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Schroeder questions Iraq-N. Korea duality
BERLIN, Jan 27: German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder criticized on Monday Washington’s position on Iraq, saying it was hard to explain to Europeans why the Gulf state was not treated the same... 
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Inspectors need more time: Annan
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 27: UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan urged a divided UN Security Council on Monday to give the weapons inspectors “a reasonable amount of time” to do their work in...
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Sharon likely to win election
TEL AVIV, Jan 27: Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s right-wing Likud party maintained its commanding lead in the last opinion polls before Tuesday’s general election, but he looked set to struggle...
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Excerpts from UN weapons report
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 27: Following are excerpts from the report on Monday by chief UN weapons inspector Hans Blix to the Security Council after two months of inspections in Iraq....
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Khatami presses India on gas pipeline deal
 NEW DELHI, Jan 27: Iranian President Mohammed Khatami Monday urged Indian leaders to join hands with Tehran to construct a multi-billion-dollar gas pipeline which would bring fuel to energy-starved India....
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Algerian newsman claims infiltrating Al Qaeda
PARIS, Jan 27: Mohamed Sifaoui, an Algerian journalist who claims to have infiltrated one of France’s most important extremist networks, has just published a book detailing how he did it, and...
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BD alerts troops on borders
DHAKA, Jan 27: Bangladesh on Monday alearted its troops on border with India after attempt by Delhi to push suspected Bangladeshis....
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Chance for peace coming to end: Powell
WASHINGTON, Jan 27: US Secretary of State Colin Powell said on Monday that Iraq’s chance to “choose peaceful disarmament is coming to an end” — the first response by a top...
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HRW team visits Saudi institutions
RIYADH, Jan 27: A five-member Human Rights Watch team, which is currently visiting the kingdom on a fact-finding mission, on Sunday met Interior Minister Prince Naif bin Abdul Aziz. It has...
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US legislator moves bill to help family of slain Pakistani
WASHINGTON, Jan 27: Congressman Rush Holt has introduced a bill in Congress seeking green cards for the family of a Pakistani who was shot dead after the Sept 11 terrorist attacks...
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Parliament okays deal to bury Yugoslavia
BELGRADE, Jan 27: Serbia’s parliament adopted a Western-backed agreement on Monday to form a loose union with Montenegro that would officially bury Yugoslavia after the old socialist federation collapsed in bloodshed...
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UN chief slams Israeli action
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 27: UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Sunday deplored Israeli incursions in the Gaza strip that killed at least 14 Palestinians....
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How art was turned into torture in Spanish civil war
MADRID: A Spanish historian has uncovered what was alleged to be the first use of modern art as a deliberate form of torture, with the discovery that mind-bending prison cells were...
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Military spending is inadequate: Hawks tell Bush
WASHINGTON: If there was any doubt about the global ambitions of the Bush administration hawks, it was dispelled this weekend when a group of influential right-wing figures complained that the current...
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I.Coast’s displaced speak of ruthlessness
GUIGLO (Ivory Coast): “They speak English and they kill,” said Madeleine Ga Ahou, one of several thousand people displaced after attacks by presumed Liberian fighters in the west of war- torn...
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Asia nurtures a security concept different from US
WASHINGTON: The United States, which has 100,000 troops based in North-east Asia, has expended huge amounts of diplomatic energy in recent months trying to resolve a nuclear standoff with North Korea...
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