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Iranian MPs accuse govt of inaction: Dispute over Caspian
TEHRAN, Dec 29: Iran’s foreign minister was summoned to parliament on Sunday to be given a grilling over his handling of a dispute on the boundaries of the resource-rich Caspian sea.... 
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US cancels Charles visit over Iraq views
LONDON, Dec 29: Prince Charles has dropped plans to visit the United States because the White House, apparently unhappy with his views on Iraq, has signalled that he would not be...
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Kenyan opposition routs ruling party in polls
NAIROBI, Dec 29: Kenya’s opposition has won a historic and overwhelming victory over the party that has ruled the east African country for almost four decades, election officials said on Sunday....
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Bush flouts suspects’ rights, says judge
MADRID, Dec 29: The Spanish judge who has made a world name for himself fighting terrorism launched a stinging attack on Sunday against US President George Bush, saying his government was...
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French govt asked to encourage immigration
PARIS, Dec 29: The Observatoire Francais des Conjonctures Economiques (OFCE), in a report published this week, has recommended to the French government to attract more qualified immigrants, especially if it wants...
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Sharon gives nod to revised ‘roadmap’
TEL AVIV, Dec 29: Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has given his approval to the latest draft of the Middle East peace “roadmap”, which calls on Palestinians to take concrete steps...
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Annan asks N. Korea to cooperate with UN
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 29: As tensions in the Korean peninsula increased following North Korea’s decision to kick out International Atomic Energy Agency’s inspectors, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan on Saturday stepped...
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France bans antique aircraft
PARIS, Dec 29: Collectors of light aeroplanes, gliders and old military aeroplanes from the two world wars are being told they can no longer fly their aircraft in French skies, and...
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Invasion to begin on Feb 21, says paper
LONDON, Dec 29: A British tabloid newspaper claimed on Sunday that a US-led war on Iraq would start on Feb 21 “at midnight”....
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US officials examining cloning claim amid outcry
WASHINGTON, Dec 29: US authorities on Sunday said they have launched a probe into a sect’s highly controversial claim that it has created the first human clone....
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Palestinian newsman hurt
GAZA CITY, Dec 29: A Palestinian cameraman and two other civilians were wounded by Israeli fire in the southern Gaza Strip on Sunday, Palestinian security officials said....
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US ignoring torture law in pursuit of ‘war on terror’
WASHINGTON: As Washington’s anti-terrorist campaign rolls into 2003, it appears increasingly clear that the administration of President George W. Bush has decided to ignore both the Geneva Conventions on the treatment...
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North Korea puts experts in a fix
SEOUL: For people with the unenviable task of deciphering what is regarded as one of the world’s most impenetrable countries, the question of the moment is: How far will North Korea...
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Two wars equal one challenge for US
WASHINGTON: One might call it the disaster scenario....
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UN to assist in probe into Afghanistan’s grave sites
KABUL: Treading cautiously on the issue of atrocities in a country that has seen many in 23 years of war, the United Nations said on Saturday it will help investigate several...
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Opposition brings new hope to Kenya
NAIROBI: Winning Kenya’s general elections was the easy part for the opposition National Rainbow Coalition — bringing about change in the impoverished country is bound to prove a far greater challenge....
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