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Death toll from SARS mounts: Airline fears for future
HONG KONG, April 13: The worldwide death toll from the SARS virus climbed to 131 on Sunday as the fall-out from the epidemic caused growing disruption to key east Asian economies.... 
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Some settlements to go for peace: Sharon: Arafat balks at proposed cabinet
 AL QUDS, April 13: Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said in an interview published on Sunday that Israel would have to remove some settlements to get peace with Palestinians, and called the...
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Rafsanjani prompts debate on US ties
TEHRAN, April 13: Comments by Iran’s powerful former president on mechanisms to resume ties with the United States have been taken by some as a sign that the war in Iraq...
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Kuwait sends medicines to Baghdad
KUWAIT CITY, April 13: Kuwait sent on Friday night the first aircraft with humanitarian aid to Baghdad and has said that it would continue to send the relief goods in order...
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US not to leave Iraq too soon: official
WASHINGTON, April 13: The United States would be accused of leaving Iraq in chaos if it left the war-torn country “too soon,” says Deputy Secretary of Defence Paul Wolfowitz....
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25th day of war
* US Marines fight Iraqi troops, tanks in battle on Tikrit’s southern outskirts...
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Low turnout at Nigerian polls, less violence
ABUJA, April 13: Early returns on Sunday from Nigeria’s legislative election confirmed the country’s divisive ethnic rivalries but there was less violence than many feared....
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War in Iraq not over yet: Franks
AS SAYLIYA CAMP (Qatar), April 13: US Gen Tommy Franks, the US officer in charge of the war in Iraq, said on Sunday military action would not end until pockets of...
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Muslims in France vote for own body
PARIS, April 13: Eager for a stronger voice in society and a better understanding of Islam in today’s tense climate, French Muslims elected a national body on Sunday aimed at bringing...
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Arab govts face new challenges
AMMAN: With the collapse of the Iraqi government in Baghdad, Arab governments are warily confronting citizens angered by their leaders’ impotence during the war in Iraq and emboldened by the war...
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Kurdish gains cause regional unease
CAIRO, April 13: Territorial gains by Iraqi Kurds have set alarm bells ringing in neighbouring states, highlighting one of the most sensitive geopolitical problems in the Middle East — the Kurdish...
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Poland eyes EU entry
WARSAW: First they prayed, then the leader of Poland’s Catholic Church and top businessmen in the National Chamber of Commerce (KIG) formed an unusual alliance in Warsaw on Friday....
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Worrying lack of Iraq data
LONDON: Plans to tackle Iraq’s long-term problems after the fall of Saddam Hussein face many serious obstacles — but few are as troubling as a lack of basic economic and social...
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Russia, France & Germany make overtures to US
ST. PETERSBURG: The leaders of Russia, France and Germany Saturday signalled their desire to mend ties with Washington, frayed by the trio’s fierce opposition to the US-led attack on Iraq....
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US hawks gloat after fall of Baghdad
LOS ANGELES: American television watchers following developments in Baghdad this week have found it hard to escape a sense of gloating by right-wing commentators and an unrelenting chorus of “I told...
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Educators urged to tackle SARS precautions
SINGAPORE: Educators were urged on Saturday to tackle some “laborious” precautions necessary to help protect students from the SARS virus ahead of the reopening of Singapore secondary schools....
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