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HK quarantines 150 relatives of SARS patients
HONG KONG/SINGAPORE, April 11: Hong Kong reported two more deaths and 61 fresh cases of SARS on Friday as governments across the world took tough steps to stop the killer virus... 
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US, Britain reminded of legal obligations
LONDON, April 11: Aid groups and UN representatives say the United States and Britain are “occupying powers” in Iraq, as defined by international law, and have urged them to fulfil their...
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India reiterates ‘pre-emptive’ idea
New Delhi, April 11: A day after US Secretary of State Colin Powell rejected India’s bid to draw similarities between Iraq and Pakistan as a legitimate target for pre-emptive military strikes,...
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Researchers highlight problems in cloning
WASHINGTON, April 11: Moves toward human cloning have been setback by new research released Friday which said experts had identified the reason that attempts to clone primates have failed in the...
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Doctors take up arms amid chaos
BAGHDAD, April 11: Hospitals were in “catastrophic” condition, aid workers said on Friday, with the remaining few doctors carrying arms due to looting and near anarchy in Baghdad in the power...
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Mobs loot museum, two hotels in Baghdad
BAGHDAD, April 11: Mobs on Friday looted Baghdad’s cultural and historic treasures, including Iraq’s largest archeological museum, and the capital’s two most prestigious hotels were in flames amid a breakdown in...
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UN agencies ask US, UK troops to rein in looters
AMMAN, April 11: International aide officials criticised US and British troops on Thursday saying their inability to rein in looting mobs threatened to deepen the humanitarian and health crisis in Iraq....
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US troops kill 2 children at checkpoint
NASSIRIYA, April 11: US Marines said they killed two children at a checkpoint in Iraq on Friday, when the driver of the vehicle in which the youngsters were travelling ignored warnings...
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Putin blasts US over WMDs
SAINT PETERSBURG, April 11: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday criticized the United States for failing thus far to uncover any of the weapons of mass destruction Washington has accused Baghdad...
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Makkah imam calls for halt to bloodshed
RIYADH, April 11: The imam of Makkah’s Grand Mosque called on Friday for an immediate halt to bloodshed in Iraq and for Muslims not to lose faith over the “defeat”....
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Russia not convinced of US success
MOSCOW: As the US-led war on Iraq seems to be wrapping up, Russia remains unconvinced of the fall of Saddam’s regime and still sounds critical....
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Roadmap to ‘peace’ or Damascus?
WASHINGTON: Will it be the “Roadmap” for Israeli-Palestinian peace or the road to Damascus that will next grab the attention of the administration of US President George W. Bush in the...
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Aceh peace pact a non-starter
JAKARTA: Four months after the Indonesian government and the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) signed a peace pact ending their 26-year-old conflict, evidence is tumbling in from the troubled province that the...
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How do soldiers keep awake
LONDON: Drugs — at least in some cases. American pilots have long been taking drugs to keep them flying longer. The ground troops who have had to “power on” day and...
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US troubles in Iraq are not over yet
WASHINGTON: The situation in Iraqi is still very fluid. On Wednesday, crowds gathered in Baghdad’s streets to cheer US marines as their liberators. On Thursday, two of the same marines were...
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Hillary works with husband’s ex-foes
WASHINGTON: As the only first lady ever elected to the US Congress, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton knows how to work a crowd — including the Republicans on Capitol Hill who voted...
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