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Pentagon considering planting false stories: Proposal under study: paper
NEW YORK, Feb 19: The Pentagon is developing plans to provide news items, possibly even false ones, to foreign media organizations as part of a new effort to influence public sentiment... 
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2 UK soldiers sent home after Afghan shooting
KABUL, Feb 19: Two British paratroopers have been sent home amid an inquiry into the death of an Afghan man shot after an alleged attack on British troops, officials said on...
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US to boost Asian security: Bush
TOKYO/SEOUL, Feb 19: US President George W. Bush on Tuesday pledged to boost Washington’s security commitment to its Asian allies....
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Hunt launched for one-legged minister
MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Feb 19: Forces loyal to veteran Afghan warlord Abdul Rashid Dostum are hunting one of the most loathed figures in the former Taliban government — a one-legged minister who escaped...
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Europe musters courage to confront US with ‘one voice’
BRUSSELS, Feb 19: They say it couldn’t be done, but Europe will soon be speaking with a single voice, as part of a massive pan-European protest against the US incarceration at...
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Czech pm sparks uproar with Arafat slur
CAIRO, Feb 19: Egypt on Tuesday asked Czech Prime Minister Milos Zeman to postpone his planned visit here next week after he compared Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat to Adolf Hitler....
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S. Arabia denies holding suspects
RIYADH, Feb 19: Saudi Arabia is not holding any suspects in the killing of an Afghan minister and reports that three of the men had fled to the kingdom are false,...
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Ex-Lankan minister held over massacre
COLOMBO, Feb 19: Sri Lanka’s attorney general on Tuesday ordered the arrest of a former minister in connection with the massacre of 10 Muslim opposition party supporters during the December parliamentary...
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Kharrazi postpones Russia visit
TEHRAN, Feb 19: Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi has postponed an official visit to Russia that was to have started on Tuesday....
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Cheney to discuss Iraq options with ME leaders
WASHINGTON, Feb 19: Possible US policy options on Iraq will be on top of the list of subjects for discussion during Vice- President Richard Cheney’s proposed Middle East tour next month....
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World’s tallest man seeks refuge in UK
LONDON, Feb 19: The world’s tallest man is a 2 metre, 33cms asylum-seeker living in London, according to the British press....
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Man ends up in hospital after marathon game
TAIPEI, Feb 19: A Taiwanese man who sat for 15 hours at a table playing the Chinese board game Mahjong became numb and had to be rushed to hospital for emergency...
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Blair unmoved by Bush strategy shift
LONDON: The word that describes Tony Blair’s attitude towards George Bush is insouciant. He seems worried about almost nothing. The main thing is that he remains inside the loop. The two...
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Rats pointing to elixir of youth
LONDON: A troupe of elderly dancing rats has opened up the prospect of rejuvenating aging humans, scientists revealed on Monday....
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Balanced US agenda on China needed
LOS ANGELES; America’s complex engagement with China defies flat conclusions and bright lines. The two nations connect and collide on so many different fronts that the relationship is never moving solely...
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India panicking over plague-like disease
NEW DELHI: After a fourth person died of a mysterious illness that has caused panic in Himachal Pradesh and Uttaranchal, medical experts said the disease could be plague....
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Media coverage of ‘anti-terror war’ turns critical
WASHINGTON: When US soldiers conducted a raid north of Kandahar, on Jan 24, it was initially reported as an American victory. “US Special Forces got into a fight with the Taliban....
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Lioness’ queer maternal match
NAIROBI: Many Kenyans are trying to unravel the bizarre saga of a lioness that has apparently defied the laws of the jungle by adopting two baby oryxes in the past six...
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