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S.Korea warns US of modifying treaty: Legal status of troops
SEOUL, Dec 10: A US envoy visiting South Korea on Tuesday to canvass support for Washington’s policy on Iraq was warned by Seoul that ties could be hurt by a furor... 
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US backs Australia over warning to Asian states
SYDNEY, Dec 10: A top US official has strongly backed Australian Prime Minister John Howard’s threat of pre-emptive strikes, describing it is a wake-up call to Asian nations to rid themselves...
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Three Al Qaeda men held: Paris
PARIS, Dec 10: French police said they arrested three alleged Al Qaeda members, including an imam, during a raid on Monday in the Essonne department, south of Paris....
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Minister recalls lynching of five low-caste Hindus
NEW DELHI, Dec 10: The Indian government on Monday gave a chilling account of how five low-caste Hindus in a north Indian village were lynched by an angry mob of thousands...
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Palestinian says Israeli posed as Al Qaeda operative
GAZA CITY, Dec 10: A Palestinian man, face masked to conceal his identity, told media Tuesday how an Israeli agent posing as an operative for Ossam bin Laden’s Al Qaeda network...
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BNP, AL trade blame for blasts
 DHAKA, Dec 10: The opposing political camps in Bangladesh have adopted a confrontational course following the explosions in four movie theatres in Mymensingh on Saturday, that claimed 17 lives and injured...
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Gujarat Muslims determined to unseat BJP
AHMEDABAD, Dec 10: Muslims in Gujarat will be turning out for assembly elections on Thursday with one goal in mind — to oust the hardline Hindus now ruling the state....
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UN whacks Kabul for rise in opium production
WASHINGTON, Dec 10: Afghanistan is expected to have a bumper poppy crop this year, harvesting as much as 3,400 tons, up from 185 tons in 2001, according to UN drug control...
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France to revise immigration guidelines
PARIS, Dec 10: France is to circulate this week new guidelines — the first to be issued since 1998 — that should permit the country’s estimated 300,000 refugees to receive better...
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Court upholds release of Romanians
PARIS, Dec 10: A French appeals court ruled late on Monday that more than 40 Romanian displaced persons rounded up last week at a gypsy encampment near Paris had been legally...
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Key US interest rate kept steady
WASHINGTON Dec 10: US Federal Reserve policymakers voted unanimously on Tuesday to hold the key federal funds target rate steady at a 41-year low of 1.25 percent....
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Iran flirts with Iraqi opposition: Gathering in Tehran
TEHRAN: Despite desperate efforts to remain diplomatically neutral and avoid unnecessary remarks on the post-Saddam Hussein era in Iraq, Iran has nevertheless agreed to host a summit of Iraqi opposition groups...
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EU faces migration myths
LONDON: The European Union has agreed that 10 new members will be admitted in 2004, final negotiations for which take place at a summit in Copenhagen this week. This will entitle...
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Andamanese are related to Stone Age settlers: experts
WASHINGTON: Natives of India’s Andaman Islands, once famed for their ferocity and unique appearance, are indeed genetically separate and may be direct descendants of Stone Age settlers, researchers said....
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Venezuela’s dangerous combination
LONDON: Pilin Leon, a former Miss Venezuela, was busy judging the Miss World competition in London on Saturday when the oil tanker that bears her name, illegally at anchor in Lake...
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Saddam wins first round with paper mountain
LONDON: By presenting the United Nations with a mammoth report declaring Iraq free of weapons of mass destruction, Saddam Hussein has won the opening round in his final attempt to stave...
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