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White House reaches deal with Congress: Independent body to probe Sept tragedy
WASHINGTON, Nov 15: The White House said on Thursday it had reached agreement with key lawmakers to create an independent commission to look into intelligence failures that preceded the attacks on... 
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Evidence needed to indict Iraq: Blix
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 15: Solid evidence is needed to prove that Iraq has weapons of mass destruction, chief UN arms inspector Hans Blix said on Friday before leaving to conduct inspections...
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Spectacular attacks in US probable: FBI
WASHINGTON, Nov 15: The Al Qaeda network may be plotting “spectacular” attacks inside the United States, with national landmarks or the aviation, oil and nuclear industries as possible targets, the FBI...
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India to get latest US radar technology
NEW DELHI, Nov 15: The United States has agreed to export the latest radar technology to India in a landmark step towards expanding their military partnership since the lifting of nuclear...
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Gul likely to be named Turkish premier
ANKARA, Nov 15: Economist and foreign policy expert Abdullah Gul is likely to be appointed Turkey’s new prime minister shortly, a source in Gul’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) said on...
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Russian action in Chechnya likened to genocide
THE HAGUE, Nov 15: Russia has played into the hands of militant groups in Chechnya by murdering and torturing civilians in a campaign “bordering on genocide” in the rebel region, a...
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India can be next on US hit list, say leftists
NEW DELHI, Nov 15: India’s main leftist parties warned Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee on Thursday against acquiescing to Washington’s plan to attack Iraq, saying silent spectators could become the next...
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Meteor storm set to dazzle star gazers
LONDON, Nov 15: Star gazers in Europe, Britain and North America are in for a treat next week and have prime viewing positions for what could be the biggest natural fireworks...
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Apathy in ME to historic sites: Unesco
PARIS, Nov 15: A Unesco specialist on the cultural heritage of the Arab World is to play a central role at a major international conference being held in Venice on Saturday...
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US firm’s store attacked in India
TRIVANDRUM, Nov 15: Indian police on Friday arrested 17 activists of an extreme leftist group for attacking a warehouse of US soft drink giant Coca-Cola in the southern state of Kerala,...
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Paris to study Chechen, guerilla link
PARIS, Nov 15: The alleged role of Chechnya in the training of French and European members of the Al Qaeda is to be studied by French authorities as France and Russia...
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India: hunger rules in a land of surpluses
BARAN (India): When the crops failed and there was no work, the villagers of Mundiar began searching for food in the jungle....
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Baltics look toward Nato to tame Russia
GRUTAS (Lithuania): Stalin still rules in one corner of the Baltics, but his steely gaze holds no terror for three ex-communist republics on the verge of joining NATO....
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Italy to legalize 500,000 immigrants
ROME: Italy, whose long, accessible coastline has made it a magnet for illegal immigrants, will see about a half-million clandestines now working on the black market go public under a vast...
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Iraq conflict spooks Arabs
LONDON: If there must be war, let it be short and decisive....
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Weapons inspectors promised access to all areas
VIENNA: Iraqi minders showing journalists around Tikrit, the birthplace of the country’s president, Saddam Hussein, recently promised them in English that they could go wherever they wanted, even the enormous presidential...
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