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IAEA asks Tehran to sign new pact
VIENNA, Feb 19: Mohamed ElBaradei, the head of the UN’s nuclear watchdog, will visit Iran this week to meet senior officials of the Islamic regime and urge them to sign an... 
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Washington unveils emergency security plan
CINCINNATI, Feb 19: US Homeland Security chief Tom Ridge urged Americans on Wednesday to take three simple steps to prepare for any terror attack: put together a home emergency kit, draw...
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Gephardt opens US presidential drive
ST. LOUIS, Feb 19: Democrat Richard Gephardt formally launched his 2004 presidential campaign on Wednesday, blasting the Bush administration’s economic policies and promising to lead a crusade to “put hard-working Americans...
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Biggest diamond heist
BRUSSELS, Feb 19: Antwerp, the capital of the world’s gem trade, was in shock Wednesday as Belgian police struggled to unravel what appears to have been the biggest diamond heist ever....
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Hacker gains access to 8m credit cards
WASHINGTON, Feb 19: A computer hacker gained access to some eight million Visa and MasterCard accounts in one of the largest security breaches to affect the two credit card companies, a...
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No aspirin for European heart patients: body
LONDON, Feb 19: Most heart attack victims in Europe are still not given aspirin as potentially life-saving first aid, cardiologists said on Wednesday....
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Moscow accused of complicity: Killings in Chechnya
MOSCOW: A leading Russian MP and human rights activist has severely embarrassed the Kremlin by holding briefings for senior US officials in Washington in which he has accused Moscow of complicity...
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What do US hawks have in mind
WASHINGTON: “Aggressive fighting for the right is the noblest sport the world affords”....
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No cheap drugs for poor
GENEVA: George Bush’s close links with the drugs industry were blamed on Tuesday for the failure of talks in Geneva aimed at securing access to cheap medicines for developing countries....
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Eastern Europe dismayed at Chirac snub
ZAGREB: Eastern European countries reacted with fury and dismay on Tuesday after being summarily ordered by France to hold their tongues on Iraq and toe the Franco-German line of resistance to...
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Oil reserve is ‘first line of defence’ for US
WASHINGTON: Enough oil is stored in the deep, cone-shaped salt caverns along the Gulf of Mexico — most of them large enough to accommodate the towers of the World Trade Center...
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Australia’s regional policy irks neighbours
CANBERRA: The Australian government’s dismissive attitude toward its nearest neighbours in the Pacific, including its forcible relocation of unwanted asylum seekers to small island nations there, is sowing resentment from that...
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