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UN expands search to Mosul, Basra
BAGHDAD, Jan 4: UN disarmament experts continued their hunt Saturday for weapons of mass destruction, vetting sites in Iraq’s second city of Basra for the first time and setting up a... 
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High winds, floods, hit Germany
BERLIN, Jan 4: A woman was found drowned in southern Germany on Saturday as both high winds and floods continued to wreak havoc in several parts of the country, police said....
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Islanders safe after hiding in caves
AUCKLAND, Jan 4: Fears over the fate of two Pacific islands cut off since being battered by a powerful cyclone last week eased Saturday after contact revealed there had been no...
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Chinese spaceship successfully completes its missions: report
BEIJING, Jan 4: China’s fourth unmanned spacecraft — expected to be the last before a manned space shuttle is launched — has successfully completed all of its missions, state media said...
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US hospital ship readies to sail for Gulf area
 BALTIMORE, Jan 4: Cranes hoisted tons of food and medical supplies aboard the USNS Comfort as the Navy hospital ship prepared over the weekend to join US forces gathering around the...
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Temporary moratorium on death by stoning: cleric
TEHRAN, Jan 4: A moratorium on executions by stoning is only temporary, a top Iranian conservative cleric said on Saturday, while admitting the practice had hurt the Islamic republic’s image abroad....
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Newsman gets suspended for adverse remarks
WASHINGTON, Jan 4: A Florida journalist who made disparaging remarks about Arabs and Muslims in an e-mail message has been suspended without pay for one week....
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French Rabbi stabbed in synagogue
PARIS, Jan 4: A Rabbi who is one of the leading advocates of closer ties between Islam and Judaism was stabbed last night in the Rue Petion synagogue in the eleventh...
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Sydney Omarr dies
LOS ANGELES, Jan 4: Sydney Omarr, who was known as “the astrologer to the stars” died on Thursday at a Santa Monica hospital, according to reports Friday. He was 76....
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Second cloned baby girl born, claims Dutch Raelian sect
AMSTERDAM, Jan 4: The world’s second cloned baby was born on Friday to a Dutch woman, the head of the Raelian movement in the Netherlands said on Saturday....
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5 rebels kill in Philippines
ZAMBOANGA, Jan 4: At least five Muslim guerrillas were killed in a clash with government troops in the southern Philippines, military officials said on Saturday....
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Afghanistan ready for next step
WASHINGTON: A year after the Bonn Conference on Afghanistan’s future, there is considerable ground for optimism about that country. Living conditions are still harsh for many people, and episodic violence continues....
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Sri Lanka trying to put the spice back
COLOMBO: European and Asian invaders brought bloody violence to Sri Lanka for centuries in their quest for its spices and gems, but now it is foreign governments that are helping the...
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Poor nations first to pay up UN dues
UNITED NATIONS: A cash-strapped United Nations got off to a flying start on its first working day for the new year with 10 countries paying their dues in full for 2003....
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Korea is Iraq spelled backwards
WASHINGTON: Iraqi President Saddam Hussein must be green with envy....
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Navigating through deadly waters
PARIS: Three collisions in as many weeks, all involving the same Norwegian cargo ship Tricolor, have highlighted the dangers of navigating the Strait of Dover, one of the most overcrowded shipping...
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Delivering aid is no easy undertaking
SILWAD (West Bank): Getting food to impoverished Palestinians is no easy task. First, UN workers face the arduous ritual of getting trucks through Israeli army checkpoints; once they do, the intended...
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First lawmakers
WASHINGTON, Jan 4: Two Missouri lawmakers will make history this week when they join the legislature as the first-ever Muslim representatives in the Midwestern state....
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