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Medical advisers question US smallpox plan
WASHINGTON, Jan 17: The U.S. government’s top medical advisers on Friday strongly questioned President George W. Bush’s smallpox vaccination plan, siding with labour groups who say it leaves too many questions... 
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Bush ready to act alone, says Powell
WASHINGTON, Jan 17: US Secretary of State Colin Powell said on Friday that President George Bush was ready to assume alone or with like-minded nations the responsibility of a war against...
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Germany says it won’t back war
LUDWIGSHAFEN (Germany), Jan 17: It is inconceivable that Germany would vote in favour of military action against Iraq at the UN Security Council, German Defence Minister Peter Struck said in an...
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US wants no war with N.Korea, says US
BERLIN, Jan 17: US Secretary of State Colin Powell was quoted on Friday as saying the United States was seeking a diplomatic solution to a stand-off with North Korea over the...
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Experts oppose 24-hour childcare centres
SINGAPORE, Jan 17: Parents who leave their babies at a 24-hour Singapore childcare centre to get some freedom or escape the crying were heaped with a torrent of criticism on Friday...
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US pilot defended actions in bombing: witness
BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE (USA), Jan 17: A US fighter pilot who mistakenly bombed Canadian troops in Afghanistan defended his actions and never blamed Air Force-sanctioned amphetamines that his lawyers say...
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French city plans referendum
PARIS, Jan 17: The city of Montreuil, located in the eastern suburb of Paris, says that it’s to hold a referendum on the issue of whether France should take part in...
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Airline refuses to fly obese woman
TAIPEI, Jan 17: An overweight Taiwanese woman is seeking an apology and damages from Hong Kong’s DragonAir airline after she was refused a seat on a flight because of her weight,...
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US firm blocks funds over Muslim name
LOS ANGELES, Jan 17: A national Muslim civil rights and advocacy group on Thursday called on Western Union, a leading US financial group, to clarify its policy on racial and religious...
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Lankan minister flays charges against LTTE
COLOMBO, Jan 17: In a statement which many described as shocking, Minister of Defence Thilak Marapana said on Thursday that some adverse reports by the Government military intelligence reports regarding the...
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UAE govt not worried about war impact
DUBAI, Jan 17: UAE officials believe the Gulf economies may absorb the impact of a possible US attack on Iraq and think that any eventual flare up will not last for...
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Ghost of Lebanon looms over Iraq
WASHINGTON, Jan 16 (IPS): “What I saw from my perch in the Pentagon, wrote Colin Powell, a major general in 1982, in his memoirs about Washington’s brief but disastrous sojourn in...
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China, Russia have no clout with N.Korea
BEIJING: China and Russia may be North Korea’s closest friends, but analysts are questioning whether they can bend the ear of the enigmatic “Dear Leader” Kim Jong-il....
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Israel plans to kill ‘terrorists’ in US, allied nations
WASHINGTON: Israel is embarking upon a more aggressive approach to the war on terror that will include staging targeted killings in the United States and other friendly countries, former Israeli intelligence...
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Museum on Muslim culture is thriving
JACKSON: The timing, it seemed, couldn’t have been worse. It was the summer of 2001, and the organizers of an exhibit about Islam were weighing whether to turn it into...
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Iran setting up camps for refugees
TEHRAN: Iran is setting up 19 camps along its border with Iraq to shelter refugees in the event of a military strike on its western neighbour, a senior government official was...
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