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Pentagon unsure Afghans fired on US gunship
WASHINGTON, July 16: A senior Pentagon official said on Monday he was unsure if a US gunship blamed by Afghans for dozens of deaths at a wedding party had been under... 
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Rumsfeld slams mly over disclosures
WASHINGTON, July 16: Stung by leaked reports of US planning for military action against Iraq, US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has called on US military leaders in a memorandum made public...
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Turkish PM agrees to hold early elections
ANKARA, July 16: Turkish premier Bulent Ecevit bowed to pressure from government partners on Tuesday and agreed to call early polls in November in the hope of ending turmoil that has...
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Indian army pilot enmeshed in ‘love flight’
JODHPUR, July 16: An Indian military pilot appeared to be flying into bad weather with his army bosses for using a gunship helicopter to airdrop a gift to a girlfriend at...
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Bush floats initiative to protect US from terror
WASHINGTON, July 16: US President George W. Bush on Tuesday proposed a strategy to protect America from terrorism that includes using the US military to enforce quarantines during a biological attack...
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Plans for WTC site unveiled
 NEW YORK, July 16: New York on Tuesday released six possible plans for the destroyed World Trade Center site and adjacent areas, all of them incorporating a large, green memorial park...
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US asked to prove Saddam’s ‘terror link’
LONDON, July 16: Proof linking Saddam Hussein’s regime in Iraq with terrorist groups is needed before the United States or Britain can move to topple him, a former Iraqi weapons inspector...
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US transfers two suspects to unknown place
DUBAI, July 16: Two men suspected of terror links are in the custody of US authorities after they were detained by Canadian forces in the Arabian Sea over the weekend, spokesmen...
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Quartet split on Bush call to oust Arafat
NEW YORK, July 16: The international diplomatic quartet on the Middle East on Tuesday endorsed US President George W. Bush’s call for a Palestinian state within three years, but its members...
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Newsman detained by State Deptt
WASHINGTON, July 16: The editor of a US weekly, National Review, on Monday protested a brief detention by the State Department of one of his reporters last week over a...
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Astronomers hope to discover alien stars
CANBERRA: Scientists searching the stars for aliens are convinced an E.T is out there — it’s just that they haven’t had the know-how to detect such a being....
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Warlords enjoy edge over ISAF peacekeepers
KABUL: In powdery desert sand to the east of Kabul, the west’s main weapon against Afghanistan’s notorious regional warlords is slowly being honed. US special forces are trying to create an...
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Pentagon planning to sideline Congress
WASHINGTON: Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is pushing a series of sweeping proposals that would weaken Congressional oversight of the Pentagon and give the military more freedom to manage itself than ever...
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Freedom fighter vs ‘missile man’ for Indian presidency
NEW DELHI: Indian lawmakers voted on Monday to decide whether the country’s next president will be a missile scientist or a lady doctor who was taken prisoner during the Second World...
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Battle to save China’s ‘wild’ wall
BEIJING: When Great Wall enthusiast William Lindesay signed an agreement on Tuesday with UNESCO and the Beijing municipal government, it marked the high point of his four-year battle to reverse the...
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Straw to lobby for Pakistan, India talks
LONDON: The British Foreign Secretary, Jack Straw, is flying to India on July 18 and on 20 to Pakistan to pave way for the resumption of direct talks between the two...
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