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Battle for Iraq not the pushover it appears
AS SAYLIYA CAMP (Qatar): Television images of US tanks tearing across desert sands make the invasion of Iraq look as easy as punching through a soggy paper bag, but the toughest... 
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US actions in ME spur unexpected ‘reforms’
WASHINGTON: As the administration of President George W. Bush cheered the start of war on Iraq and confidently talked about spurring change in the Middle East, unprecedented events in the Arab...
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US tactics hide concerns over urban warfare
PARIS: The chest-thumping fury of the US “shock and awe” assault on Iraq does little to conceal Washington’s preference to destroy the Iraqi leadership with its keyhole bombs before allied troops...
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Putin fears spillover in ex-Soviet states
MOSCOW, March 21: Russian President Vladimir Putin kept up Moscow’s opposition to the US-led Iraqi campaign on Friday expressing fears it could sow unrest in Russia and its neighbours in the...
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Refugees begin entering Jordan
KARAMA BORDER CROSSING (Jordan), March 21: More than 300 refugees trickled across Iraq’s borders, but there was no exodus as war broke out....
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US, UK in hurry to reach Baghdad: general
KUWAIT, March 21: US and British forces are in a hurry to get to Baghdad to disrupt Saddam Hussein’s ability to direct military operations, especially any use of weapons of mass...
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Blair absent from EU family photo
BRUSSELS, March 21: British Prime Minister Tony Blair was absent on Friday from the “family photo” of EU leaders and candidate states, having left an EU summit earlier due to the...
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US senator worried about cost
WASHINGTON, March 21: US Senate Minority leader Tom Daschle said on Friday the war on Iraq is “going very well,” but worried about its cost....
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Australian troops operating in Iraq
CANBERRA, March 21: Elite Australian troops are in Iraq identifying targets for coalition aircraft and monitoring Iraqi troop movements, while its navy is hunting for any Iraqi leaders trying to flee...
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Harmless powder found in letters
BERLIN, March 21: Suspect letters sent on Friday to eight foreign embassies in Berlin, including many representing countries supporting the war against Iraq, were found to contain a harmless powder, police...
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Baghdad remains calm in face of bombardment
BAGHDAD, March 21: Baghdadis are bearing up in the face of night-time air raids pounding their city, their ears glued to the radio for the latest news as they try to...
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1,800 arrested in US, 4 die in Yemen protests
 NEW YORK, March 21: Over 1,800 were arrested in many US cities as the start of war in Iraq triggered one of the heaviest days of anti-government protesting in years, radio...
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US seizes $1.74bn in Iraqi funds
WASHINGTON, March 21: The United States used special war powers on Thursday to confiscate about 1.74 billion dollars in frozen Iraqi funds held in US banks....
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87 per cent in France oppose war
PARIS, March 21: A new public opinion poll says that a record number of Frenchmen, 87 per cent, disapprove of the US military intervention....
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18 killed as Tigers sink trawler
COLOMBO, March 21: Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels sank a Chinese trawler and 18 crew members were missing and presumed dead, Sri Lankan military officials said on Friday....
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US blocking emergency UN session
UNITED NATIONS, March 21: The United States has launched a worldwide diplomatic drive to head off the calling of an emergency session of the UN General Assembly to condemn the US-led...
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No aid withdrawal
COLOMBO, March 21: The international donor community would not withdraw any significant assistance already pledged for Sri Lanka despite possible economic repercussions as a result of the war in Iraq, the...
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Saddam hands out cash to Palestinians
BEIT HANOUN, March 21: Three families of Palestinian “martyrs” were each given 10,000 dollars on Friday by Iraqi President Saddam Hussein despite the US-led invasion of Baghdad, and no one here...
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Annan asks SC to let him run oil-for-food programme
UNITED NATIONS, March 21: UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Thursday asked the Security Council to let him take over running Iraq’s oil-for-food humanitarian aid programme, now a joint venture between Baghdad...
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Britons cancel press briefing, US tightlipped
AS-SALIYAH (Qatar), March 21: US military press officers here have remained resolutely tight-lipped on the Iraq invasion, routinely telling reporters they have no information to give and appearing to be in...
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