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Parliament plans to impeach Kharazi
TEHRAN, Feb 16: Iran’s reformist parliament plans to impeach Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi over the country’s policy on Iraq, the official news agency IRNA reported on Sunday.... 
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Nato hits new snags over Turkey’s defence
BRUSSELS, Feb 16: Nato ambassadors considered a compromise deal on Sunday to break their deadlock over planning for the defence of Turkey in the event of a US-led war against Iraq,...
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Anti-US sentiment rises in Germany
BERLIN, Feb 16: Two-thirds of all Germans say their feelings toward the United States have soured because of the Iraq conflict, according to a poll commissioned for Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa....
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Ceasefire violations in Lanka
COLOMBO, Feb 16: Reports of ceasefire violations by the LTTE in the northeast has increased over the past two weeks with the latest incidents being the killing of a government soldier...
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Iraq expels Fox News reporter in retaliation
WASHINGTON, Feb 16: Iraq quickly retaliated in kind after the US government ordered an Iraqi journalist to leave the country for “engaging in activities outside the scope of his job function,”...
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New Arab TV channel challenges Al-Jazeera
DUBAI, Feb 16: With war looming in Iraq, a new television channel named Al-Arabiya enters the battle for Arab opinion on Thursday boasting of a “balanced alternative” to the maverick Al-Jazeera...
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Returning US Hajis will be interrogated
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 16: Thousands of Muslim Americans and residents returning from the Hajj will face increased scrutiny at airports, with US officials putting special emphasis on centres with large Muslim...
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Protests brings more time for Iraq diplomacy
BAGHDAD/WASHINGTON, Feb 16: The United States and Britain considered giving diplomacy more time on Sunday in the face of resistance at the United Nations to their plans for war to disarm...
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Turkey may hold back US deployment
ANKARA, Feb 16: Washington should not expect immediate permission to deploy tens of thousands of troops in Nato member Turkey ahead of a possible war in Iraq, Turkish Foreign Minister Yasar...
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Israel decides to bring in 20,000 Ethiopians
AL QUDS, Feb 16: The Israeli cabinet approved on Sunday a plan to bring to Israel 20,000 “Falashmura” — Ethiopians who say they are Jewish even though their ancestors had been...
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No EU probe
PARIS, Feb 16: A special commission of enquiry into the use of European Union funds by the Palestinian Authority will not be formed, the presidents of the various political groups in...
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Iran’s N-programme no immediate threat
TEHRAN: Iran thrust itself back into the “axis of evil” spotlight this week with a series of announcements detailing an ambitious nuclear energy programme, including the construction of a facility to...
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America plans to punish German ‘treachery’
LONDON: America is to punish Germany for leading international opposition to a war against Iraq. The US will withdraw all its troops and bases from there and end military and industrial...
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US double-standards on UN vetoes
LONDON: Britain and America may have to dilute their demands if they are to persuade the Security Council to consider a new resolution. Britain’s Ambassador to the UN, Sir Jeremy Greenstock,...
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Allies trade ‘insults’
LONDON: The ill-tempered insults that have characterized the war-peace debate in the past few weeks began in earnest with US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld’s sneer at ‘old Europe’, a remark which...
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Of ‘old Europe’ and new
UNITED NATIONS: The cryptic remarks by US Secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfeld about “old Europe” as against the new Europe perceived by him figured in the UN Security Council on Friday...
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Blair’s worst fears come true as million march against war
LONDON: “Are there any more coming, then?”.There have been dafter questions, but not many. At 1.10 on Saturday, Mike Wiseman from Newcastle upon Tyne....
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Britons find war hard to justify
LONDON: After the dramatic showdown at the United Nations on Friday, and Tony Blair’s speech in Glasgow on Saturday, the extent and cost of the UK government’s commitment to Washington has...
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