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US tells civilians to stay at home
AS-SALIYAH (Qatar) March 25: A senior US commander warned Iraqi civilians on Tuesday that much of their country was now a battlefield and urged them to stay home and off main... 
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German FM warns of humanitarian disaster
GENEVA, March 25: German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer on Tuesday warned of the risk of a humanitarian disaster in Iraq following the outbreak of war in the country....
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War for another month: analysts
DOHA, March 25: Sandstorms, snipers and cynicism hampered the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq on the sixth day of war on Tuesday, and military analysts said the campaign could go on for...
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US appeals fail to convince Turkey
ANKARA, March 25: The United States, eager for stability in northern Iraq to marshal a possible second front against Baghdad, apparently failed on Tuesday in a bid to talk Turkey out...
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‘Reckoning’ needed in Europe-US ties: Blair
LONDON, March 25: British Prime Minister Tony Blair said on Tuesday relations between Europe and the United States would have to be reassessed after the war in Iraq....
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Chirac seeks Pope’s help to end invasion
PARIS, March 25: French President Jacques Chirac has sought Pope John Paul’s intercession to stop the US invasion of Iraq....
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US deliberately not hitting Iraqi TV: general
PARIS, March 25: General Vincent Lanata, a former chief of staff of the French air force, says that “if the Americans had wanted to destroy the Iraq’s TV transmitters, broadcasting relays...
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BD group seeks boycott of US goods
DHAKA, March 25: A newly formed anti-war organization, Samrajyabadi Juddha Birodhi Nagorik Samaj (Civil society against imperialist war) has urged Bangladeshis to boycott all American and British products until the end...
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US will return to UN, hopes French FM
PARIS, March 25: French Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin said it was his “profound hope” that “the United States will soon return to the United Nations and again support the idea...
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5 US soldiers brought to Germany
LANDSTUHL (Germany), March 25: Five more US soldiers with injuries sustained during the Iraq war arrived on Tuesday at the US army’s biggest hospital in Europe....
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F-16 attacks Patriot radar
WASHINGTON, March 25: An F-16 fighter jet mistakenly bombed a Patriot missile battery in Iraq, knocking out its radar but causing no casualties, a US defence official said Tuesday....
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Boycott of American goods over Iraq war gains pace
BERLIN, March 25: No more Coca-Cola or Budweiser, no Marlboro, no American whiskey or even American Express cards — a growing number of restaurants are taking everything American off their menus...
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One rule for them, another for us: Violation of Geneva Convention
LONDON: Suddenly, the government of the United States has discovered the virtues of international law. It may be waging an illegal war against a sovereign state; it may be seeking to...
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Stirrings of Arab reforms debatable
WASHINGTON: The Bush administration’s embrace of a democratization strategy for the postwar Middle East has triggered a torrent of scorn from the region’s traditional political and intellectual elites, not to mention...
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Hawks fly high in Bush’s war plans
WASHINGTON: Their names are unknown to all but a handful of policy wonks in capitals around the world. But when future historians write the story behind the US-led invasion of Iraq,...
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Jordan king walking a tightrope
AMMAN: Jordan’s King Abdullah is walking a political tightrope at home and abroad that becomes more dangerous as the US-led war against Baghdad rages on and Iraqi casualties mount, analysts say....
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Pyongyang’s N-issue simmering at UNSC
NEW YORK: While the focus is on the war in Iraq, concern over North Korea’s nuclear programme is simmering in the United Nations Security Council with major powers as divided as...
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China torn between fighting hegemonism, economic benefits
BEIJING: A less vociferous than expected response to the war on Iraq from Beijing reveals that in weighing the consequences of the conflict, China is torn between its fundamental strategic policies...
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