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UK must rein in US over Iraq: minister
LONDON, Jan 12: Britain’s International Development Secretary Clare Short said on Sunday London should not join a unilateral US attack on Iraq and said it was Britain’s duty to restrain Washington.... 
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OPEC agrees to raise output to curb prices
VIENNA, Jan 12: The OPEC oil cartel agreed on Sunday to increase oil production by 1.5 million barrels per day (bpd) in a bid to curb a surge in prices triggered...
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Abdullah sees no invasion
RIYADH, Jan 12: Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah bin Abdel Aziz said on Sunday he did not believe there would be war on Iraq and that the kingdom had proposed an initiative...
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S. Arabia seeks data on citizens held in US
RIYADH, Jan 12: Saudi Arabia said on Sunday it has set up a liaison office to seek information and help repatriate dozens of Saudi nationals captured in the US-led war on...
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INS registration: tales of pain and compassion
WASHINGTON, Jan 12: The US campaign to expel illegal immigrants has also hurt those who are apparently innocent, increasing suspicions that the move aims at deporting Muslims, guilty or not guilty....
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NGO to sue French govt over man’s detention
PARIS, Jan 12: French anti-racism organisation SOS Racisme says it will sue the French government on behalf of Abderazak Besseghir, the 27-year old baggage-handler who was arrested on December 28 on...
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Ben Bella calls for protests in West
LONDON, Jan 12: Still a political firebrand at 86, Algerian independence hero Ahmed Ben Bella wants vast Vietnam-style peace protests in the West to prevent war against Iraq....
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Maurice Gibb dies at 53
LONDON, Jan 12: British pop star Maurice Gibb, a singer and bassist for the hugely successful disco group the Bee Gees, died on Sunday, his family announced here....
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US, UK strategy to combat WMD: N-attack on ‘states of concern’
LONDON: The idea that Britain could be involved in nuclear war with Iraq seems fantastic and is unlikely....
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Blix’s March report could trigger war
LONDON: Tony Blair on Saturday night made clear that war with Iraq remained virtually inevitable as President George W. Bush continued his inexorable steps towards military conflict with Saddam Hussein....
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Russia’s seasonal roulette
MOSCOW: A new year for Russia maybe, but as always there is the same old cycle of dangers with its inevitable crop of fatalities....
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Osama may be peripheral to terrorism phenomenon
LONDON: It was a routine annual meeting of police top brass to assess the next generation of senior officers and prime them for the rapidly changing world of law enforcement in...
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Protests over new French law on security
PARIS: Thousands marched throughout France this weekend to protest the Sarkozy Law on “internal security,” as rightwing legislators indicated they would be toughening the projected law when it is discussed before...
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Police fear cell is in possession of ricin
BIRMINGHAM: Police and MI5 officers hunting for a stash of deadly ricin poison fear it could already be in the hands of an Algerian terrorists’ cell based in the Midlands....
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