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Saudi firm refuses to deal with US forces
RIYADH, April 2: A Saudi company, based in Hafr-Al-Batin, has refused to participate in a deal to provide the US army with trucks. The 240.5 million riyal (64 million dollars) deal... 
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Civilian deaths inflame Arabs
 CAIRO, April 2: Television pictures of bleeding children and weeping mothers in Iraq, beamed into millions of homes, have raised the level of anger on the Arab street over the attack...
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Abrams tank brings nasty surprise
DOHA, April 2: Among the many surprises that awaited the invading forces in Iraq was their enemy’s ability to knock out the US army’s most advanced battle tank....
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Powell in Brussels for ‘post-war’ discussions
BRUSSELS, April 2: US Secretary of State Colin Powell’s visit to Brussels on Thursday will be dominated by discussions on “post- war scenarios” in Iraq, EU officials said on Tuesday....
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14th day of the war
* US claims vanguard of its forces have advanced to within 30kms of the southern edge of Baghdad; some cross “red line” which US believes could trigger chemical attack...
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US Muslims facing backlash
LOS ANGELES, April 2: Muslim, Arab and even Sikh groups say reports of backlash crimes are trickling in, and they fear an increase if the fighting in Iraq drags on....
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US, UK accused of bombing holy sites
BAGHDAD, April 2: Iraq on Wednesday accused the US-led coalition of bombing mosques and trying to destroy the two sites most sacred to Shias in Najaf and Karbala....
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Mly coerces people to kill: Marine
SAN FRANCISCO, April 2: Declaring that he believes all wars are immoral, a 20-year-old Marine Corps reservist surrendered to military authorities in San Jose on Tuesday morning after more than a...
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HK plays down WHO warning against travel: SARS epidemic
HONG KONG, April 2: Hong Kong’s chief executive Tung Chee-hwa played down a World Health Organisation (WHO) advisory warning against travel to the territory on Wednesday, saying the battle against the...
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15 killed, 50 hurt in Philippines blast
DAVAO, April 2: At least 15 people were killed and 50 others injured in a bomb explosion on Wednesday that ripped through a busy wharf in the southern Philippine city of...
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No deterioration in Afghanistan: US
WASHINGTON, April 2: The war in Iraq has not caused an upsurge in fighting in Afghanistan, the US Central Command said on Wednesday....
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‘We’re confused about who the enemy is’, say Marines
LANDSTUHL (Germany), April 2: Three wounded US Marines told on Wednesday how they were “kind of confused about who the enemy is” after being confronted by Iraqi soldiers posing as civilians...
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Pentagon, State Dept at loggerheads: Occupation plans in turmoil
WASHINGTON: Even as US troops grind their way toward Baghdad, the administration of President George W. Bush remains in turmoil over its post-war plans to occupy Iraq....
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Worries over N. Korea push Japan into US lap
TOKYO: With the US-led invasion of Iraq likely to last much longer that initially thought, Japan sees no choice but to step up its support to US-led troops as an insurance...
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New fears from depleted uranium
LONDON: New fears have arisen over the long-term damage that can result from use of depleted uranium in the coalition attacks on Iraq....
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US plans ‘irrational’: expert
BEIRUT: The US administration’s drive for war against Iraq is a “complete break” from the international system Washington has fostered and depended for the last 70 years, according to a visiting...
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The military action against Iraq
LONDON: I recognize that the military action to disarm Saddam of his weapons of mass destruction has aroused strong feelings in the region. So I am grateful for this opportunity to...
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Why invasion of Iraq is un-American
LONDON: This war is un-American. That’s an unlikely word to use, I know: it has an unhappy provenance, associated forever with the McCarthyite hunt for reds under the beds, purging anyone...
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