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Bush has eyes on Iraqi oil: Baghdad
AMMAN, Sept 7: Iraq’s information minister said on Saturday US President George W. Bush was cheating the world by claiming Baghdad posed a threat while his true motive for a possible... 
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Turkish couple accused of bombing plot
HAMBURG, Sept 7: A young ethnic Turkish couple nabbed this week planned to bomb a shopping mall for US soldiers in the German city of Heidelberg, but gave themselves away with...
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Strasbourg to spend $6 million on mosque
PARIS, Sept 7: French authorities have given approval to the construction of a mosque in Strasbourg - the seat of the European Parliament, although city fathers say that it will “have...
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US ignored Mutawakkil warning of attack: daily
LONDON, Sept 7: The United States ignored a clear warning in July last year from the emissary of a Taliban leader that the Al Qaeda network was planning a major attack...
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Citizenship scandal in US
LOS ANGELES, Sept 7: Authorities here have charged 14 people, some of them psychiatrists and psychologists, with helping immigrants obtain US citizenship without taking English literacy and civics tests....
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Kuwait asks Iraq to allow inspection
KUWAIT CITY, Sept 7: Kuwait on Friday again rejected a military action against Iraq and called on Baghdad to respect the United Nations Security Council resolutions on weapons inspections....
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US refuses to lift ban on LTTE
COLOMBO, Sept 7: The United States said on Friday that despite lifting of Sri Lankan government’s ban on LTTE, it would refrain from doing so “until and unless the Tigers renounced...
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Aide recalls last hours of Ahmed Shah Masood
NEW DELHI, Sept 7: He spoke until dawn about war and then poetry. He was going to meet two “Arab journalists” and then lunch on the shores of the Oxus with...
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Karzai visits Masood’s mausoleum
 KHANISE (Afghanistan), Sept 7: Afghan President Hamid Karzai visited the grave of Ahmad Shah Masood on Saturday to mark the first anniversary of the legendary commander’s assassination....
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US, Europe public opinions converge
BRUSSELS: From the strident commentary heard on both sides of the ocean, you would think the Atlantic alliance will soon follow the Soviet Union into history’s trash heap....
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Iran-Arab relations appear as a silver lining
RIYADH: In the wake of the 9/11 events, while Saudi Arabia and to a lesser extent, other states of the Gulf, are faced with a disconcerting Western media campaign, and are...
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Sept 11 backlash continues in US
NEW YORK: A year after the Sept. 11 attacks, reports of hate crimes against Muslims, Arabs and South Asians have dwindled. But to some advocacy groups, the backlash has merely taken...
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EU-Moscow ties soured by row over Kaliningrad
KALININGRAD: The EU’s grand plan to unite Europe in peace and prosperity by welcoming up to ten more countries to its ranks is being threatened by the problem of Kaliningrad, a...
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Saudis tell US they have located major Al Qaeda financier
WASHINGTON: Saudi Arabian authorities have located one of Osama bin Laden’s trusted lieutenants, according to US officials who said on Friday that they had frozen the assets of the alleged Al...
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