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Delhi ready for talks on autonomy: Farooq: Mujahideen term move poll ploy
SRINAGAR, July 15: The head of Indian-occupied Kashmir said on Monday that New Delhi had appointed a representative to start talks on granting autonomy to the held state.... 
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US troops to stay in Afghanistan for years: Wolfowitz visits airbase
BAGRAM AIR BASE, July 15: The US campaign in Afghanistan will last for years as more than half of the Taliban leadership is still intact, US Deputy Defence Secretary Paul Wolfowitz...
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Arab League opposes US plan to attack Iraq
RIYADH, July 15: In the face of an increasing possibility of a US attack on Iraq, the Arab world is trying to put up a united front in opposing any such...
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Votes cast for new president in India
NEW DELHI, July 15: Indian politicians cast ballots on Monday to elect the country’s new president, almost certain to be the architect of the country’s missile arsenal, Abdul Kalam....
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Osama is alive, claims editor
LONDON, July 15: An editor of a London-based Arabic newspaper has claimed that Osama bin Laden is alive and has recovered from shrapnel wounds sustained in the US attack on Afghanistan’s...
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India delays response to killings
NEW DELHI, July 15: India’s parliament adjourned on Monday without hearing an expected government announcement on its response to a weekend massacre of 28 people in occupied Jammu by unidentified gunmen....
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Indian Mig crashes
KOLKATA, July 15: Two airmen ejected safely from an Indian air force fighter jet which crashed in West Bengal state on Monday while on a training sortie, police said....
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Sharon’s charge angers EU
BRUSSELS, July 15: The European Union on Monday dismissed Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s allegation that the Palestinian Authority continues to use aid from the European Union (EU) to “finance terrorism”....
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US isolated on ME peace process
WASHINGTON: The Bush administration begins a new round of high-level Middle East diplomacy this week at odds with virtually all of its partners in the peace process, including Arab and European...
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China-Taiwan thaw in the offing
TAIPEI: Recent statements from Taiwan and mainland China have heightened speculation that the two longtime adversaries may at last be preparing for talks to open direct trade, transportation and telecommunications links...
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EU’s political clout throttled
BRUSSELS: Europe’s foreign affairs threesome, Spain’s Javier Solana, Britain’s Chris Patten and Denmark’s Per Stig Moeller, are trying with fellow “quartet” members the United States, United Nations and Russia, to keep...
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‘Reforms’ irk Palestinians
GAZA CITY: On the face of it, virtually everyone in the Gaza Strip and West Bank seems to agree with President Bush that the Palestinians need to elect new leaders, reform...
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Exiled Iraqi armymen confident of Saddam’s fall
LONDON: Exiled Iraqi officers on Sunday backed American efforts to remove Saddam Hussein but promised they would not seek to replace him with another military regime, after an unprecedented closed-door meeting...
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Beijing disowns Nepalese Maoism
BEIJING: The king of Nepal, travelling across China on a 10- day goodwill tour, has won a curious promise from China’s Communist leaders: to support his government’s struggle against rebels who...
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