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Bush backs Israeli incursion: Arafat’s reforms termed inadequate
WASHINGTON, June 10: US President George W. Bush on Monday dismissed Palestinian political reforms as inadequate and endorsed Israel’s latest military action in Palestinian-held lands as he met Israeli Prime Minister... 
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McCartney set for Ireland wedding
GLASLOUGH (Ireland), June 10: Former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney and his fiancee were all smiles on Monday on the eve of their “rock ‘n’ roll” wedding in a spectacular Irish castle....
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US pressure forces Zahir to bow out
KABUL, June 10: Afghanistan’s former king, Mohammed Zahir Shah, ruled himself out as a candidate for head of state on Monday under pressure from the United States after a row over...
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India’s oil problem would be exposed in war: experts
NEW DELHI, June 10: India has only limited oil stocks and could easily find itself in a crisis situation if it went to war against Pakistan because its traditional suppliers of...
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50 held in crackdown on money launderers
ROME, June 10: Some 50 people across Europe were arrested and 150 were under investigation as part of a crackdown on international money-laundering and the Russian Mafia, Italian police said on...
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French govt reviewing support to Arafat
PARIS, June 10: Although France has officially communicated no change in its Middle East policy, observers here point out to a number of indications that the French government may be reconsidering...
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Washington claims foiling ‘dirty bomb’ attack
WASHINGTON, June 10: US Attorney General John Ashcroft on Monday said US authorities had captured an Al Qaeda operative and prevented an attack on the United States with a radioactive dirty...
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Target had not been chosen, says Wolfowitz
WASHINGTON, June 10: An American Al Qaeda operative was undertaking reconnaissance for a radiological dirty bomb attack when captured and had not yet decided on his target, Deputy Defense Secretary Paul...
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Mafia icon John Gotti dies
NEW YORK, June 10: John Gotti, the head of the Gambino crime family and one of the last mafia icons, died in prison on Monday of cancer at the age of...
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2000-year-old canals found
TAMPA, June 10: Archeologists have unearthed two 2,000-year-old canals in Florida, which they say are the oldest and longest navigational waterways ever discovered in North America....
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Pakistan, India can do without US meddling
LONDON: There is an eerie symmetry. One world crisis, anxiously tended by the United States, takes a breather. India and Pakistan will not blow each other up this week. Another world...
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Peace still in tatters in Afghanistan: Loya jirga session
KABUL: Eight months after launching a lightning military campaign in Afghanistan, the United States is in danger of losing the peace unless it takes swift action to defuse ethnic rivalries, limit...
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Gene for skin cancer found
LONDON: Researchers have discovered the one-in-ten-billion genetic mutation which causes death from the severest form of skin cancer — malignant melanoma....
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Food summit likely to ignore real issues
LONDON: If you want to see a hideous sight in the next few days, head for Rome where the second World Food Summit will be taking place. Held over from last...
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Fly brings death to African villages
MBOKI (Central African Republic): Jan Canbi’s entire body itches, his skin is peeling and he can’t sleep....
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White House learnt little from Sept 11
LONDON: When the hijacked planes hit the twin towers, nine months ago, there were some who believed the priorities of George Bush’s presidency were irrevocably altered....
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