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US reviewing military presence in Europe
WASHINGTON, Feb 10: The United States is studying a radical overhaul of its military presence in Europe that would replace its large garrison force and big Cold War-era bases with rotating,... 
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Iran gives US new nuclear headache: Uranium discovery
TEHRAN, Feb 10: With the United States preoccupied with Iraq and North Korea, Tehran has revealed that the discovery of domestic uranium deposits is set to make it self-sufficient in nuclear...
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Hormone cuts risk of early birth: study
LOS ANGELES, Feb 10: A dramatic increase in the number of premature babies might be brought under control if high-risk pregnant women received injections of a readily available hormone, according to...
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New bat species discovered in Alps
 RISTOLAS (France) Feb 10: A new species of bat, dubbed the Alpine long-eared bat, was discovered in 2001 in a nature preserve in southeastern France, the forest ranger responsible for the...
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N. Korea issue may be referred to UN SC
VIENNA, Feb 10: The UN’s nuclear watchdog agency is to meet in Vienna on Wednesday to consider bringing North Korea before the UN Security Council on charges on violating non-proliferation agreements....
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Iraq ends oil deal with Russian company
MOSCOW-BAGHDAD, Feb 10: Iraq has terminated a major oil exploration partnership with Russia’s largest oil company Lukoil despite last- ditch diplomatic efforts to save the deal, Moscow-based news agencies reported Monday....
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Charity head cleared of terror charge
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10: A court in the American state of Illinois on Monday dismissed terrorism charges against the head of a Muslim charity who was accused of funnelling money to Al...
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US increases aid to Afghan refugees
WASHINGTON, Feb 10: The United States has granted an additional $15 million to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees for its 2003 supplementary programme for Afghan refugees, returnees, and internally...
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Gas export issue referred to Khaleda
DHAKA, Feb 10: Prime Minister Khaleda Zia is soon expected to rule on an experts’ report on the export of natural gas to India, a contentious issue that involves a high...
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Taiwan looking for best of all the worlds
TOKYO: Taiwan’s relationship with mainland China has become increasingly ambiguous, with its desire for independence at odds with the drive for greater economic integration, experts on cross-strait relations said at a...
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US war plans bode ill for UN
DUBAI: A US-led attack on Iraq without the approval of the United Nations would spell doom for the world body and be another ominous sign of unilateralism in international affairs, say...
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Blair’s safe havens are ghettos
LONDON: Britain’s new colonialists have conquered another territory: asylum policy. With immigration surging up the political agenda, Tony Blair wants to establish and fund UN “protection areas” for refugees so that...
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The lost children of Rafah
RAFAH: Ehab Abu Taha is offended when I ask if he throws bombs at the Israelis. Undernourished and chain-smoking, he looks 16. He tells me he is actually 23. It is...
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Astronauts knew of damage, says Nasa
HOUSTON: It was not until the final moments of the space shuttle Columbia’s doomed flight that its crew realized something had gone badly wrong. But even at the outset of the...
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Gene-memory link
BETHESDA (USA): “A memory gene” may help explain why some people are better than others at recalling events. Researchers have discovered strong evidence that good or bad memory is at least...
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Transgenics will not save banana, say experts
PARIS: Neither pesticides nor genetic manipulation will save the Cavendish banana from disappearing, says scientist Jean Vincent Escalant, research coordinator for the International Network for Improvement of the Banana and Plantain...
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