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Opposition to Iraq attack harming ties: US warning to Germany
BERLIN, Sept 4: The US ambassador in Berlin, Daniel Coats, warned on Wednesday that Germany’s opposition to plans for an attack on Iraq was undermining relations between their two countries.... 
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Bush to lay out case at UN
WASHINGTON, Sept 4: Amidst mounting international complaints that he is not consulting enough over his plans, US president George Bush said on Wednesday he would lay out the case against Saddam...
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British PM
US President George W. Bush said on Wednesday he would meet British Prime Minister Tony Blair this weekend to discuss possible military action to oust Iraqi President Saddam Hussein....
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VC poised to become BD president
DHAKA, Sept 4: Professor Yazuddin Ahmed, the Vice Chancellor of the private sector State University of Bangladesh and a former teacher of the Dhaka University, is poised to become the 14th...
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Newspaper exposes US airport security
NEW YORK, Sept 4: A US newspaper on Wednesday exposed glaring holes in airport security after its reporters managed to carry potentially lethal weapons onto 14 separate flights — a week...
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Rickshaws go off Dhaka streets
DHAKA, Sept 4: More than 15,000 two-stroke auto-rickshaw and tempos went off the Dhaka streets on Sunday, while the remaining 5,500 will stop plying the metropolitan streets by the first of...
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ISAF presence outside Kabul opposed
PARIS, Sept 4: French Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin, in Afghanistan for an official visit on Tuesday told Afghan President Hamid Karzai that France, as well as the European Union, is...
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Israel expels militants’ kin to Gaza Strip
TEL AVIV, Sept 4: Israel on Wednesday expelled to the Gaza Strip the brother and sister of a slain West Bank militant after a court ruling, as Danish Foreign Minister Per...
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Protesters heckle Powell
 JOHANNESBURG, Sept 4: Rowdy environmentalists interrupted a speech by US Secretary of State Colin Powell at the Earth Summit in Johannesburg on Wednesday as the world’s leaders met to adopt a...
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Colombo lifts ban on LTTE
COLOMBO, Sept 4: The Sri Lankan government decided on Wednesday to lift a ban on the island’s Tamil Tiger rebels, ignoring opposition from the president and honouring a pledge before the...
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Earth Summit: winners and losers
JOHANNESBURG, Sept 4: The Earth Summit was slammed by environmentalists and development campaigners on Wednesday as lacking much in the way of new action to tackle poverty and environmental degradation....
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Long-serving employees are ‘likely’ fraudsters
LONDON: Employees regarded as most trustworthy by managers are often the most likely workplace fraudsters, a conference on corporate fraud was told on Tuesday....
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Japan in a fix on US war plans
TOKYO: Japan, a long-time American ally, is trying to make its cautious way across the political minefield that is its hesitance in backing a US invasion on Iraq, Washington’s next target...
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Bush faces tough task
WASHINGTON: President George Bush returned to the White House on Sunday after a month of Republican fund-raising and relaxation at his Texas ranch, faced with the task of imposing leadership and...
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How Bush squandered post-11/9 sympathy
WASHINGTON: America floats on an ocean of credit. After a couple of months’ good behaviour, you get overwhelmed by junk mail and calls from organizations desperate to lend you money. It...
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Reformists see referendum as a last resort: Power tussle in Iran
TEHRAN: The power struggle between conservatives and reformists in Iran has reached the president....
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