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US troops deploy in Philippines: Fight against ‘Osama’s allies’
MANILA, Jan 15: In a potentially risky military operation described as a “training exercise”, US soldiers on Tuesday began deploying in the southern Philippines, where they could be drawn into combat... 
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Two Israelis shot dead in West Bank
TEL AVIV, Jan 15: Unidentified men shot dead two Israelis on Tuesday in apparent revenge for the killing of a Palestinian wanted by Israel in a bomb blast, further straining an...
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Beijing, Delhi to fight ‘terrorism’
NEW DELHI, Jan 15: Chinese Prime Minister Zhu Rongji and Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee have agreed to evolve a mechanism to fight terrorism....
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S. Arabians want US troops out: senator
WASHINGTON, Jan 15: The chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee said on Tuesday the US military might need to end operations at a Saudi Arabian air base given the restrictions...
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Euro glitters, transactions go upbeat
BRUSSELS, Jan 15: With the euro well into its third week as Europe’s common currency, public excitement over the continent’s glittering new euro notes and coins continues unabated....
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32 killed as Moros clash with Manila soldiers
ZAMBOANGA (Philippines), Jan 15: Twelve security personnel and 20 civilians were killed on Tuesday in a gunfight during a rally held by supporters of detained Muslim leader Nur Misuari in the...
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Scientist accuses Washington of racism
SANTA FE (USA), Jan 15: A Los Alamos nuclear weapons scientist once suspected of spying for China said he was prosecuted because of race in a book released on Tuesday giving...
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CIA thinks Osama has escaped by sea
WASHINGTON, Jan 15: US intelligence officers believe Osama bin Laden has escaped American efforts to find him in Afghanistan and that he has most likely fled the entire region by sea,...
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Khamenei pardons legislator
TEHRAN, Jan 15: Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei finally came down on the side of the pro-reform parliament in its battle with the conservative courts on Tuesday, pardoning a jailed...
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‘Dead’ man comes alive
NEW DELHI, Jan 15: A “dead” man shocked relatives and doctors in Lucknow when he suddenly came alive just minutes before he was to be taken for cremation....
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Dream changes Masood’s mausoleum
BAZARAQ (Afghanistan), Jan 15: A vivid dream by a one-legged Afghan soldier has wrought major changes at the mausoleum of slain Northern Alliance commander Ahmad Shah Masood....
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China flexes political muscle in S. Asia
BEIJING: As South Asia struggles to avert another war between nuclear arch rivals India and Pakistan, Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji is on a visit to New Delhi — the first by...
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Washington far from defeating terrorism
WASHINGTON: While today’s greatest democracy, the US - along with its loose coalition of allies - routed the Taliban from Afghanistan extraordinarily quickly, the US has not won the war on...
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Re-emerging tensions between US, Russia
MOSCOW: The improved ties between the United States and Russia have begun to fray in recent days as the two sides have renewed criticism of each other over such issues as...
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Bush’s foreign policy wins few friends in ME
LONDON: Frustrated, disappointed and angry. Many in the Middle East feel this way about US foreign policy in President George W. Bush’s first year in office — unless they happen to...
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Arab summit in trouble
BEIRUT: An Arab summit scheduled to take place here in March already looks doomed by traditional Arab rivalries and controversies, analysts and officials say. Shia leader and parliament speaker Nabih Berri...
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Attack on Somalia: ’93 memories haunt US
WASHINGTON: With the war in Afghanistan winding down, Americans wondering where the global war on terrorism might shift need look only as far as their local movie theatre for one possible...
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US-Europe rift widens anew after Sept 11 bridge
BRUSSELS: Four months after Europe and Russia rallied behind President George W. Bush over the Sept 11 attacks on the US, the Atlantic gap is widening again as Washington opts increasingly...
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