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Saudi Arabia, Iran oppose strike on Iraq: Germany warns of ME backlash
TEHRAN, Aug 3: The foreign ministers of the United States’ key Gulf ally Saudi Arabia and longtime foe Iran expressed joint opposition here on Saturday to any US military action against... 
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Death toll rises to 142 in Indian floods
NEW DELHI, Aug 3: The death toll caused by floods in India rose to 142 on Saturday, as more areas were inundated in the Bihar area of eastern India....
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Turkish MPs pass sweeping reforms
 ANKARA, Aug 3: Turkish legislators passed on Saturday a set of crucial democracy reforms, among them the abolition of the death penalty and Kurdish cultural freedoms, breaking one-time taboos to boost...
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Hamas says it can kill 100 Israelis
GAZA CITY, Aug 3: A political leader of Hamas said over the weekend that the group’s militants were capable of following through on threats to kill 100 Israelis for every one...
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NY fire department faulted: report: Sept 11 response
WASHINGTON, Aug 3: The New York Fire Department’s response to the September 11 attacks was plagued by problems in radio communications, discipline and a lack of coordinated efforts with the police...
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NY mayor moves to collect fees for parking
NEW YORK, Aug 3: The international diplomatic community and the New York City are once again embroiled in a bitter dispute over payment of outstanding parking fines owed by the diplomatic...
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Doubts over use of elite forces in Afghanistan
HAMBURG, Aug 3: German elite forces in Afghanistan are complaining they are underused and expressing doubts about their overall usefulness in the anti-terrorism campaign, the weekly Der Spiegel reported....
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‘Dissolution of parliament to affect peace’
COLOMBO, Aug 3: The Tamil National Alliance (TNA), a coalition party in the government, said on Saturday that any move to dissolve the parliament would have a detrimental effect on the...
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Palestinians ask Israeli SC for open hearings
AL QUDS, Aug 3: Two Palestinians threatened with expulsion from the West Bank to Gaza Strip, appealed to Israel’s Supreme Court on Saturday to open the closed military court hearings on...
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Bush invites Zemin to his Texas ranch
KENNEBUNKPORT (Maine) Aug 2: President George W. Bush and China’s President Jiang Zemin will launch a new bid to ease troubled Sino-US relations in the informal setting of the US leader’s...
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Car thief gets 1,680 lashes
DUBAI, Aug 3: Saudi authorities have sentenced a car thief to seven years in jail and 1,680 lashes, while his accomplice, a policeman, received four years and 600 lashes, the newspaper...
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Vajpayee undisputed leader of India, BJP: Advani
NEW DELHI, Aug 3: India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, grappling with a slew of corruption charges and factional infighting, prepared on Saturday to reverse its recent electoral performances with a show...
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Washington weighs how to go ahead: Attack on Iraq
WASHINGTON: Historians may well conclude that the battle to topple Saddam Hussein began in Washington during the sultry, steamy summer of 2002....
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Nigeria set to stumble in democracy test
LAGOS: Nigerian democracy looks set to fail an important test next week when Africa’s most populous country is due to vote in its first elections since military rule ended in 1999....
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Saddam’s ‘monkey wrench’
LONDON: Saddam Hussein has “thrown a monkey wrench” into US war plans, Scott Ritter, the former UN weapons inspector, said on Friday, designed as a “a bold diplomatic move to derail...
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Australia ditches Asia, goes for US
SYDNEY: Australia’s foreign policy is clearly moving away from its focus on Asia during the 1980s and 1990s and is now headed for a more formal alliance with the United States,...
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FBI blames lawmakers for leakages
WASHINGTON: The FBI’s inquiry into the leak of intercepts related to the Sept 11 attacks began to focus on members of Congress after a government agency told the FBI that news...
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Asteroids pose no threat to Earth: study
BERLIN: It is time to stop worrying and learn to love asteroids — or at least learn to love watching for them, according to scientists in Germany who have come up...
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