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UN starts questioning Iraqi scientists
BAGHDAD, Dec 24: An Iraqi scientist who was involved in the country’s previous nuclear programme was questioned by UN arms experts here on Tuesday, as inspections were set to continue through... 
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Mayor, 12 others killed in Philippines blast
COTABATO (Philippines), Dec 24: A bomb planted in the residential compound killed 13 people, including a prominent Muslim mayor, in the southern Philippines on Tuesday....
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Turkish MPs defy president on Erdogan
ANKARA, Dec 24: Turkish lawmakers on Tuesday reaffirmed their backing for a set of constitutional amendments aimed at allowing the ruling party’s banned leader to become prime minister, in defiance of...
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Turkey opposed to US deployment
ANKARA, Dec 24: NATO member Turkey is to allow the United States to use several of its air bases in case of war in Iraq, but is firmly against the mass...
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Iraqi kids deliver protest to British PM
 LONDON, Dec 24: Iraqi children took giant Christmas cards to Downing Street on Tuesday urging British Prime Minister Tony Blair not to wage war on Iraq....
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India accepts US stand on world court
NEW DELHI, Dec 24: India said on Tuesday it would sign an agreement with the United States not to extradite each other’s nationals to a world tribunal, in a victory for...
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Security alert in Dhaka for Christmas
DHAKA, Dec 24: The government has tightened security in churches across the country on Tuesday to enable the Christian community to celebrate the Christmas joyfully....
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US Muslims recount relatives ordeal at detention centres
LOS ANGELES, Dec 24: Wives of Muslims from various Arab countries narrated on Sunday the sufferings meted out to their husbands and families when they responded to the Justice Department’s call...
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Chirac orders probe into reporter’s death
PARIS, Dec 24: Before leaving Paris for a Christmas holiday at Agadir, Morocco on Monday, French President Jacques Chirac ordered the country’s ambassador to Kuwait to undertake an investigation to determine...
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AL slams govt move over Mujib case
DHAKA, Dec 24: The opposition Awami League petitioned the government on Monday to reinstate the special law officers to deal the Sheikh Mujibur Rahman murder case, as well as the cases...
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Bush’s ‘Africa snub’ draws ire
WASHINGTON: US President George W. Bush’s decision to delay a widely anticipated trip to Africa has prompted accusations from experts that Washington is growing callous to the world’s development problems....
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Starving Ethiopia faces $500m claims
LONDON: The impoverished government of Ethiopia, which is struggling to combat the worst famine in 20 years, is facing demands from private creditors of up to $500m....
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Leaders see UN’s credibility at stake
UNITED NATIONS: Nelson Mandela, the former South African president and one of the world’s most respected political figures, thinks the United Nations is being undermined by the United States....
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Eating fish cuts stroke risk: study
CHICAGO: Eating fish as infrequently as once or twice a month reduces the risk of the most common type of stroke by almost half, researchers said on Tuesday....
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US pilots prowl Iraqi skies
INCIRLIK AIR BASE (Turkey): Christmas will be a working holiday for US pilots stationed at this Turkish base as a possible war against nearby Iraq looms on the horizon....
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Muslims no longer welcome in the land of the free
NEW YORK: When in October of this year two friends of mine arrived in New York from Karachi and related their excruciating experience at the hands of US Immigration and customs...
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