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Russia, Europeans disagree with US: ‘Axis of terror’ description
MUNICH, Feb 3: Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov on Sunday renewed Russia’s support for the US-led war on terrorism, but said Russia was not prepared to extend the war to Iraq.... 
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US warns Nato allies they may be sidelined
MUNICH, Feb 3: Washington stoked speculation about the next stage of the war against terrorism on Saturday amid warnings that Europe could be sidelined unless it closed a military capability gap...
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Cambodians vote in first local elections
PHNOM PENH, Feb 3: Cambodians voted on Sunday in the country’s first local elections, expected to loosen the iron grip Prime Minister Hun Sen holds on rural politics and test his...
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Enron executives skewered in report
WASHINGTON, Feb 3: Enron’s former top executives, set to testify in Congress, were skewered in a report to the fallen energy giant’s board, blamed for shady accounting that overstated earnings by...
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Iran finds unity as it woos EU
TEHRAN, Feb 3: Iran, plagued by a rift between conservatives and reformists, is finding unity in stepping up ties with the EU following US accusations of trying to export terrorism and...
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Philippine forces kill 16 gunmen in battle
ZAMBOANGA, Feb 3: Philippine troops, backed by bomber planes, killed 16 Muslim guerrillas linked to the Al-Qaeda network in three days of fighting on the southern island of Jolo, the Philippine...
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21 die in Lagos clashes
LAGOS, Feb 3: At least 21 people have been killed in violent clashes between members of two ethnic groups in a working-class district of Nigeria’s main city of Lagos, hospital workers...
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High-tech loo for British late-nighters
LONDON, Feb 3: A high-tech version of the French pissoir will soon be popping up on British streets in the hope of stopping drunken men relieving themselves in darkened doorways, according...
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Fifth Briton being held by US
LONDON, Feb 3: A fifth Briton captured in Afghanistan is being held by US forces, who are detaining him in Kandahar....
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Death sentence for killing woman editor
KUWAIT CITY, Feb 3: A Kuwaiti man was sentenced to death on Sunday for shooting dead a woman magazine proprietor in apparent revenge for an “insulting” article she had published about...
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US policy in ME dismays Arabs
CAIRO: If Sept 11 was a turning point in the way the United States deals with terrorism, many in the Arab world hoped it would also change the way America tackles...
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America guilty of terrorism: Chomsky
PORTO ALEGRE (Brazil): With his usual biting wit, noted linguist, philosopher and social activist Noam Chomsky gave the audience at his “teach-in”, during the second World Social Forum (WSF) here, a...
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Uneasy alliance between Washington, Riyadh
RIYADH: Since the Sept 11 attacks in the United States, US-Saudi relations have been subject to greater scrutiny than perhaps at any time in nearly seven decades of cooperation. But more...
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Bush’s ‘go-it-alone’ stance alarms EU
MUNICH: A parade of European security officials expressed alarm Saturday about what they considered an aggressive, go-it-alone stance staked out by President Bush in his State of the Union address last...
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State terror against Filipino Muslims
BASILAN (Southern Philippines): Syed Kaing Mabbul was a coconut farmer on this exquisitely beautiful island, the hottest new target in President George W. Bush’s global war on terrorism. His misfortune, his...
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French Gaullists, Socialists at odds
PARIS: Although neither presidential candidate - incumbent Gaullist Head of State Jacques Chirac and current Socialist Prime Minister Lionel Jospin - has yet officially announced his candidacy, spokesmen for France’s two...
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