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US test on anti-warhead device fails
WASHINGTON, Dec 11: A device designed to destroy an incoming warhead failed to separate from its booster rocket in a test over the Pacific on Wednesday, setting back a US push... 
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Bush pressures EU to embrace Turkey
COPENHAGEN, Dec 11: The European Union came under strong pressure from the United States on Wednesday to embrace Turkey as a future member, on the eve of a landmark summit to...
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Iraqis eager to fight Saddam: US
WASHINGTON, Dec 11: Thousands of expatriate Iraqis all over the world have expressed interest in a US programme to train them for fighting Saddam Hussein, the State Department said Tuesday....
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Lab mice grow human brain cells
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 11: A new breed of supermouse is being developed in the laboratories of Stanford University....
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UN is not a US puppet, says Annan
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 11: UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Tuesday rejected charges that the United Nations had become Washington’s puppet after allowing the US to whisk away the 12,000 page Iraqi...
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S. Arabia to introduce tests for foreigners
RIYADH, Dec 11: The Saudi Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs is studying a proposal to conduct professional tests for foreign workers before issuing them visas to work in the kingdom,...
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European court okays ban on ‘light’ and ‘mild’ cigarettes
BRUSSELS, Dec 11: Cigarette brands such as Marlboro Lights and Mild Seven will be banned in the European Union from October after the EU’s top court on Tuesday threw out a...
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Paris calls for deferring debate on membership
PARIS, Dec 11: Breaking ranks for the first time with President Jacques Chirac, the man who named him to his post, French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin said that as far as...
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High school for French Muslims
PARIS, Dec 11: Although France has had a significant Islamic population that goes back to the start of its own history, the French Muslim community will be getting its own Islamic...
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Security tightened in Kuwait
KUWAIT CITY, Dec 11: Kuwait said on Wednesday it has reinforced the precautionary measures and tightened the security to guarantee its sovereignty, after the Iraqi president Saddam Hussain made the provocative...
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Minefield opens after internet libel ruling
SYDNEY: Once it was heralded as the last bastion of freedom of speech, a realm which transcended national law and the whims of the courts. But last night the internet was...
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Carter urges Bush to respect UN role in Iraq
WASHINGTON: The former US president, Jimmy Carter, marked his elevation to the status of Nobel peace laureate on Tuesday by chiding President Bush on his doctrine of pre-emptive war, and urging...
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EU set for talks on Turkey in 2005
BRUSSELS-ANKARA: Turkey could start long-coveted negotiations in 2005 about joining the EU, under a plan likely to be approved at this week’s Copenhagen summit, it emerged on Tuesday night....
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How an ex-Rand official ended war in Vietnam
BERKELEY (USA): A little more than 30 years ago, the leaking of 7,000 pages of Pentagon documents, which exposed an extraordinary catalogue of lies and duplicity on the part of the...
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US arms to Algeria to quell rebellion
LONDON: The US has agreed to sell arms to Algeria to help it put down the rebellion which has cost more than 100,000 lives in the past 10 years....
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Qatar offers US a haven of security in ME
DOHA: With the American military presence in the Gulf under pressure, the tiny Gulf Arab state of Qatar is rapidly acquiring new importance in US strategy for the region, and welcoming...
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