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Turkey convenes meeting on Iraq: S. Arabia, Iran among five invited
ANKARA, Jan 16: Turkey on Thursday officially invited five countries — Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Iran, Jordan and Syria — to a meeting to discuss ways of resolving the Iraqi crisis peacefully,... 
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US is turning into a Big Brother society: body
WASHINGTON, Jan 16: The United States is at risk of turning into a full-fledged surveillance society where “Big Brother will always be watching you,” warns the American Civil Liberties Union....
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Row over Jan 27 deadline
WASHINGTON, Jan 16: The Bush administration on Thursday took exception to a statement by the chief UN arms inspector that the Jan 27 deadline for a report on Iraqi weapons was...
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Bush opposes minority quotas
WASHINGTON, Jan 16: President George W. Bush has condemned the “positive discrimination” policy of the University of Michigan which allows it to accommodate minority students....
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Three US soldiers injured in Afghanistan
BAGRAM, Jan 16: Three US soldiers were wounded in Afghanistan in two incidents and one of the men was in critical but stable condition, the US military said on Thursday....
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Inclusion in INS list angers BD
DHAKA, Jan 16: The Foreign Secretary of Bangladesh, Shamser Mobin Chowdhury, told journalists here on Thursday, that it was “unfortunate” that some of its nationals in the US would soon be...
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Professor held in US over plague scare
LUBBOCK (USA), Jan 16: A Texas Tech University professor was arrested on Wednesday on suspicion of giving false information to authorities about 35 vials possibly containing the bacteria that causes plague...
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UN experts comb two scientists’ houses
 BAGHDAD, Jan 16: UN arms experts paid surprise visits to the homes of two Iraqi scientists in Baghdad on Thursday, in their first foray into private residential quarters in search of...
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C-warheads found: UN
BAGHDAD, Jan 16: UN weapons inspectors in Iraq on Thursday found empty warheads designed to carry chemical warfare agents, a UN spokesman said in Baghdad....
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15 injured in Gujarat violence
AHMEDABAD, Jan 16: At least 15 people were wounded in communal violence during a kite festival in Gujarat state on Wednesday....
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Strike against price hike
DHAKA, Jan 16: A few skirmishes in some places here and other parts of the country on Thursday marked the eight-hour hartal called by the Awami League in protest against the...
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New Delhi likely to change N-policy
NEW DELHI: India and Pakistan have further hardened their hostile nuclear postures, taking steps toward lowering the threshold of a devastating nuclear confrontation while the international community is preoccupied with the...
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Big two define future of European Union
BRUSSELS: A landmark agreement between France and Germany on two separate presidents for the European Union appeared on Wednesday night to have paved the way for a new division of labour...
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Zaki Badawi — unofficial leader of UK’s Muslims
LONDON: In another age, Zaki Badawi would probably have held the title “Grand Mufti of Islam in Britain”. Everyone would have known that, on matters of faith, his word ranks alongside...
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UN being used as a fig leaf for aggression
LONDON: If anyone could sell George Bush’s planned war of aggression against Iraq, surely it should be Tony Blair, a politician whose career has been built on his ability to smoothtalk...
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Monetary union for GCC
DUBAI: The second Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Economic forum concluded on Wednesday in Dubai, one of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), with a call on member countries to redouble efforts towards...
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