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Legitimacy of mly action doubtful: Annan’s warning
THE HAGUE, March 10: UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan warned on Monday the legitimacy of military action taken against Iraq without UN Security Council backing would be “seriously impaired”.... 
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11 killed as Sri Lankan navy sinks LTTE boat
COLOMBO, March 10: The Sri Lankan navy sank a Tamil Tiger rebel ship suspected of smuggling weapons on Monday, killing 11 on board after an exchange of fire off the island’s...
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US warns Russia against veto
WASHINGTON, March 10: US President George Bush on Monday launched an 11th-hour push to win passage of a UN resolution paving the way for an invasion of Iraq, as the White...
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Schroeder to attend UN session
BERLIN, March 10: German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder will attend a UN Security Council meeting if there is a vote on a US-British draft resolution on Iraq, government spokesman Bela Anda said...
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Washington furious at Israeli leaks
TEL AVIV, March 10: The United States has complained to Israel about constant leaks by senior officials about the date of an attack on Iraq, Israel media said on Monday....
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Turkish PM to step down, make way for Erdogan
ANKARA, March 10: Turkish Prime Minister Abdullah Gul said on Monday he will step down to make way for the ruling party leader Tayyip Erdogan, a move that may trigger a...
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US allowed to set up nine bases in Turkey
ANKARA, March 10: The United States will be allowed to set up nine logistical bases in areas close to the border with Iraq if the Turkish parliament agrees to back US...
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Gemayel on mission to ask Saddam to resign
PARIS, March 10: France’s secret services have revealed that former Lebanese president Amin Gemayel has been charged with a special mission by the United States and “unspecified” Arab countries to persuade...
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12 moons discovered on Jupiter
PARIS, March 10: Jupiter, the largest planet in the Solar System, now has 52 moons, thanks to a flurry of 12 satellites discovered by astronomers last month....
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New visa rules to affect 500,000 immigrants
TORONTO, March 10: America’s new visa requirement is expected to affect more than half a million landed immigrants living in Canada....
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Opposition protests truce pact
COLOMBO, March 10: Sri Lanka’s opposition Peoples Alliance and the Marxist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna, in a well-planned and combined protest against the ceasefire on Monday afternoon, gathered an impressive crowd during...
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Court fines BD magistrate
DHAKA, March 10: The high court has ordered a district magistrate to pay Taka 10,000 as compensation from his own resources to a private citizen, for issuing an illegal detention order....
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Security at mosques
PARIS, March 10: France is to immediately provide stepped-up protection for the country’s 900 mosques in addition to the 1100 synagogues that have been under police protection since last April....
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War is about who runs the world
NEW YORK: He could have chosen anything. With such a huge majority and so little coherent opposition in the UK parliament, there have been no end of issues on which Tony...
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Secret study cited to oppose Bush N-plans
WASHINGTON: Authors of a secret 1966 Pentagon study on the use of tactical nuclear weapons (TNWs) in Vietnam say their conclusions that TNWs could be “catastrophic” to US global interests are...
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Hybrids may save banana
TEGUCIGALPA: Banana varieties obtained by Honduran scientists could be the answer to the biological threat looming over this fruit’s Cavendish family, the most exported banana worldwide....
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Turkey’s new class of Muslim politicians
ANKARA: Turkey’s new leaders are working hard. At all hours the lights burn bright at 202 Ceyhun Atif Kansu street, the very modern headquarters of the governing Justice and Development party...
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Malta says quiet ‘yes’ to EU membership
LONDON: The EU’s biggest ever enlargement passed its crucial first popular test on Sunday when voters in Malta — the union’s smallest newcomer — said a quiet “Yes” to membership....
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