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US asks Kabul to hand over top Taliban leaders
KABUL, Jan 9: The United States has demanded the handover of top Taliban leaders who were released after surrendering to Afghan authorities, as it interrogates two suspected Al Qaeda fighters captured... 
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Czech troops to deploy in Kuwait at US request: Germany sending reconnaissance tanks
PRAGUE, Jan 9: Some 350 Czech soldiers from a chemical protection unit are to be deployed in Kuwait in March to protect US troops and their allies, the head of the...
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Bugs-from-space theory gets a boost
PARIS, Jan 9: The theory that meteorites carrying bacteria kickstarted life on Earth has been strengthened by a German experiment that placed bugs in orbit to see if they survived the...
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S.Arabians complain of excesses in US
RIYADH, Jan 9: A number of Saudis freed from US jails following weeks of detention after the Sept 11 attacks have claimed that they were maltreated and psychologically abused by the...
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US plans indefinite stay in C.Asia: paper
WASHINGTON, Jan 9: The United States, which has just established a foothold in Central Asia, is preparing to consolidate its military presence in the region and extend it for years, The...
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Evidence of HR abuses by Russians
SLEPTSOVSK (Russia) Jan 9: Russian federal forces wound up a sweep through the Chechen town of Argun on Wednesday amid mounting evidence of human rights abuses by Russian troops during a...
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Mosque sues hotel chain
WASHINGTON, Jan 9: A mosque in New Jersey has filed a lawsuit against Marriot International for discrimination against their members....
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Cold weather claims 300 lives in Moscow
MOSCOW, Jan 9: Three hundred people have died from the effects of cold weather in Moscow since the beginning of winter, city officials said on Wednesday cited by RIA-Novosti. Three more...
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US reliance on Afghans in hunt for Osama faulted
WASHINGTON, Jan 9: For the first time, critics are openly questioning US strategy in Afghanistan, as officials weigh where the war on terrorism will lead next....
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Iran accused of interfering in Afghan affairs
KANDAHAR, Jan 9: A spokesman for the governor of Kandahar has accused Iran of interfering in the situation in Helmand and Herat provinces....
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China eager to keep US influence out
BEIJING: Seeking to assert itself as a major player in a region increasingly influenced by the United States, China is eager to showcase a young Central Asian grouping as a successful...
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Israel sabotaging US peace effort
AL QUDS: A deadly Palestinian border raid combined with Israel’s seizure of a weapons ship could spell doom for a renewed US peace mission meant to capitalise on a lull in...
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First Congo leader to be convicted of treason
BRAZZAVILLE: The Congo’s former president Pascal Lissouba has been sentenced to 30 years of hard labour for what a Brrazzaville court has referred to as “high treason,” this the result of...
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Flattery lies in human genes
WASHINGTON: The guys gathered around Osama bin Laden at his videotaped luncheon a few weeks back sounded and acted very much like a bunch of VPs sucking up to the CEO....
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Progressive Lankan peace
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka hopes a recent truce and plans to lift an economic embargo will enable talks with Tamil Tigers to focus on the key rebel demand of a separate state,...
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Somalia: terrorists’ next stop?
LOS ANGELES: With Al Qaeda on the run from Afghanistan, Yemen, Egypt and Sudan cracking down on terrorists, Somalia would be a likely refuge for members of the Al Qaeda network....
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Powell seeks Arafat version on arms cache
WASHINGTON, Jan 9: US Secretary of State Colin Powell urged Palestinian President Yasser Arafat on Wednesday to urgently provide an explanation over a shipment of arms seized in the Red Sea...
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Longest-running musical to close doors
NEW YORK, Jan 9: After 42 consecutive years and 17,162 performances, “The Fantasticks” is calling it quits, finally conceding the longest-run contest to Agatha Christie’s mystery, “The Mousetrap,” which opened in...
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