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UN withdraws civilian staff from Iraq border
KUWAIT, March 8: UN military observers on the Iraq-Kuwait border said on Saturday they were withdrawing civilian staff to Kuwait City for their own safety in view of a possible US... 
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US troops arrive at Romanian air base
CONSTANTA (Romania), March 8: An air of secrecy surrounds the arrival of thousands of US military personnel at the Romanian Black Sea port of Constanta in preparation for a war on...
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Refinery, oil pipeline blown up in Assam
DIGBOI (India), March 8: Tribal rebels devastated one of the world’s oldest oil refineries on Saturday in a series of coordinated attacks in the eastern Indian state of Assam, officials said....
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US detains seven in Afghanistan
BAGRAM AIR BASE, March 8: The US military said on Saturday it was holding seven men in Afghanistan linked to bomb plots against US forces as efforts to track Al Qaeda...
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US plans to divide Iraq into three zones
WASHINGTON, March 8: The United States plans to split Iraq into three zones immediately after the war, with each zone having a separate civilian administrator, Pentagon officials said on Saturday....
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US Muslims condemn terrorism
WASHINGTON, March 8: American Muslims launched an ad campaign on Saturday which condemns all acts of terrorism and says that terrorism has no place in their faith....
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Abbas not to accept ‘ceremonial’ PM job
 CAIRO, March 8: The man tapped by Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat to become the first Palestinian prime minister has said he would reject the job if it proved to be purely...
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AI invited to Baghdad after 20 years
AMMAN, March 8: Iraq has invited Amnesty International to visit Baghdad next month for the first time since 1983, the secretary general of the human rights group, Irene Khan, said on...
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Fingerprinting of tourist likely in France
PARIS, March 8: According to a new plan being proposed by French Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy, tourists from a number of foreign countries will henceforth be fingerprinted with their digital thumb...
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Family ties connect US right, Zionists
WASHINGTON: When Vice President Dick Cheney’s national security adviser and fellow hawk Eric Edelman was promoted to become the new US ambassador to Turkey last month, it was hardly a surprise...
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Dissidents vow to vote against British PM
LONDON: War dissidents in Tony Blair’s ruling Labour Party in the UK reacted on Friday to the UN weapons inspectors’ latest reports by vowing to “move heaven and earth” to win...
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Profound change in idea of sovereignty
LONDON: The good doctor has spoken but it still looks like war. Even though Hans Blix talked on Friday of “active, even proactive” cooperation by the Iraqis, the American resolve is...
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Attenborough under scrutiny over appeal to Mandela
LONDON: Film director Richard Attenborough’s role as a Unicef ambassador came under scrutiny on Friday after he appeared to try to persuade Nelson Mandela to accept a charitable donation from the...
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‘Middle 6’ sending out mixed messages
WASHINGTON-MEXICO CITY-JOHANNESBURG: Mixed messages on Friday came from the so-called “middle six” members of the security council, who are wavering on whether to support a resolution authorising war....
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