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US troops hamper media coverage: Hotel searched for arms
BAGHDAD, April 15: US hopes of winning the hearts and minds of the Iraqi people were sorely tested on Tuesday by persistent protests and an international press corps increasingly frustrated by... 
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Where are the smoking guns?
AS-SALIYAH (Qatar) April 15: Less than a month after it started the war is all but over, yet US-led forces still have not found the chemical or biological “smoking guns” they...
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Qatar to hold referendum on constitution
DOHA, April 15: Qatar announced on Tuesday it would hold a referendum on April 29 to approve the gas-rich Gulf Arab state’s first written constitution, a further step along the road...
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Afghanistan launches war on landmines
KABUL, April 15: The death of an Afghan deminer on Tuesday coincided with the launch of a campaign to raise awareness of the millions of landmines that contaminate the country’s landscape....
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Oil is better protected than Iraqis, says AI
LONDON, April 15: Human rights group Amnesty International accused US-led forces on Tuesday of being better prepared for the defence of Iraq’s oil wells than of its people and infrastructure....
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27th day of war
* Iraqi political and religious leaders pledge to work for democratic, federal Iraq in first talks on country’s future with US, British officials; agree to reconvene in 10 days...
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Russia gave intelligence to Iraq, says US
MOSCOW, April 15: Washington knew for some time about intelligence sharing between Moscow and Baghdad but is uncertain about how much damage to US interests such cooperation caused, a senior US...
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Aga Khan in India
 NEW DELHI, April 15: The Aga Khan, billionaire spiritual leader of the world’s 15 million Shia Ismaili Muslims, met Indian Finance Minister Jaswant Singh during an official visit here Tuesday....
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Iran in firing line after Syria, fears official
TEHRAN, April: Any US military action against Syria should be seen as a prelude to action against Iran, the secretary of Iran’s powerful Expediency Council said Tuesday....
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Hospital closed after SARS threat in Canada
TORONTO, April 15: A Canadian hospital for which the Pakistani community had raised $55,000 last month has been closed — not because of lack of funds but because of SARS, which...
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Taliban backer jailed
LOS ANGELES, April 15: James Ujaama, the American Muslim accused of backing Al Qaeda, pleaded guilty on Monday to conspiring to provide cash, computers and fighters to the Taliban....
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Invitation to preacher irks Muslims
WASHINGTON, April 15: Muslims at the Pentagon are incensed by what they say is an insensitive invitation to evangelist Rev. Franklin Graham, who has often profaned Islam, to preach on Good...
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Hawks itching for revenge: Threats to Syria
WASHINGTON: Many of the same people who led the campaign for war against Iraq signed a report released three years ago that called for using military force to disarm Syria of...
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Baghdad, Berlin analogy dismissed
BERLIN: Many East Germans who helped topple the Berlin Wall are rising up again — this time to angrily reject comparisons by US leaders between the collapse of Saddam Hussein’s rule...
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Iraq reconstruction’s billions going to a few favoured firms
NEW YORK: Anti-war protesters in San Francisco recently barricaded the gates of Bechtel, the engineering group that oversaw the construction of the Channel tunnel. The protesters set aside the usual rallying...
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Nigeria snails back to democracy
JOHANNESBURG: Democracy in Africa and the credibility of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) — a programme to kick-start the economic and social development of the continent — will be...
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Bush’s next move should be on Palestine issue
LONDON: President Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian leader, can be forgiven for feeling nervous as he listens to the accusations being levelled at him by the United States. Warnings from Washington about...
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Rebuilding Afghanistan a bitter task for US
KABUL: Sixteen months after the Taliban regime fell and Hamid Karzai took over as president, Afghanistan is still struggling to establish the basics of a working government. As Karzai and his...
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