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Annan asks Israel to end occupation: First use of term ‘illegal’
UNITED NATIONS, March 12: UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan harshly criticized Israel on Tuesday, calling on it to rein in its attacks on Palestinian civilians and end its illegal occupation of Palestinian... 
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India seeks global N-disarmament
NEW DELHI, March 12: In what must rank as a surprise reaffirmation of an old but temporarily discarded foreign policy doctrine, India on Tuesday indicated its disapproval of concentrated military power...
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PA urges Palestinians to resist Israelis
RAMALLAH, March 12: The Palestinian leadership on Tuesday urged refugees in a camp in Ramallah to resist Israeli occupation troops who seized the city on Monday in the biggest single operation...
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‘I-mode’ phones launched in Europe
HANOVER, March 12: A German telecommunications firm unveiled its version of “i-mode” mobile phone-based Internet service on Tuesday, giving the wildly popular Japanese technology its first test-run abroad....
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Terrified Muslims filling refugee camps in Gujarat
AHMEDABAD, March 12: Twenty-five-year-old mother Najma Begum Ayub, one of thousands of people housed in Muslim relief camps in Gujarat, cannot forget the sight of her children being burned alive by...
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Tel Aviv sends envoy to Paris
PARIS, March 12: Israel is sending to Paris its Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Michael Malchior, in an attempt to “explain” Franco-Israeli bilateral relations....
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Presence in Central Asia poses risks: ex-US envoy
MANILA, March 12: US forces should clear out of Central Asia after the military campaign against the Al Qaeda, a former senior US government official said on Tuesday....
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Tree DNA as evidence in murder case
OSLO, March 12: DNA samples from a Norwegian pine forest were presented as evidence in a murder case on Tuesday using a genetic technique that could herald the wider use of...
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Manipur rebels shoot exam cheats
GUWAHATI, March 12: Separatist rebels in Manipur state have taken to shooting exam cheats in the leg in a draconian attempt to clean up the education system, officials said on Tuesday....
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US senator’s ‘bizarre’ suggestion
WASHINGTON, March 12: A key US senator Tuesday drew quizzical looks from Secretary of State Colin Powell and other officials when he suggested in a rambling discourse that Colombian President Andres...
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Iran calls for continuation of intifada
TEHRAN, March 12: Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called on Tuesday for continuation of the Palestinian intifada....
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Cheney’s uphill task in ME
WILTON (USA): Vice President Dick Cheney’s trip to the Middle East is at best quixotic in light of reality. One major purpose is to gauge the prospects for support when (not...
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US sends Al Qaeda men to torture cells
LOS ANGELES: The United States has been secretly sending prisoners suspected of Al Qaeda connections to countries where torture during interrogation is legal, according to US diplomatic and intelligence sources....
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Temple crisis compounds BJP woes
NEW DELHI: A mediaeval mosque demolished by Hindu fundamentalists 10 years ago now haunts the pro-Hindu, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and threatens to destabilize the...
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US ready to pressure Israel?
TEL AVIV: When US envoy Anthony Zinni tried to broker an Israeli- Palestinian ceasefire late last year, he failed because he seemed to lack the leeway to pressure Israeli Prime Minister...
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Pentagon review sows confusion on US policy
WASHINGTON: A new Pentagon policy review is sowing confusion about America’s intentions for the world’s most lethal nuclear arsenal....
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Tapes reveal Nixon’s concern over Jews’ clout
LONDON: Despite what was said last September there are other moments in recent history when “the world changed for ever”. One was July 1973 when, during the televised Watergate hearings, a...
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Crime, lawlessness again grip Bangladesh
DHAKA: Contrary to what many thought that a relative calm would descend, at least for a while, in the political arena in Bangladesh after the Oct 1 polls, the demeanour of...
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