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France, Italy oppose pro-Spain statement: Row with Morocco
BRUSSELS, July 18: The row between Spain and Morocco over a tiny Mediterranean island is causing tensions within the European Union, which on Thursday issued a new call for dialogue to... 
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US initiates move to isolate Arafat: Two aides ‘empowered’
WASHINGTON, July 18: US Secretary of State Colin Powell on Thursday named Palestinian Finance Minister Salam Faiad and Interior Minister Abdel-Razak al-Yehiyeh as Arafat appointees the United States could do business...
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Israel halts steps to ease restrictions
AL QUDS, July 18: Israel is to freeze new measures to free up trade and industry restrictions on the Palestinians after Wednesday’s double suicide attack in Tel Aviv, a defence ministry...
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Drought devastates crops in UP
LUCKNOW, July 18: Uttar Pradesh state is on the verge of a severe drought that would lead to a major crisis in the region, local leaders said on Thursday....
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US presidential aspirant blasts ‘amateur hour’ foreign policy
WASHINGTON, July 18: Massachusetts Senator John Kerry, a potential Democratic presidential contender in 2004, on Wednesday described the Bush administration’s Middle East policies as “amateur hour” and said its tough rhetoric...
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Schroeder dismisses defence minister
BERLIN, July 18: German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder fired his scandal-prone Defence Minister Rudolph Scharping on Thursday following election-year allegations he accepted fees from a public relations firm....
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Tribals kill seven soldiers in Assam
GUWAHATI, July 18: At least seven paramilitary soldiers were killed on Thursday in an ambush by tribal separatists in India’s northeastern state of Assam, police said....
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‘Terror funds’ flowing thru India: US
NEW DELHI, July 18: A top US official said here on Wednesday that India’s inefficient banking system was letting funds leak through to international terror networks....
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Osama may have died: FBI official
WASHINGTON, July 18: Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden may be dead, but the threat to US security from the remains of his organization is still real, Dale Watson, head of the...
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‘Cut your hair’ advice for Kalam
NEW DELHI, July 18: President-elect Avul Pakir Jainalabedin Abdul Kalam not only received votes from the ballot boxes during the presidential election on Thursday but advice as well — on his...
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Saudi Arabia to launch satellite
RIYADH, July 18: In a move to use satellites for commercial and scientific uses, Saudi Arabia is planning to launch its third satellite later this year....
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Saudi prince arrested in US on drug charges
WASHINGTON, July 18: The US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) announced on Wednesday the arrest of a Saudi Arabian prince for his role in smuggling cocaine from Venezuela to France....
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Ecevit faces no-trust motion
ANKARA, July 18: A religious opposition party ratcheted up the pressure on Turkish Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit on Thursday, announcing plans to submit a no-confidence motion in his minority coalition government....
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60 die in accident
KAMPALA, July 18: At least 60 people were killed in western Uganda on Thursday when a fuel truck and a passenger bus collided and exploded into flames, police said....
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Iranian reformists see chaos if they fail
TEHRAN: The power struggle in Iran between reformists and hardliners has reached a delicate phase, with reformists now raising ultimatums against the uncompromising policies of the clergy establishment....
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Kurds weigh up risk of backing US
SULAYMANIYAH (Iraq): The vibrant city of Sulaymaniyah in northern Iraq, is anxiously awaiting a decision 6,000 miles away in Washington which faces its people, and the rest of the 3.5 million...
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New hope pinned on old faces in Turkey
ISTANBUL: Turkey’s three-party coalition leaders have bowed before a flood of resignations to call early elections on November 3....
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Jiang’s bid clouds power transition
BEIJING: As Chinese leaders gather in the seaside resort of Beidaihe to thrash out details of a leadership change, rumours are spreading fast that Jiang Zemin is making a play to...
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A. Kalam: a dreamer & missile genius
NEW DELHI: India’s newly elected president, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, has always been a bit of a dreamer....
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Chocoholics have 2,600-year history
PARIS: Mankind’s fondness for chocolate goes back 2,600 years, almost a thousand years earlier than previously known, according to minute scraps of cacao found in ancient pots in central America....
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