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Provincial leaders oppose Kabul plan: ‘National army’
KABUL, Feb 26: Afghan provincial authorities on Tuesday criticized plans to develop a national army and rein in powerful warlords which the United States has warned are the biggest threat facing... 
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Israelis take over two villages in Gaza
GAZA CITY, Feb 26: The Israeli army on Tuesday occupied two Palestinian self-rule villages in the central Gaza Strip and imposed a strict curfew on them, Palestinian security sources said....
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Karzai dismisses US charges against Iran
TEHRAN, Feb 26: Afghan interim leader Hamid Karzai wound up a sensitive visit to Iran on Tuesday by rejecting US charges that his country’s neighbour was interfering with his new UN-backed...
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Explosion in Rome heightens tension
ROME, Feb 26: A small bomb exploded near the Interior Ministry in Rome on Tuesday, damaging several vehicles, blowing out windows and ratcheting up tension in a city on edge after...
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Swindlers sold fake nuclear material to Al Qaeda: paper
NEW YORK, Feb 26: An analysis of suspected radioactive substances seized in Afghanistan has found nothing to prove that Osama bin Laden reached his decade-long goal of acquiring nuclear material for...
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Pentagon to close ‘office of strategic influence’
WASHINGTON, Feb 26: A Pentagon office that proposed to influence public opinion about the war on terrorism by possibly planting false news items in foreign media will be closed, Secretary of...
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Man gets two hearts after operation
SAO PAULO, Feb 26: A Brazilian man has two functioning hearts after a hospital here placed a new blood pump in his body without removing the old, local media reported on...
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Top Enron officials give conflicting statements
 WASHINGTON, Feb 26: Enron former executive Jeffrey Skilling challenged the US Senate on Tuesday in a formidable battle of words as lawmakers tried to sift through conflicting reports of who knew...
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Arab states drop demand for observers
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 26: In what appeared to be a significant shift in strategy, a draft resolution circulated by Arab envoys at the United Nations Security Council on Monday dropped provisions...
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‘Axis of evil’ author resigns
WASHINGTON, Feb 26: The White House speech-writer whose wife claimed in a leaked email to friends that he came up with President Bush’s phrase “axis of evil” for Iran, Iraq and...
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Annan to meet Iraqi FM on 7th
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 26: UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan plans to hold talks with Iraq’s foreign minister, Naji Sabri, in New York on March 7 on the possible return of weapons inspectors...
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Turning point in ME peace in sight
WASHINGTON: Despite the resurgence of Israeli-Palestinian violence Monday after a relatively calm weekend, analysts here point to signs that a turning point in the conflict may be in sight....
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China-US differences remain evergreen
BEIJING: US President George W Bush’s first state visit to China, which ended on Friday, underscored the fundamental differences between the world’s most powerful nation and the world’s most populous one....
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Poverty nurturing extremism
WASHINGTON: Economic failure and poverty nurture extremism in the Middle East, according to a new study by a leading US think tank....
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Ousting Saddam by force a hazardous enterprise
LONDON: Emboldened by success in Afghanistan and tired of being trapped in the quagmire over sanctions and weapons inspections in Iraq, the United States has embarked on a plan to rid...
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Need to break down barriers to free press
LONDON: In Daniel Pearl, the conflict in Afghanistan claimed its ninth victim in the journalistic corps, following the deaths of reporters from Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Sweden. Four were...
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Victory revives Congress party
NEW DELHI: India’s venerable Congress party, which led the country to independence and dominated it politically for the most of the last century, is now firmly on the comeback trail through...
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Libya’s first step into Europe’s doorway
PARIS: Muammar Qadhafi has decided to go knocking at Europe’s door, and has chosen to do so in style with the sending to Paris on Monday of a VIP delegation headed...
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