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UN split after Iraq’s inspection offer
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 17: A deep split emerged between the United States and other countries on Tuesday on how to respond to Iraq’s offer to allow UN weapons inspectors to return.... 
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US rules out expansion of ISAF
WASHINGTON, Sept 17: The United States has ruled out an extension of the international security force in Afghanistan, telling Afghans they must see to their long-term security needs themselves....
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Charges fly over CIA-led training: Israel blocks Palestinians’ entry
JERICHO, Sept 17: The start of CIA-led training for Palestinian police was marred by recriminations on Tuesday when Israel blocked attendance by dozens of security men it has accused of involvement...
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Extra-solar planet seen
LONDON, Sept 17: Astronomers scanning southern skies in search of distant solar systems have discovered a Jupiter-like planet 100 light years away circling a star similar to our own sun....
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Agencies picked up attack threats before 9/11
WASHINGTON, Sept 17: US intelligence agencies picked up threats of attacks inside the United States and of using airplanes as weapons during the spring and summer before last year’s Sept11 attacks,...
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Violence in Gujarat
AHMEDABAD, Sept 17: Anti-Muslim violence broke out again in Gujarat on Tuesday for the first time in more than a month, leaving one dead and at least 13 injured....
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US refuses visa to 150 Saudi pilots
RIYADH, Sept 17: About 150 Saudi pilots of the MD-90 aircraft are unable to fly the Saudi Arabian Airlines aeroplanes because of a refusal by the US authorities to issue visas....
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200 Israelis say ‘no’ to military service
TEL AVIV, Sept 17: More than 200 young Israelis called up for the national service said in a petition released on Tuesday that they would refuse to serve in an “army...
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Blair will prevent vote on Iraq, says MP
BAGHDAD, Sept 17: A maverick British parliamentarian said on Monday Prime Minister Tony Blair will prevent Britain’s parliament from voting on whether it should support a US invasion of Iraq....
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Saudi shift seen as key in Iraq’s climbdown
AMMAN: Saudi Arabia’s willingness to back UN-sanctioned military action against Iraq forced President Saddam Hussein’s hand into allowing the unconditional return of UN weapons inspectors, analysts said on Tuesday....
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Unlocking power of the ‘forever fuel’
LONDON: More than a year after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, the world is a more dangerous place than ever before. And at the heart...
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Court frees young drugs carrier
MANCHESTER: The case against a 13-year-old girl thought to be Britain’s youngest drugs mule collapsed on Monday after a court heard that she was “more sinned against than sinning”....
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Strength of Palestinians lies in the refugee camps
LONDON: Twenty years ago on Tuesday a terrible massacre was unfolding in the Palestinian refugee camps of Sabra and Shatila in Beirut. Some of us lost friends there, some relatives, but...
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IMF helps India to build new highways
SASARAM (India): In the hot afternoon sun, Mohammed Ayub perched on the side of his overturned truck, contemplating a steady stream of traffic — bicycles, bull carts, buses blaring Bollywood tunes...
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