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N.Korea wants talks only with US
SEOUL, Jan 19: North Korea on Sunday rejected international diplomatic efforts to harness its nuclear programme, insisting it would negotiate only with the United States, a position Washington warned would further... 
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Protests against Iraq war continue
WASHINGTON, Jan 19: Anti-war demonstrations continued in Washington on Sunday as well with some protesters gathering outside the White House to protest against the administration’s policies right outside the seat of...
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Nine dead, 21 hurt in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, Jan 19: Twenty-one people were injured on Sunday when a grenade hurled by suspected freedom fighters went off among civilians in occupied Kashmir, police said....
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BD tries to have its name dropped
DHAKA, Jan 19: Dhaka has officially requested Washington on Saturday to drop Bangladesh from the list of terror-risk countries, promising “all necessary efforts” to have the name dropped....
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Ring of fire ravages Australian capital
SYDNEY, Jan 19: Canberra’s worst-ever bushfires have gutted more than 400 houses, killed four people, seriously injured 50 others and knocked out power for a quarter of the Australian capital....
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Give peace a chance: religious leaders
VATICAN CITY, Jan 19: Leaders of world religions appealed to believers in all faiths to work to avert a conflict in Iraq as anti-war protests gathered pace around the world....
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Cold spell kills over 1,300 in S. Asia
NEW DELHI, Jan 19: The intense cold spell that has enveloped South Asia for more than three weeks has killed at least 62 more people, officials said on Sunday as the...
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US official in China for talks on N. Korea
BEIJING, Jan 19: US Under Secretary of State John Bolton arrived in Beijing on Sunday for talks expected to focus on a standoff over North Korea’s nuclear ambitions and preventing the...
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Indian police still using torture: AI
NEW DELHI, Jan 19: Amnesty International said on Sunday that “torture and custodial violence” still take place in prisons of the northern Indian state of Punjab even though militancy ended there...
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Noted Indian poet dies
BOMBAY, Jan 19: Renowned Hindi poet Harivanshrai Bachchan, father of Bollywood icon Amitabh Bachchan, has died after an illness, a family aide said on Sunday....
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US, UN, UK split over Jan 27 report: Gaps in 12,000-page report
LARNACA-LONDON-NEW YORK: Evidence of a deep split between the United Nations, America and Britain over the timetable for war against Saddam Hussein emerged on Saturday as UN officials made it clear...
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Arab world faced with stark choices
RIYADH: Throughout the Arab world, from Egypt and Syria to Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, every one seems to be aware of the fact that the war against Iraq needs to be...
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Biological attack on UK by ‘asylum seekers’ feared
LONDON: Three networks of suspected Muslim terrorists were being hunted by police and intelligence services on Saturday last night amid fears that they are planning a strike on Britain with biological...
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Pakhtoon elders claim US abuse of power
KABUL: Naeem Koochi, an Afghan tribal leader with a large and loyal following, was nearing the capital late last month on his way to a meeting with top government officials when...
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North begins to crack in the cold
MOSCOW: Minus 48 centigrade is cold even for a Russian winter, but what has pinched this year is not as much the cold as the breakdown of the heating infrastructure in...
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500 weapons collected
KABUL, Jan 19: The United Nations said on Sunday around 500 light and heavy weapons had been collected in the latest disarmament operation in the northern Afghan province of Faryab....
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