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US seeks addition to list of banned items: Iraq’s oil-for-food programme
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 3: The United States proposed on Tuesday that the Iraq oil-for-food humanitarian programme be extended for two weeks so that it can negotiate a list of civilian goods... 
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UN workers accuse Israel of harassment
TEL AVIV, Dec 3: A group of 64 UN workers based in Israel, the West Bank and Gaza Strip issued a petition on Tuesday calling on Israel to stop what they...
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Turkey rules out US troop deployment
ANKARA, Dec 3: Turkey said on Tuesday it was ready to offer use of its air bases to the United States in the event of a war against Iraq, but appeared...
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Rehearsal for attack in Qatar
DOHA, Dec 3: Hundreds of US Central Command officers were preparing in Qatar on Tuesday to test-run what could be the nerve centre of a possible invasion of Iraq....
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S. Arabia to crack down on charities
WASHINGTON, Dec 3: Saudi Arabia is planning to crack down on charitable organizations that may be used to funnel money to extremist groups, The Washington Post said on Tuesday....
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Moscow opposes invasion
BEIJING, Dec 3: Russian President Vladimir Putin ended a visit to China on Tuesday with a thinly-veiled warning over US policy on Iraq, saying no country should take unilateral military action...
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VHP leader shot at in Gujarat
NEW DELHI, Dec 3: Gunmen shot and wounded a prominent Hindu rightwing leader on Tuesday in Gujarat, where political groups are entangled in a bitter poll campaign....
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UK mly suppressed UFO report: body
LONDON, Dec 3: The British government tried to cover up one of the country’s most famous sightings of an Unidentified Flying Object (UFO), a parliamentary watchdog ruled on Tuesday....
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EU official backs Turkey membership
PARIS, Dec 3: European Parliament President Pat Cox, in Paris to persuade French leaders that Turkey should be included in the soon-to-be-expanded European Union, said on Sunday that “Turkey does have...
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Iraq plans to prove arms inspectors wrong
CAIRO: A casual glance at Iraqi media confirms that Iraqis hold a completely different opinion to the rest of the world on the aims of the United Nations weapons inspection mission....
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Europe enters a year of referendums
BRUSSELS: Excitement over Sweden’s announcement of a date with its euro destiny comes just when everyone thought that Ireland’s second-time-lucky referendum on the Nice treaty had sated appetites for popular consultation...
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Argentines face hunger as crisis deepens
TUCUMAN: Argentina may produce enough food to feed a population equivalent to that of the United States, but little has reached one-year-old Debora Santana, who lay in a rusty hospital cradle...
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Meaty list could stave off war
LONDON: With a looming deadline to declare all its doomsday arsenal, Iraq could defer war by disclosing enough to keep UN experts busy for weeks, if not months....
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Eco disaster looms large in Pacific
SUVA: Across the atolls of the South Pacific, breadfruit trees are dying in alarming numbers, victims of environmental change and the devastating impact Westernization is having on fragile cultures, scientists say....
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