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US does not understand ME events, says Syria
DAMASCUS, Oct 22: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad harshly criticized US policies on both the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and Iraq, in talks here on Tuesday with Washington’s special envoy for the Middle East.... 
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Turkmenistan asks UN to support gas project
ASHKHABAD, Oct 22: Turkmen President Saparmurat Niyazov called Tuesday for United Nations backing for an ambitious pipeline project to transport gas from Turkmenistan to Pakistan through Afghanistan....
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US starts exerting pressure on UN: Iraq resolution
DOWNINGTOWN (USA), Oct 22: The United States warned on Tuesday that the United Nations “does not have forever” to pass a new resolution aimed at disarming Iraq, and strove to win...
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Washington sniper claims 13th victim
NEW YORK, Oct 22: The infamous Washington sniper struck again on Tuesday claiming the 13th victim in almost four weeks of a shooting spree which has left residents in the greater...
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Indian intellectuals whack govt over Muslims killings
LONG BEACH (USA), Oct 22: Several Indian politicians, intellectuals and jurists on Sunday criticized the growing fascism and hatred against Muslims and other minorities in India....
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50 feared dead as ship sinks in Caspian
BAKU, Oct 22: At least 50 passengers and crew were missing and feared drowned on Tuesday after a ship sank in rough weather in the Caspian Sea, a shipping industry source...
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Doctors tell Vajpayee to take rest
NEW DELHI, Oct 22: Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee cancelled engagements for the third day Tuesday due to ill health amid speculation he could be trying to escape the heat...
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Oxford scraps 800-year-old police force
LONDON, Oct 22: Britain’s prestigious Oxford University has announced the closure of its police force after almost 800 years in service....
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Israeli army demolishes militants’ homes
NABLUS, Oct 22: The Israeli army demolished the homes of two Palestinian teenagers suspected of carrying out in a suicide bombing and numerous anti-Israeli attacks, witnesses and the Israeli army said...
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Blair, Chirac tame Bush, so far
LONDON: The prospect of war over Iraq has grown a bit more distant over the last six weeks, thanks to the opposite stances taken by two national leaders. Tony Blair and...
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School not weathering intifada unscathed
NEVE SHALOM/WAHAT AL-SALAM (Israel): A kindergarten class sings happily in Hebrew and Arabic while other Jewish and Arab schoolchildren sway up and down outside on a seesaw....
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Japan is no model for Iraq’s rebuilding
LOS ANGELES: According to media reports, the White House is developing a plan, modelled on the postwar occupation of Japan, to install an American-led military government in Iraq. Administration officials said...
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First mention of Jesus Christ?
NEW YORK: A few words carved into a limestone box stolen from a cave in Al Quds 15 years ago could be the earliest known reference to Jesus Christ, theologians said...
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Inspections are cornerstone of N-arms agreements
WASHINGTON: As the chief nuclear inspector for ensuring Iraq’s disarmament, I believe it is critical at this defining moment to make clear the purpose and value of weapons inspections in Iraq....
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Alarm over flouting of EU rule book
PARIS: France’s blunt and unrepentant refusal to play by the EU economic rulebook has outraged its partners in Brussels and fuelled alarm among French europhiles at the country’s isolation in Europe....
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Sculptor captures pain of sanctions
 BAGHDAD: On a shelf in the corner of the small, cluttered Baghdad studio are the clay figures of seven women. Each is bent double under the crushing weight of a large...
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