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Blair hints at defying multiple UN vetoes
 LONDON, March 6: British Prime Minister Tony Blair suggested on Thursday he would be prepared to wage war on Iraq even if a number of United Nations powers vetoed a new...
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US troops may leave S. Korea: Rumsfeld
WASHINGTON, March 6: US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said on Thursday the stationing of US troops near the border with North Korea has become intrusive to South Korea, and said forces...
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US group calls for ending profiling of Muslims
SAN FRANCISCO, March 6: The Leadership Conference of Civil Right Education Fund (LCCREF), a leading US civil rights group has denounced the widespread racial profiling of Muslims in America and called...
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Turkish trucks sent to border
ANKARA, March 6: Some 200 Turkish military trucks were on their way to the Iraqi border on Thursday, television reports and correspondents said, but the Turkish army denied this was a...
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Lobbying for votes intensifies
UNITED NATIONS, March 6: US Secretary of State Colin Powell and the British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw are expected to lobby hard to secure nine votes in the 15 member UN...
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Bush would lose poll, says survey
NEW YORK, March 6: US President George Bush would lose narrowly to a Democratic Party candidate if the US presidential election were held now because of concerns about possible war and...
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US probing deaths of Bagram detainees
KABUL, March 6: The US military in Afghanistan on Thursday confirmed it was probing the deaths from “blunt force injuries” of two prisoners held at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan....
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Air travel after surgery not safe: experts
LONDON, March 6: Patients who have undergone major orthopaedic surgery were advised on Thursday not to travel long distances for up to three months afterwards because of the risk of fatal...
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US helpless against suicide bombers despite security steps: study
PARIS, March 6: The United States has failed to understand the mentality of suicide attackers, and the billions of dollars lavished on “homeland security” offer no realistic shield against this form...
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Myanmar FM finds stranger in his room
DHAKA, March 6: The government of Bangladesh officially admitted on Thursday that a stranger entered the bedroom of the Myanmar foreign minister when he was in Dhaka on a two-day official...
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Denktash to reject UN peace plan
ANKARA, March 6: Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash reiterated on Thursday that he would reject a United Nations peace plan for Cyprus and seek big changes in it — though UN...
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US to accept photos with scarves
WASHINGTON, March 6: Immigration officials in Oklahoma said on Thursday Muslim women in the state could wear scarves for green card photos and state officials also decided to accept similar photos...
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Why US finds its best friends in E. Europe
PARIS: When President Chirac of France accused the countries of eastern Europe of being ‘infantile’ in signing up as faithful followers of Washington’s policy towards Iraq, he stirred a hornet’s net....
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Iraq crisis rocks US, German ties
 BRUSSELS: Washington won’t be closing its army bases in Germany any time soon, but its estrangement with Berlin over Iraq has quickened debate over the wisdom of keeping thousands of troops...
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Kurds see a hidden threat in invasion
SULAYMANIYAH (Iraq): Qadir Mala Khadhir is standing in the doorway of his stall in the central market, in front of wardrobes, end tables and bedsprings no one is buying. His business...
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AIDS takes toll on African militaries
WASHINGTON: AIDS in the military has emerged as a new security threat to developing countries, such as South Africa, Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo, where more than four in...
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Latin America dares to defy US pressure
MEXICO CITY: The anti-war sentiment prevailing in Latin America is providing political protection and encouragement for the governments of Chile and Mexico, the two Latin American members of the United Nations...
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US unlikely to deliver on ME promises
WASHINGTON: If British Prime Minister Tony Blair and his Spanish counterpart Jose Maria Aznar think that Washington will make a strong push for peace between Israel and the Palestinians after a...
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