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Police launch hunt for fleeing families: Killer virus
 HONG KONG, April 6: A deadly pneumonia-like virus has claimed more victims in a growing number of countries as experts from the World Health Organization race to trace the origins of...
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UN agencies warn of disaster in Baghdad
AMMAN, April 6: UN relief agencies warned on Sunday of a health crisis facing the five million inhabitants of Baghdad, with hospitals overwhelmed and infrastructure devastated as US forces tighten their...
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US accounts start coming out of Saudi Arabia
DUBAI, April 6: Saudi Arabia has repeatedly said it will have no part in the Iraq invasion, but at least two accounts from the US military command on the conduct of...
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Missing general in Kuwait, says paper
COPENHAGEN, April 6: Former Iraqi General Nizar al-Khazraji, touted as a possible successor to President Saddam Hussein, is now in Kuwait after escaping from Denmark last month with the help of...
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18th day of the war
* Bombs, artillery thunder across Baghdad as US says it has cut most approaches to the capital...
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Handover will take six months: US
WASHINGTON, April 6: The Pentagon said on Sunday a handover of power to a new Iraqi government would take more than six months....
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French PM Supports ban on scarf
PARIS, April 6: French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin has decided to take a firm stand against the wearing of scarf in schools....
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War threatens UN poverty goals
UNITED NATIONS: The US-led war on Iraq is threatening to undermine the UN-led global war against poverty. The deadline to achieve some of the UN-mandated social and economic goals — including...
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Military action can’t promote democracy
CAIRO: Can a superpower that has long supported Arab autocrats promote democracy in the Middle East through military action?...
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Afghanistan & Iraq: the differences for West
KABUL: The Americans were widely heralded as liberators in Afghanistan, they had the world behind them, and they were able to hand over power to a credible opposition after ousting a...
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Asian kids unsafe in safest places
MANILA: The safest places for children in Asia are also the most dangerous....
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Transit hubs help spread SARS
HAMBUG: International air travel may be faster and cheaper than ever before but the improvements that have made flying more convenient for passengers have also fuelled the spread of the deadly...
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