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100,000 hold rally against globalization: EU summit
BARCELONA, March 15: Some 100,000 trade unionists filled the streets of Barcelona on Thursday calling for a “social Europe” in a protest called ahead of this weekend’s EU summit in the... 
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US violated detainees’ rights, says Amnesty
NEW YORK, March 15: Many of the 1,200 people detained in the wake of the Sept 11 attacks on the United States have had their human rights violated, including their right...
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Grenades hit US embassy in Yemen
WASHINGTON, March 15: A young Yemeni man threw two explosive devices, apparently grenades, at the US embassy in Yemen on Friday, officials said, a day after US Vice President Dick Cheney...
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Senate rejects Bush nominee
WASHINGTON, March 15: US President George W. Bush suffered a political setback on Friday as Senate Democrats blocked his efforts to promote a conservative judge, in what they view as a...
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Yugoslav mly seizes US envoy, ex-general
BELGRADE, March 15: Yugoslav military police arrested a US diplomat and a former top Milosevic-era general in a Belgrade restaurant on Thursday night and accused them of espionage, officials said on...
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$5 billion rise in US foreign aid proposed
WASHINGTON, March 15: US President George Bush has proposed a three-year, $5-billion increase in US foreign aid beginning from the year 2004, but made it contingent on the recipient countries undertaking...
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Pirated Oscar favourites go up for bid on website
LONDON, March 15: A few enterprising — and potentially illegal — eBay traders are gearing up for the Oscars this weekend, auctioning off pirated versions of top film nominees, some priced...
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Rao’s jail sentence overturned
NEW DELHI, March 15: The Delhi High Court on Friday overturned a three-year prison sentence handed down to former Indian prime minister P.V. Narasimha Rao for his alleged role in a...
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Enron’s audit firm indicted
WASHINGTON, March 15: A federal grand jury has indicted accounting firm Andersen for obstruction of justice tied to probes of Enron Corp.’s collapse, federal officials announced on Thursday, prompting Andersen to...
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Cheney visits US troops on sea carrier
ABOARD USS JOHN C. STENNIS, March 15: US Vice President Dick Cheney visited an aircraft carrier in the Arabian Sea on Friday and watched warplanes roar off to Afghanistan, in a...
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US to host anti-Saddam activists
WASHINGTON, March 15: The United States has agreed to host a conference of former Iraqi officers in Washington in the coming weeks to talk about overthrowing Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, the...
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Greater US role needed in ME
CHARLOTTESVILLE (USA): President George W. Bush, crafter of peace in the Holy Land? It could still happen. Most Israelis and Palestinians are reeling from the terrible casualties both communities have suffered...
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Arabs not interested in ousting Saddam: Cheney’s dilemma
NICOSIA: There is a keen sense of deja vu in Dick Cheney’s tour of the Middle East to rally support against Iraq. But this is no replay of the mission he...
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US N-plan changes calculus of deterrence
WASHINGTON: The Bush administration’s controversial new policy blueprint for nuclear weapons raises fundamental questions about US security needs in the post-cold-war era:...
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Japan’s hope on isles dashed
TOKYO: Japan’s dream of regaining four Russian-held islands, key to signing a World War Two peace pact, was as distant as ever on Friday after talks in Moscow reached an impasse,...
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Russia’s ban on ‘Bush legs’ imports sparks controversy
MOSCOW: An escalating game of chicken between Russia and the United States over terms of trade in poultry and steel is evoking unexpected passions from notoriously apathetic Russians, many of whom...
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Zimbabwe exposes West’s limitations
LONDON: There is a gaping hole in international diplomacy and it is called Africa, analysts say....
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Madagascar: rival govts fight on for legitimacy
ANTANANARIVO: Reports that this Indian Ocean island nation is somehow functioning with two governments following a contested presidential election are contradicted by the reality that neither government is fully operational....
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