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Zhu asks party to ease joblessness, tax burden
BEIJING, March 5: Chinese Prime Minister Zhu Rongji, in his swansong to a parliament finalizing a leadership transition, said bluntly on Wednesday discontent among jobless workers and struggling farmers could threaten... 
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Turkish army backs US deployment: Kurds warned of intervention
ANKARA, March 5: Turkey’s powerful armed forces on Wednesday backed a tentative government move to submit a fresh motion to parliament allowing US troops to open a “northern front” against Iraq...
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Mayawati embroiled in funds scandal
LUCKNOW, March 5: The chief minister of Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday defeated a no-confidence vote which came after she was caught on camera demanding that MPs give a cut of their...
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500,000 Egyptians in anti-war rally
CAIRO, March 5: About 500,000 Egyptians joined a tightly controlled anti-war rally organized by the ruling National Democratic Party in Cairo on Wednesday, urging a peaceful end to the Iraq crisis....
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Five of Kurdish group shot dead
SULAYMANIYA (Iraq), March 5: Five members of one of Iraqi Kurdistan’s mainstream religious parties were gunned down at a local checkpoint on Tuesday in an apparent case of mistaken identity....
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New US law to curb liberties: lawyers
WASHINGTON, March 5: A new law the Bush administration is trying to enact undermines the basic right of each American to retain his or her citizenship in all circumstances, says a...
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UN chief pleads for compromise on Iraq
UNITED NATIONS, March 5: As the diplomatic standoff between the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, to authorize military action against Iraq, became more pronounced, UN Secretary General Kofi...
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Tram tickets feature in new Titanic expo
LONDON, March 5: Four water-stained London tram tickets never before seen in public feature in an exhibition of artifacts from the Titanic that opens in May....
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Excavation ordered at Ayodhya
LUCKNOW, March 5: An Indian court ordered archaeologists on Wednesday to excavate the site of a razed mosque to find out if a temple existed there before the Babri mosque was...
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Pope urges leaders to examine conscience
 VATICAN CITY, March 5: Pope John Paul issued a ringing appeal for peace on Wednesday, saying world leaders must examine their consciences and pull back from the brink of war in...
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LTTE releases two captives
KILINOCHCHI (Sri Lanka), March 5: A Sri Lankan soldier and a policeman, held captive by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) for a period of around two months and one...
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50pc of EU citizens see US as danger to world peace
BRUSSELS: Anxiety about America and the way it projects its global power was exposed on Tuesday when an European commission opinion poll showed that half the union’s citizens see Washington as...
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Stakes are high for UN’s continuation
LONDON: If the second resolution under discussion in New York fails to get the votes, what happens to Prime Minister Blair’s public commitment to a “world ruled by law” with “the...
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Gun culture worries new govt in Kabul
KABUL: Guns are the law of the land in Afghanistan, where they are used to protect homes, invade homes, settle tribal feuds, raise taxes, celebrate weddings, run private armies and wage...
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Kuwaitis evicted from half of their country
KUWAIT CITY: A month of sales has just finished in Kuwait City shops, but the biggest reduction of the past few weeks has been in the size of the country: Kuwait,...
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ME faces another bout of reshaping?
BEIRUT: Nicola Ziadeh has written more books — 42 — than many people have read. So it was no surprise recently that few came to challenge the 95-year-old scholar of the...
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Malnutrition stalks West Bank, Gaza
LONDON: The world has grown used to the idea that severe hunger manifests itself only in the hollow cheeks and distended stomachs of an African famine. But today in the Gaza...
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The new Bush is a divider, not a uniter
WASHINGTON: From his law office in the small Texas town of Henderson, former Democratic state Rep. Paul Sadler barely recognizes George W. Bush anymore....
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