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Israelis arrest 100 Palestinians
GAZA CITY, July 2: Israeli forces pressed on with their policy of seizing Palestinian fighters on Tuesday, nabbing 100 people, including six border policemen in the southern Gaza Strip, and a... 
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Arafat sacks police chief
RAMALLAH: Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat on Tuesday sacked the head of his police forces, General Ghazi Jabali, as part of reforms to the national security apparatus, Palestinian officials said here....
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ME states wasted oil wealth: UN
LONDON/CAIRO, July 2: The United Nations accused a host of Arab nations on Tuesday of squandering the wealth generated by oil and depriving millions of their people of basic political freedoms....
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Peres rules out polls in presence of army
TEL AVIV, July 2: Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres on Tuesday expressed doubt that planned Palestinian elections can take place while the Israeli army remains in the territories....
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Osama, Omar alive, says Afghan FM
KABUL, July 2: Afghan Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah said on Tuesday he had evidence to suggest Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and the former Taliban ruler of Afghanistan, Mullah Mohammad...
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US pulls troops out of East Timor mission: Protest over war crimes court
UNITED NATIONS, July 2: Washington said on Monday it was pulling all three U.S. soldiers out of a U.N. force in East Timor to back up its hard-line threat to kill...
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US plans to set up airbase in Qatar
RIYADH, July 2: With military option against Iraq deferred for the time being, apparently because of lack of support from the Arab world, the United States is focussing on developing the...
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Annan, HR bodies slam Washington
UNITED NATIONS, July 2: The United States came under severe criticism from the world community and human rights groups on Sunday as it threatened to end its mission in Bosnia because...
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Fossett first balloonist to circle globe all alone
SYDNEY, July 2: US millionaire Steve Fossett became the first solo balloonist to circle the globe nonstop, sailing into the record books high above the clouds off Australia’s southern coast on...
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Vajpayee tells Gujarat govt not to be biased
NEW DELHI, July 2: Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee on Tuesday urged the swift dispersal of monetary compensation for the thousands of victims of communal riots in Gujarat, officials said....
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Spanish idyll turns into tragedy for Russian kids
SALOU (Spain), July 2: It was to have been two weeks of fun and sun at a four-star Spanish hotel by a Mediterranean beach for the children from distant Bashkortostan, an...
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US distaste for international court has deep historical roots
WASHINGTON: As the international criminal court quietly became a reality in the Hague, European diplomats tried to stay optimistic that the Americans would eventually stop sulking and join in its operation....
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Hindutva eclipses secularism: Cabinet reshuffle in India
NEW DELHI: India’s Hindu nationalist-led ruling coalition is firmly in the grip of hardliners after the biggest cabinet and party revamp carried out by Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee since the...
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Capitalists with appetites for excess
LONDON: When I was studying in the Soviet Union, during Gorbachev’s last, faltering months, my landlady used to take the dog out for a walk at nine o’clock every night. For...
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New AIDS drug leaves Africa behind
LONDON: Two decades into the global AIDS epidemic, drug companies are perfecting ways of keeping the virus at bay....
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Europe angry as US goes solo
LONDON: America’s European allies expressed “deep regret” on Monday over US threats to pull out of UN peacekeeping operations, the latest in a string of disputes shaking the trans-Atlantic alliance....
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