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Arab states ask US to focus on Palestine issue: Reaction to Powell’s speech
CAIRO, Dec 13: Arab countries offered a mixed response on Friday to Washington’s 29-million dollar initiative to foster democracy in the Middle East, with some saying the key to the region’s... 
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EU finalizes plan for eastward expansion
COPENHAGEN, Dec 13: The European Union and 10 candidate countries on Friday agreed terms for a historic enlargement of the EU deep into ex-Soviet territory at a hard-fought summit in Copenhagen....
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NATO okays mly partnership deal
BRUSSELS, Dec 13: NATO said on Friday it had approved an agreement on a military partnership with the European Union that will pave the way for the EU’s first-ever peacekeeping operations....
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BD newsman held over blasts report
DHAKA, Dec 13: A Bangladeshi journalist was detained on Friday over a report on last week’s cinema bomb blasts which left 18 people dead and more than 100 injured....
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India’s gas discovery may alter balance of power in region: paper
NEW YORK, Dec 13: The recent discovery of huge natural gas deposits in the southeast coast of India could impact the world energy markets and consequently affect the military and political...
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French Muslims flay accord
PARIS, Dec 13: A national assembly of French Muslims, scheduled for Dec 19 and 20 in Nainville-les-Roches, is expected to prove explosive as many of the country’s Muslim leaders accuse Interior...
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Inspectors may quiz scientists from Iraq
VIENNA, Dec 13: UN nuclear inspectors may use their authority to question Iraqi scientists outside their country, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Mohamed ElBaradei said Friday....
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Thousands gather for Muslim meet in BD
TONGI, Dec 13: Tens of thousands of Muslims, from Bangladesh and 71 other countries, gathered on Friday at the start of an annual Islamic congregation, considered the second-largest after the Haj....
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US deplores France’s posture
PARIS, Dec 13: Richard Perle, adviser to US Secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfeld, who is considered the leading advocate of an attack on Iraq, in an interview to French daily ‘Le...
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Paris, Berlin to collaborate on immigration
PARIS, Dec 13: France has decided to set up joint Euro- charters with Germany in order to easily deport its unwanted aliens back to their home countries....
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Iraq’s report cites US companies’ role: WMD probe
UNITED NATIONS: Iraq’s 12,000-page declaration of its weapons programmes contains lists of American companies that provided materials that helped Baghdad develop chemical and biological weapons in the 1980s, according to a...
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Pyongyang’s N-plan to open diplomatic gates
SEOUL: Every day, two scientists — one Chinese, one Egyptian — wander through a near-deserted facility in the heart of the North Korean countryside and go through a meticulous checklist, ticking...
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Spain: the worst is yet to come
LA CORUNA (Spain): One month after the Greek-owned oil tanker Prestige sprang a leak and sank off Spain, the country is facing one of the worst environmental catastrophes of all times....
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Djibouti gets ‘anti-terror’ base
CAMP LEMONIER (Djibouti): When US troops got their first look at this former French Foreign Legion fort six months ago there wasn’t much to behold — just a few dilapidated buildings...
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Oil giant takes initiative to remove Nigerians’ resentment
UGBORODO (Nigeria): US oil giant ChevronTexaco has laid the foundations of an ambitious new bid to end years of violent protest against its operations in the Niger Delta....
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East Timor riots show island’s fragility
DARWIN: Cracks in the fagade of Asia’s poorest and the world’s youngest nation, East Timor, are emerging in the wake of rioting, which many say highlight the fragility of the country’s...
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