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Iraq attack to aggravate situation in Kashmir, ME: UK ministers warn US
LONDON, Nov 9: British ministers and government officials have advised the United States against attacking Iraq, warning that such action would intensify conflicts in the region, The Independent newspaper said on... 
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‘Brown cloud’ damaging crops in S. Asia: study
LONDON, Aug 9: The “Asian Brown Cloud” — a vast haze of pollution stretching across South Asia — is damaging agriculture, modifying rainfall patterns and endangering the population, a UN-backed study...
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US body raises alarm over ‘enemy combatants’
WASHINGTON, Aug 9: A task force set up by the American Bar Association criticized on Friday how the Bush administration treats “enemy combatants” in the “war against terrorism”, calling for safeguards...
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Arafat exit will cause chaos, says Erekat
WASHINGTON, Aug 9: The head of a Palestinian cabinet delegation has warned that removing Yasser Arafat would increase chaos in the Middle East despite strong US efforts to force the Palestinians...
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Bush ready to act alone, says Pentagon
LONDON, Aug 9: US President George W. Bush is prepared to mount a unilateral attack on Iraq if necessary, according to a senior Pentagon adviser, but expects support from British Prime...
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Chandrika favours talks with LTTE
COLOMBO, Aug 9: President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunge, in an address to the nation on Friday, said she has urged Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinge that talks with the LTTE should begin “without...
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Palestinian team meets US officials
WASHINGTON, Aug 9: A delegation of senior Palestinian ministers held talks with top US officials on Thursday, amid a US atmosphere filled with divergent opinions on Palestinian Chairman Yasser Arafat and...
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Heston fears he has Alzheimer’s
LOS ANGELES, Aug 9: The Oscar-winning actor turned gun-rights advocate Charlton Heston announced on Friday that he is experiencing symptoms consistent with the degenerative memory-loss Alzheimer’s disease....
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Powell stays action against diplomats
NEW YORK, Aug 9: The US State Department on Friday decided to intervene in the parking fines violation issue in New York City in which the Mayor of the city has...
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Hottentot Venus gets resting place
HANKEY (South Africa), Aug 9: The remains of a South African woman who was paraded naked in Europe as a freak were laid to rest in a colourful ceremony on Friday,...
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Syria fears it might be next after Iraq: US adventurism in Mideast
DAMASCUS: Syria has many reasons to oppose a US attack to oust its neighbour Iraqi President Saddam Hussein — not least fears it could be next if Washington succeeds in getting...
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Libya set to pull out of isolation: Lockerbie settlement
LONDON: Libyan leader Muammar Qadhafi could be nearing the end of his country’s long isolation over the 1988 Lockerbie bombing after groundbreaking talks with Britain this week, analysts said on Friday....
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Menace of child camel jockeys underscored
DUBAI: His family had given up hope of ever finding eight-year-old Saddam Hussein Sheikh after he was kidnapped from Larkana in 1999....
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Saudis in secret talks on succession
MADRID: Members of the inner circle of King Fahd of Saudi Arabia have held a series of secret meetings in Geneva to discuss the succession amid fears that the ailing king’s...
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US shipping arms to Gulf
LONDON: At odds on the size, timing and merits of a possible US attack on Iraq, naval and military experts agree that any significant strike would take months of preparation with...
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Fight to save medieval ship
LONDON: A storm of protest is rising over the probable fate of a medieval ship found preserved in the muddy bank of the river Usk in Newport, south Wales. The next...
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