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Strikes on Iraq will be unwise: Annan
DUBAI, Aug 1: UN Secretary General Koffi Annan warned on Thursday the United States against military action to remove Iraqi President Saddam Hussein saying new strikes would not be “wise”.... 
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US troops kill Afghan, take away six in raid: False report misled soldiers: governor
GARDEZ, Aug 1: A peasant farmer was killed in southeastern Afghanistan and six people taken away by helicopter in a US military operation based on maliciously false intelligence, the local governor...
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US officials grilled about why they haven’t found Osama
WASHINGTON, Aug 1: Top US military leaders faced tough questioning on Wednesday before a congressional committee about why their campaign in Afghanistan has failed to track down Osama bin Laden and...
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Desert tests reveal faults in British army equipment
LONDON, Aug 1: Equipment used by British troops fell apart during rigorous desert exercises, an official report said on Thursday, raising questions over the army’s effectiveness in any US-led campaign against...
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Schoolgirls in Iran allowed to lift veils
TEHRAN, Aug 1: Schoolgirls and teachers in Iran’s cosmopolitan capital have been allowed to lift their veils for the first time since the 1979 revolution and despite criticism from hardliners, who...
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Pakistani develops web device for doctors
LOS ANGELES, Aug 1: A US-based Pakistani entrepreneur has developed a unique and simple hand-held device aimed at wooing thousands of doctors across the United States....
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Ex-WorldCom executives arrested
NEW YORK, Aug 1: Two former top executives of bankrupt telecommunications firm WorldCom Inc. were arrested on Thursday for their role in the 3.85 billion dollars accounting scandal that has rocked...
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2 Chechens get jail terms for hijacking
RIYADH, Aug 1: Two Chechens who hijacked a Russian commercial airliner to Madina in March last year, have been sentenced to five and six years in prison, Russian Consul General Anwar...
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Conditions at Australia’s refugee centre inhuman: UN
SYDNEY, Aug 1: The Australian government has angrily dismissed a UN report that found the conditions at the Woomera detention centre as inhumane and accused Australia of violating international treaties on...
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65m-year- old crater found
PARIS, July 31: A 65 million year-old crater 20 kilometres wide preserved in pristine state has been detected in the bed of the North Sea and could provide new clues to...
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Indian forces kill BD villager
DHAKA, Aug 1: A Bangladeshi villager was shot dead by India’s Border Security Force in Bodapara village in northern Dinajpur district on Wednesday....
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Oil firms fear Saddam’s wrath in war
LONDON: Predicting Saddam Hussein’s next move has never been easy....
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Kurd issue being debated with more openness
ISTANBUL: A few years ago, merely suggesting some of the reforms that Turkey’s parliament is now debating was landing scores of leftists and Kurds in jail....
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US scientists back CTBT’s ratification
WASHINGTON: The US National Academy of Sciences issued a report on Wednesday strongly backing US ratification of the comprehensive test ban treaty (CTBT), in a rebuff to the Bush administration’s policy...
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Phoney drugs on the rise in India
NEW DELHI: When Indians visit their local pharmacy to buy a medicinal product to relieve pain or illness, they face a major hazard: is remedy being handed over the counter genuine...
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UN official accuses US of forcing her out
NEW YORK: The UN’s outgoing human rights commissioner, Mary Robinson, says she was prevented from continuing in the job because of pressure from the US, which she has accused of neglecting...
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Mice eggs grown outside body
LONDON: In an achievement that may one day help young cancer patients become mothers, Japanese scientists have grown immature mice eggs in the laboratory and used them to create healthy animals....
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Only Bush, Blair want a war on Iraq
LONDON: If President George W. BUSH goes to war against Iraq, the ensuing conflict will be without a close modern precedent. Each of the main western wars of the last 20...
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