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US begins planning for post-Saddam Iraq: Newspaper report
WASHINGTON, Oct 2: The US government has begun planning the transition to a new government in Iraq that will emerge as a result of a US-led military invasion to topple President... 
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Serb leader admits to crimes against Bosnians
 THE HAGUE, Oct 2: Former Bosnian Serb president Biljana Plavsic Wednesday pleaded guilty to crimes against humanity at the war crimes tribunal here, becoming the highest ranking official of the former...
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Success claimed in super secret messaging
PARIS, Oct 2: Quantum cryptography, a technique of producing secret messages that are reputedly uncrackable, may soon be used by orbiting communications satellites thanks to experiments by British and German researchers....
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Senators trying to bring sanity
LOS ANGELES, Oct 2: A group of senators is working with Congressional leaders to reach an agreement on the wording of the resolution authorizing force against Iraq, Senator Tim Johnson (D)...
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US soldier killed in Philippines explosion
ZAMBOANGA (Philippines), Oct 2: A US soldier and a Filipino were killed on Wednesday when a powerful homemade bomb believed to be planted by rebels exploded near a military camp in...
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31 die as old houses collapse in Syria
ALEPPO (Syria), Oct 2: At least 31 people were killed when at least a dozen old houses in Syria’s second largest city of Aleppo collapsed on Wednesday, Syrian police officials said....
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Paris angered over citizen’s arrest in US
PARIS, Oct 2: French Justice Minister Dominique Perben says he has notified US Attorney General John Ashcroft of his “extreme concern” over the arrest of a French citizen, Michael Phillips, who...
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French police quiz Osama’s brother
PARIS, Oct 2: Yeslam bin Laden, the Geneva-based businessman who is a half-brother of Osama bin Laden, has been interrogated by French police on a charge of money laundering....
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LTTE accused of abducting 7 military men
COLOMBO, Oct 2: Much controversy has arisen over the abduction of seven military personnel by the LTTE last week, just prior to releasing seven other servicemen by the rebels....
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Robots could lighten housework: UN
GENEVA, Oct 2: Technological improvements and falling prices could soon see robots doing many household chores, from cutting the grass to cleaning windows, according to a United Nations report on Thursday....
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Gene codes of mosquito, malaria parasite unraveled
PARIS, Oct 2: Scientists announced on Wednesday they had unravelled the genetic map of the mosquito and the malaria parasite, creating a weapon that may have the potential to eradicate one...
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UN credibility at stake over Iraq: Diplomats’ warning
UNITED NATIONS: The credibility of the United Nations is being seriously undermined by a US decision that may eventually lead to a unilateral military attack on Iraq, UN diplomats, US academics...
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‘We must not cut corners’
CONFRONTED with the Iraqi crisis, the international community is at a critical moment in its history. Every state must face up to its responsibilities. More than ever, France is determined to...
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Sluggish economy dogs Republicans
WASHINGTON: Five weeks before US congressional elections, there was more bad news for the economy on Tuesday when data showed the first downturn in factory output in eight months....
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Austria moves to stem flood of refugees
VIENNA: Under a new ruling this month, Austria is trying to stem the flood of asylum-seekers by turning hundreds out onto the streets. In the words of Interior Minister Ernst...
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Ozone hole divides into two
GENEVA: The hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica divided in two last week, an unprecedented phenomenon that caught the scientific community by surprise, say officials at the World Meteorological Organisation...
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