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No inspection till new UN mandate on Iraq: Blix
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 4: Under intense pressure from the United States and Britain, the UN weapons inspection chief, Hans Blix, indicated that Iraqi weapons inspectors would not begin their work until... 
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Palestinians protest US Al Quds move
 JABALYA REFUGEE CAMP (Gaza Strip), Oct 4: Thousands of Palestinians, including would-be suicide bombers, rallied on Friday to protest at new US legislation lending support to Israel’s contested claim to Jerusalem...
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EU defence ministers warn against war
RETHYMNO (Greece), Oct 4: European Union defence ministers warned on Friday against a US-led war against Iraq without United Nations backing, although splits clearly remained within the 15-member bloc....
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US, North Korea envoys talk peace
SEOUL, Oct 4: US special envoy James Kelly met communist North Korean leader Kim Jong-il’s number two on Friday in a move underscoring the importance Pyongyang puts on restarting dialogue with...
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Salman Khan asked to surrender passport
MUMBAI, Oct 4: Bombay police said on Friday they had ordered Bollywood star Salman Khan, facing a probe into an alleged drunken driving accident that killed a homeless man, to surrender...
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Germany still at odds with America
RETHYMNO (Greece), Oct 4: Germany said on Friday it remained at odds with the United States on how to deal with Iraq and warned there would be far-reaching political and economic...
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Nigeria riots kill 10
JOS (Nigeria), Oct 4: At least 10 people have died in Nigeria in communal violence sparked by a dispute over missing cattle, police said on Friday....
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Saudi Arabia invites UN HR team
GENEVA, Oct 4: Saudi Arabia has agreed to allow a visit by a United Nations human rights investigator next month, the first ever to a conservative Islamic kingdom that has drawn...
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Bush’s major speech on Iraq on Monday
WASHINGTON, Oct 4: US President George W. Bush on Monday night will give his first prime-time televised speech devoted to the threat posed by Iraq and will stress that time is...
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Sudan govt, rebels agree to truce
NAIROBI, Oct 4: The Sudanese government and southern rebels have agreed to halt a war that started in 1983 and to resume talks aimed at ending it for good, mediators said...
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Slow peace haunts Afghanistan: One year down the line
WASHINGTON: One year after the beginning of the US-led war against the Taliban, Afghanistan has faded from the screens of US media coverage....
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Arabs seethe with anger at US Mideast policy
BEIRUT: Why did it take so long for the United States President George W. Bush to prepare his Middle East policy speech in June? Because, Arabs jest, it had to be...
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Does Bush covet Saddam’s oil?
LONDON: Does the United States want to oust Saddam Hussein to seize his oil?...
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Peru unearths 200 sacrificed to sea god
HUARMEY (Peru): The Pacific Ocean had always been the fishermen’s lifeblood — until the day they knelt blindfolded before its blue waters and the knife pierced their hearts, making them offerings...
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France back to square-one in Africa
PARIS: France sent more troops to Ivory Coast this week amid a deepening rebellion, prompting newspapers and commentators to ask whether the nation once known as the gendarme of Africa was...
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Malaria’s genome could open the route to a vaccine
LONDON: What am I describing? They have to juggle a complex schedule in which they must adapt with ease to a number of different environments, and yet remain immune to the...
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