Union leaders meeting in Brussels approved a landmark declaration on the future of Europe on Saturday, ushering in a period of intensive debate on institutional reform of...
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US ending ABM to end arms race: Rumsfeld
BAKU, Dec 15: The US withdrawal from the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty will end the Cold War arms race, not start a new one, US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said on...
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Eid being celebrated in USA today
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 15: The Islamic Fiqh Council and the National Islamic Shura Council of North America has announced that Eid-ul-Fitr will be celebrated on Sunday....
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KFOR arrests Arab workers in Kosovo
PRISTINA, Dec 15: Peacekeepers in Kosovo have arrested three Arabs on suspicion of involvement in planning terrorist attacks against targets in Europe and the United States, a spokesman for the Kosovo...
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BD journalist alleges police torture
DHAKA, Dec 15: A Bangladeshi journalist and anti-fundamentalism campaigner held on suspicion of treason has alleged that police tortured him during detention, newspaper reports said on Saturday....
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EU warns US against extending campaign
LAEKEN (Belgium) Dec 15: The European Union on Saturday warned the United States against extending its international war on terrorism beyond Afghanistan without first seeking approval from the international community....
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Tiger census shows stable population
SAZNEKHALI (India), Dec 15: One of the world’s largest tiger census operations — in the Sunderbans reserve in eastern India — ended this week with officials saying the number of big...
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16 die of cold
NEW DELHI, Dec 15: A cold snap in the north Indian state of Bihar has claimed 16 lives in the past week, the United News of India reported Saturday....
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India-Japan normalize ties
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee’s visit to Japan, which concluded earlier this week, was on all counts a highly successful affair. By far the biggest achievement of the visit...
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US offers ties to Caucasus states: Reward for recent assistance
YEREVAN, Dec 15: US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld made a lightning tour of the Caucasus on Saturday with the offer of military assistance to states close to Afghanistan in return for...
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Who is the ‘Sheikh’ in Osama video?
RIYADH, Dec 15: The identity of Osama bin Laden’s guest, referred to as the “Sheikh” in a videotape released by the Pentagon on Thursday, remains a mystery amid conflicting accounts of...
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EU foils move to sideline Arafat
BRUSSELS, Dec 15: The European Union tried to counter Israel’s attempt to sideline Palestinian President Yasser Arafat on Friday, just days after apparently tilting towards Israel in exasperation at a wave...
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Palestinians ask AL for urgent meeting
CAIRO, Dec 15: Palestinian authorities have asked the 22-member Arab League to hold an emergency foreign ministers’ meeting next week to discuss mounting violence, the League said on Saturday....
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American Taliban is on US warship
WASHINGTON, Dec 15: American Taliban fighter John Walker Lindh is in US custody aboard a ship in the Arabian Sea, US Central Command chief General Tommy Franks said....
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Afghan FM accepts UN force, with conditions
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 15: Afghan foreign affairs minister Abdullah Abdullah placed a series of conditions on the deployment of a United Nations multinational security force in his country....
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GCC set to discuss terrorism, Afghanistan
RIYADH, Dec 15: The leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) are set to discuss international terrorism, reconstruction in Afghanistan as well as joint economic and defence pacts....
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Blair forces EU to climbdown
LAEKEN, Belgium, Dec 15: British Prime Minister Tony Blair has forced the European Union to drop a drafted warning to Washington not to extend its self-declared war on terrorism beyond Afghanistan,...
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Somalia’s PM welcome US forces to deploy
NAIROBI, Dec 15: Somalia’s prime minister said on Saturday he would welcome the deployment of US military teams to seek out and dismantle any terrorist camps in his country and ensure...
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PA closes Hamas, Jihad offices
GAZA CITY, Dec 15: Four offices of the Islamic Jihad and Hamas movements have been closed on the order of the Palestinian Authority, a Palestinian police official said Saturday....
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