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Vatican terms invasion a crime
VATICAN CITY, March, 17: Military intervention against Iraq would be a crime against peace demanding vengeance before God, the head of the Vatican’s Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace said Monday.... 
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Putin offers Chechens ‘sweeping autonomy’: Referendum over new constitution
MOSCOW, March 17: Russian President Vladimir Putin offered Chechnya “sweeping autonomy” within Russia on Monday if the separatist republic approved a new constitution in a contentious referendum next weekend....
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Desert heat rises, storm expected
KUWAIT CITY, March 17: With war in Iraq a matter of when, not if, desert temperatures are rising and fresh sandstorms may be on the way....
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Serb police hold Arkan’s widow
BELGRADE, March 17: Serbian police hunting for the killers of Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic on Monday raided the home of feared warlord Arkan’s young widow and local radio said she was...
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Tehran has completed uranium plant: IAEA
VIENNA, March 17: The chief of the UN’s nuclear watchdog said on Monday Iran has nearly completed the uranium enrichment plant at the centre of US accusations that Tehran wants to...
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Shock tactics, street fighting
DUBAI, March 17: The United States, with its arsenal of smart bombs and missiles, is banking on the shock of a blitzkrieg to bring it early victory in an invasion of...
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Heightened worldwide alert as pneumonia cases increase
LONDON, March 17: Scientists worked flat out on Monday to identify the cause of a mysterious type of killer pneumonia that has spread from Asia to Canada and Europe via air...
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Jihad does not mean terrorism: Al Azhar
 CAIRO, March 17: The sheikh of Al-Azhar, the world’s leading Sunni Muslim authority, said a call issued last week for Muslims to resist a possible US-led invasion of Iraq did not...
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We gave a good fight: French PM
 PARIS, March 17: Reacting to President George W. Bush’s “ultimatum” to President Saddam Hussein to “flee or face a war”, French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin has said that “it is important...
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Saddam says Baghdad had WMDs
BAGHDAD, March 17: Iraqi President Saddam Hussein admitted on Monday that Iraq had in the past weapons of mass destruction but reiterated that it no longer had such weapons....
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Aga Khan sets up centre in Mozambique
IBO ISLAND (Mozambique) March 17: “Women, even in the most under-resourced comers of Africa, are finding ways of leading their communities out of economic and social marginalisation.”...
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Former Iraqi general disappears
COPENHAGEN, March 17: A former Iraqi army chief vanished from his Danish home on Monday, defying a court order restricting his movements before a possible trial for war crimes, the state...
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UAE asked to free French woman
PARIS, March 17: French authorities say they’re hopeful that a judicial decision expected to be handed down in Dubai on March 29 will allow the return home of French citizen Touria...
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US-French rift may be lasting
WASHINGTON: Months of bitter wrangling over Iraq have fundamentally altered the Bush administration’s view of France, convincing it, officials say, that the longtime ally is a competitor in world affairs and...
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BJP, Congress to test waters ahead of polls
NEW DELHI: The fight to win India’s national elections has started, with ruling Hindu nationalists and the secular opposition party staking out campaign grounds well ahead of the poll due by...
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Donors keeping an eye on Lanka peace talks
COLOMBO: Aid donors funding the reconstruction of parts of Sri Lanka will be keeping a close eye on peace talks beginning today (Tuesday) after the most serious clash between the government...
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Syria fears it is next
DAMASCUS: The US faces hard times ahead in Iraq and beyond if it goes for war, going by indications in the Arab world....
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Allies put up a price-tag for supporting Bush’s ‘war on terror’ WASHINGTON: As country after country demands money and military aid from the Bush administration in return for cooperation in the struggle against Iraq and terrorism, the price tag is growing and...
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