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US Congress holds joint session in New York: Sept 11 attacks remembered
NEW YORK, Sept 6: US lawmakers started arriving in New York on Friday morning for a special joint session of the Congress in the city hit hardest by the Sep 11... 
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Arafat got 13 US hostages in Iran freed, says diplomat
PARIS, Sept 6: A former high-level US diplomat living in Paris, John Gunther Dean, has contacted French daily Le Monde to reveal that back in 1979 when he was stationed in...
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Afghanistan situation has improved: US
WASHINGTON, Sept 6: The United States said it hopes a failed assassination attempt will not deter Afghan President Hamid Karzai from continuing to work for unity and peace in his country....
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US defends troops conduct in shooting
WASHINGTON, Sept 6: US Special Forces soldiers acted properly on Thursday by shooting a would-be assassin, killing the assailant and two others in Kandahar when Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s vehicle was...
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US Navy copter crashes in Gulf: newsman killed
KUWAIT CITY, Sept 6: A civilian photographer was killed and four US military servicemen were injured when a US Navy SH-60 helicopter crashed into the Gulf on Friday morning, said a...
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Putin snubs Bush, Blair over Iraq
MOSCOW, Sept 6: Russian President Vladimir Putin brushed aside a joint charm offensive launched by US President George W. Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Friday, dismissing their arguments...
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RSF deplores curbs on Internet
PARIS, Sept 6: According to a report released here on Friday, security ‘abuses’ by the world governments as a result of Sept 11 attacks have resulted in a “definitive cutback in...
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BD ignores US plea over cable project
DHAKA, Sept 6: Bangladesh will finally be joining the mainstream of the Internet superhighway. The government of Bangladesh signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with 12 participants on Wednesday to officially...
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Arabs support return of UN inspectors to Baghdad
RIYADH, Sept 6: There is a growing emphasis in the Arab world to let the UN arms inspectors back in Baghdad, to resolve somehow the current impasse between the United States...
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US reminded of Afghan needs: Attack on Karzai
KABUL: The attempted assassination of President Hamid Karzai in Kandahar and a devastating car bombing in Kabul on Thursday constitute the clearest threat yet to Karzai’s transitional government, which took office...
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US may dump UN to attack Iraq: book
PARIS: Charles Saint-Prot, a Sorbonne University professor and one of France’s foremost specialists on Iraq, says he’s convinced that the United States has already taken its decision to go ahead with...
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People born in autumn live longer: study
BERLIN: People born in the autumn live longer than those born in the spring and are less likely to fall chronically ill when they are older, an Austrian scientist said on...
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Baghdad weighs options for foiling attack
BEIRUT: The Iraqi authorities have reportedly drawn up contingency plans to blunt a US-led military campaign against the country and deter any anti-government uprising that it might trigger....
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Do bombs use depleted uranium?
LONDON: Attacks on buried targets are likely to be a feature of the next Gulf War. Key Iraqi assets are concealed under layers of concrete. The US aims to take out...
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