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N. Korea takes over IAEA-monitored lab
SEOUL, Dec 23: North Korea ratcheted up tension in the Korean peninsula’s nuclear crisis on Monday, ignoring international condemnation by removing UN seals at a laboratory suspected of being used to... 
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UN steps up efforts to get scientists out of Iraq
WASHINGTON, Dec 23: UN weapons inspectors are stepping up efforts to get Iraqi scientists out of the country to give details on Iraq’s weapons programmes, the head of the International Atomic...
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US sends warning to DPRK
WASHINGTON, Dec 23: The US State Department said on Sunday that North Korea has disrupted arrangements for international monitoring of spent fuel rods at its nuclear facilities and warned Kim Jong...
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Rich states foiled talks on drugs for poor: body
PARIS, Dec 23: An anti-AIDS activist group charged on Monday that rich countries failed to mount a serious effort at WTO talks last week to reach an agreement ensuring that poor...
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53 US troops killed in ‘terror war’
WASHINGTON, Dec 23: The Pentagon said on Monday that so far 53 US soldiers have been killed in the “war against terrorism”, most of them in Afghanistan....
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French steward vows to sue US officials
PARIS, Dec 23: Michael Philippe, a 25-year-old Virgin Atlantic flight attendant who was arrested last March by the FBI for allegedly having scribbled an anti-American message in the toilets of a...
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20 BD army men face punitive action
DHAKA, Dec 23: Twenty army personnel have faced punitive actions for various offences committed against innocent citizens during the ongoing army-led joint drive against violent crimes that began in mid-October....
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Ex-royals return to Italy after 56 years
ROME, Dec 23: The son of Italy’s last king paid a flying visit to Rome with his family on Monday, expressing “indescribable emotion” at being allowed to return after 56 years...
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Cold wave claims four lives in BD
DHAKA, Dec 23: At least four persons died of cold wave and some others killed in road accidents due to dense fog in the early hours over the last couple of...
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UN fears exodus of one million refugees from Iraq
GENEVA, Dec 23: The UN refugee agency said on Monday it was gearing up for a possible conflict in the Gulf by pre-positioning additional stocks of relief supplies in the Middle...
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Oilmen don’t want another Suez: Iraq attack being disapproved of
LONDON: While Washington hawks depict a war against Iraq as achieving security of oil supplies, Western oil companies are worried about the short-term danger and the supposed long-term benefits of intervention....
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Mediators effectiveness debatable
BANGKOK: In two corners of Asia — Aceh and Sri Lanka — the international community has found a foothold to reclaim some political ground to prove its relevance in addressing conflicts....
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Cotton swabs to decide Saddam fate
SEIBERSDORF (Austria): Valery Maiorov points to the little red lines on the screen as he pores over computer graphs that may reveal whether Saddam Hussein is still trying secretly to build...
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Russia’s Birobijan falls short of an Israel
WALDHEIM (Russia): While the Far Eastern region of Birobijan never became the magnet for the millions of Russian Jews Stalin intended it to be, the few Jews actually living there say...
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‘Fear-gene’ found: scientists
NEW YORK: Scientists believe they have discovered the gene which controls fear — a discovery which, they say, paves the way for new treatments for anxiety, depression and mental illness....
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India’s celebrity anti-HIV campaign hit by hostile media
NEW DELHI: An anti-HIV campaign involving visits to India by celebrity donors such as billionaire Bill Gates and Hollywood idol Richard Gere has become bogged down by hostile publicity in the...
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