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Member blames big powers for collapse: UN mission for Jenin
GENEVA, May 3: A member of a United Nations team appointed to probe Israel’s assault on Jenin refugee camp blamed loss of support from the major powers for the collapse of... 
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Far right wins 3 seats in riot-hit UK town
BURNLEY (England) May 3: The far-right British National Party won three council seats on Friday in Burnley, an industrial centre dogged by racial unease, in a result which one politician said...
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French Muslims in a fix over place in new political setup
PARIS, May 3: Only a few days before the second round of presidential elections on Sunday, French Muslims say they are in a quandary as to what will be their place...
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Milosevic, Rugova cross swords at UN court
THE HAGUE, May 3: Slobodan Milosevic and Kosovo President Ibrahim Rugova traded verbal bullets across a tense courtroom on Friday in a bitter confrontation over the former Serb leader’s role in...
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Another Bush gaffe: Arafat to ‘lead world’
WASHINGTON, May 3: Veteran White House watchers know that President George W. Bush can deliver nuanced, balanced statements when he sticks to a prepared script, but can fumble hilariously when he...
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Low caste leader takes oath as UP CM
 LUCKNOW, May 3: A lower-caste leader took power in Uttar Pradesh on Friday after striking a deal to support the embattled Hindu nationalists who lead the federal coalition....
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Paris asks Arafat to continue peace moves
PARIS, May 3: French Foreign Minister Hubert Vedrine has launched a public appeal to President Yasser Arafat asking him to “continue his efforts” towards bringing about peace with Israel, and also...
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Airport worker affected by radioactivity
PARIS, May 3: The French Nuclear safety authority ASN (Autorite de surete nucleaire), in a communique issued on Thursday, has revealed that at least one employee of FedEx’s Roissy-Charles de Gaulle...
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Zimbabwean wins UNESCO Press Prize
PARIS, May 3: Zimbabwean editor Geoffrey Nyarota, founder of his country’s only independent daily newspaper, has won this year’s UNESCO World Press Freedom Prize, the United Nations cultural organisation said on...
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Bush blames Democrats for court ‘crisis’
WASHINGTON, May 3: President George W. Bush accused Senate Democrats on Friday of “endangering the administration of justice in America” by refusing to confirm many of his nominees for federal judgeships....
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Foreign policy lessons for India: Gujarat carnage
NEW DELHI: When anti-Muslim violence was in its peak in the western Indian province of Gujarat, India’s Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee publicly worried that it had tarnished India’s image abroad....
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Arafat: popular but much weaker
RAMALLAH: Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat emerged on Thursday from a five-month siege by Israeli forces in his West Bank headquarters here wreathed in smiles and uttering brave words about the future....
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How to halt the rise of the right
LONDON: The geography of Europe is shifting. Less than three years ago, left-of-centre governments were in power in 11 out of 15 EU states. Depending on what happens in elections in...
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Antarctica: from top secret to top rank
CAMBRIDGE: What began as a top secret World War Two spying mission and evolved into a respected pool of polar explorers and scientists, is now aiming to build its role as...
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N-ambiguities of big powers
WASHINGTON: We live with nuclear perils of several kinds. Russia and the United States agree on reducing nuclear stockpiles, but disagree on whether to destroy them or store them, as the...
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Arabs’ economic weapon
DAMASCUS: Nineteen Arab countries have agreed unanimously to reactivate an economic blockade of Israel....
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Retrieved billions brighten hopes for Third World poor
LAGOS: Nigeria has struck a deal with banks in Switzerland, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein and Britain to get back about one billion dollars in frozen assets, stolen by late military dictator General Sani...
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15 killed in Nigeria
JOS (Nigeria), May 3: Nigerian authorities said on Friday 15 people died in political clashes in the central city of Jos, which is still recovering from vicious sectarian fighting last year....
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