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S.Arabia, UAE, EU ppose US intent: Attack on Iraq
JEDDAH, March 16: US Vice President Dick Cheney took his Mideast tour to the United Arab Emirates and top ally Saudi Arabia Saturday but found no support for new US strikes... 
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Awami League MPs threaten to resign
DHAKA, March 10: Lawmakers of the main opposition party in the Bangladeshi parliament have decided to quit en masse in protest against a move by the ruling coalition to bring down...
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US carries out missile shield test
WASHINGTON, March 16: In its most challenging attempt, the latest test in a US missile defence programme was successful on Friday when a projectile weapon destroyed a mock warhead in space...
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UN moves to curb plundering of poor nations’ fish stocks
LONDON: Over-fishing by foreign fleets are causing alarming reductions in fish stocks off west Africa and South America, putting local fishermen out of business and removing valuable food resources, according to...
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Seven die in fire at Bangladesh madressah
 DHAKA, March 16: A fire swept through a madressah for girls on the fringe of Dhaka early on Saturday, killing at least seven pupils....
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CIA alerts Germany, Britain to bomb plots
BERLIN, March 16: The United States’ Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has warned Germany and Britain about possible bomb attacks by members of Osama bin Laden’s Al Qaeda network, Germany’s Focus magazine...
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US magazine proposes attack on Arab cities
WASHINGTON, March 16: In a discussion on its website, editors of the far-right National Review magazine have suggested that in the event of a nuclear or radiation device being used in...
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Tail checks for Airbus planes
WASHINGTON, March 16: Airlines will have to check the tails of certain Airbus planes that have made violent manoeuvres after an American Airlines crash in New York last year when the...
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French probe charges of laundering by Osama family By Our Correspondent
PARIS, March 16: The French justice ministry says it is investigating allegations of money laundering by financial interests linked to the family of Osama bin Laden....
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Rushdie banned from travelling on Air Canada
LONDON, March 16: Air Canada has banned British author Salman Rushdie from its flights because of the long delays due to extra security provided to the man when he travels....
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China accuses US of nuclear blackmail
BEIJING, March 16: China, using its strongest language against the United States in months, accused Washington on Saturday of “nuclear blackmail”....
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US, Sri Lanka in military cooperation talks
COLOMBO, March 16: The United States is holding talks with Sri Lanka on increasing military cooperation while supporting Norwegian attempts to broker peace in the island, a top visiting US official...
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Chinese discovered America: historian
LONDON, March 16: An amateur British historian who has made headlines by contending that the Chinese reached America 70 years before Christopher Columbus has presented new evidence to support his theory....
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France snubs Israel over anti-Semitism
PARIS, March 16: French Foreign Minister Hubert Vedrine on Thursday met Israeli Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Michael Melchior in Paris to “explain” Franco-Israeli relations, especially with regard to recent charges...
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Iran ready to consider US invitation
TEHRAN, March 16: The Iranian parliament is ready to evaluate an invitation to Washington by the United States Senate, the students’ news agency ISNA reported on Saturday....
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Hollywood — the place — to grab Oscar honours
HOLLYWOOD, March 16: To the uninitiated, it may come as some surprise to learn that Hollywood — the industry — has not held its annual Oscars awards gala in Hollywood —...
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Sharon counts cost of Israeli offensive
TEL AVIV: Israeli tanks and troops have left a trail of physical devastation during their offensive in the West Bank and Gaza Strip — and a heap of political debris for...
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EU, UK poles apart on attacking Iraq
BERLIN: Germany’s chancellor, Gerhard Schroeder, on Friday brought into the open the growing rift between Britain and continental Europe over taking the “war on terror” to Iraq when he signalled he...
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India’s religious dispute threatens secular state
AYODHYA: Although it may not be obvious at first, Muhammad Hashim Ansari and the Hindu leader Ramchandra Paramhans have a lot in common....
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50 years on: Zimbabwe still haunts the C’Wealth
LONDON: Zimbabwe has haunted the Commonwealth for half a century. With Robert Mugabe winning a fifth term as president on March 13, it is still doing just that....
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