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Sharon’s party wins Israeli election
TEL AVIV, Jan 28: Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s Likud party swept to victory in the general election on Tuesday, paving the way for him to form a coalition government and... 
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Plutonium ‘missing’ at Japanese N-plant
TOKYO, Jan 28: Enough plutonium to produce 25 nuclear bombs is unaccounted for at a Japanese nuclear facility, but the deficit is mostly due to measuring shortcomings and miscalculations, an official...
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Khatami ‘hurt’ Kashmiris’ feelings: group
SRINAGAR, Jan 28: A Kashmiri group accused Iranian President Mohammad Khatami on Tuesday of hurting the sentiments of Kashmiris by participating in India’s Republic Day parade, a display of military strength....
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UN body snubs VHP
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 28: The United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) on Monday rejected Vishwa Hindu Prishad’s (VHP) bid to gain consultative status with the organization....
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Moscow changes tack on inspection
MOSCOW, Jan 28: Russia on Tuesday warned it could adopt a more aggressive stance on Iraq, as calls intensified for a new UN resolution and more inspection time before any attack...
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US softens stance on second resolution
WASHINGTON, Jan 28: The White House and members of the United Nations Security Council expressed their support on Tuesday for a fresh UN resolution on Iraq....
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Attack to be launched any time after 14th: officials
LONDON, Jan 28: The United States, wooing allies for war, may not wait much beyond the next UN inspectors’ report on Saint Valentine’s Day before unleashing an invasion to disarm Iraq...
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Iraq warns Kuwait of retaliation
MONTREAL, Jan 28: Iraq will not rule out launching an attack against Kuwait if that country is used as a base for a US military operation, Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tariq...
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Bush likely to ready nation for war
WASHINGTON, Jan 28: US President George Bush will use his State of the Union speech on Tuesday night (Wednesday morning in Pakistan) to prepare anxious Americans for a possible invasion of...
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US legislator for more time
WASHINGTON, Jan 28: Co-Chairman of the Bipartisan Task Force on Nonproliferation, and a Democratic member of Congress Edward J. Markey urged the Bush Administration on Tuesday to allow the UN inspections...
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North Korea says US finalizing invasion plan
SEOUL, Jan 28: North Korea insisted on Tuesday that the United States was finalizing invasion plans, and a South Korean envoy awaited key talks with the North’s reclusive leader on the...
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US aims to lessen Iran’s influence: Post-Saddam Iraq
WASHINGTON: As the White House campaigns to topple Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, it is manoeuvring to dilute Iranian influence in a committee of Iraqi exiles that would help form a post-Saddam...
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Davos elitist club ignores starving Africa
DAVOS: Despite talk from officials of the World Economic Forum that the exclusive organization is moving towards openness and sharing, African officials and NGOs complained that the elitist gathering has failed...
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Britons getting wary of immigrants
LONDON: The asylum seekers and illegal migrants pouring into Britain are generating public anger, consternation in the authorities and concern at a backlash among civil rights groups....
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Spy photos reveal ancient road
CHICAGO: Bronze Age inhabitants of what is now modern-day Iraq, Syria and Turkey traded and travelled more widely along a network of highways than previously thought, archeologists studying newly released US...
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Anti-war movement is alive and well
LONDON: Mr Bush and Mr Blair might have a tougher fight than they anticipated. Not from Saddam Hussein perhaps although it is still not obvious that they can capture and...
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