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US asked to change food package colour
WASHINGTON, April 3: The UN children’s agency Unicef has warned the United States that bright yellow-wrapped coalition humanitarian daily rations hand-distributed in Iraq are the same colour as air-dropped unexploded bomblets.... 
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Council of Europe condemns invasion: US accused of curbs on media
 STRASBOURG, April 3: The 45-nation Council of Europe on Thursday said it “firmly condemns” the US attack on Iraq and called on the countries involved to bring it to an end....
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26 fresh SARS cases found in Hong Kong: US diplomats allowed to leave China
HONG KONG, April 3: The Hong Kong government said on Thursday a doctor had died after contracting the SARS virus and 26 new cases had been reported....
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Museum to focus on Mesopotamia
PARIS, April 3: The Louvre Museum says it will devote a special series of exhibitions, film screenings, concerts and conferences to ancient Mesopotamia, much of which is included in present-day Iraq...
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15th day of the war
* Military sources say US forces fight Iraqis dug in at Baghdad International airport...
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US flayed for using cluster bombs
WASHINGTON, April 3: Human rights groups have condemned the United States for using cluster munitions and at the same time charged both Washington and Baghdad with using antipersonnel landmines....
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Jazeera men barred from Baghdad
KUWAIT, April 3: Qatar-based al-Jazeera satellite television said on Thursday Iraq had barred two of its correspondents from reporting from Baghdad and that the network was halting the work of all...
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Dubai to have elected LBs
DUBAI, April 3: The rulers of Dubai have decided to introduce democracy at the local body level and have started preparations to have democratically elected district councils within the next three...
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Kuwait slams AL chief
KUWAIT CITY, April 3: Kuwait has criticized Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa for not taking a neutral stand while tackling Arab affairs....
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Child casualties mounting in Iraqi hospitals
BAGHDAD, April 3: The moaning of Aisha Ahmed, eight, fills the hospital’s emergency ward....
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The generals’ revolt
NEW YORK: At no point in modern American history has the civilian leadership of the nation’s military establishment come under as much criticism from serving military officers as is the case...
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Saddam’s ‘exit’ to be a bad omen for Kim
SINGAPORE: The US advance on Baghdad is gathering speed and that is bad news not only for Saddam Hussein but for Kim Jong Il. The North Korean leader fears his country...
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New generation picks up arms in West Bank: Another intifada in the making
JENIN: Zekariya Zubeidi never spends more than two hours in one place because he is on the run from the Israeli army....
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US may get Baghdad at Kabul’s expense
KABUL: As the United States pushes for a decisive victory in the war in Iraq, fears are mounting that it may be about to “lose the peace” in Afghanistan....
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There’s no business like war
UNITED NATIONS: When the dust finally settles on post-war Iraq, the United States may have unleashed virtually all of its state-of-the-art weaponry on a country already devastated by 13 years of...
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US military learns from Israeli tactics in Jenin
TEL AVIV: Martin van Creveld’s advice to the US marines on what lessons to draw from Israel’s bloody urban battle in Jenin was precise: Forget the helicopters, invest in armoured bulldozers....
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