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Legislators press Bush to sideline UN, EU, Russia: ME ‘roadmap’
WASHINGTON, April 25: Amid lingering bitterness over European opposition to the war in Iraq, the Bush administration is under mounting pressure to relegate the European Union, the United Nations and Russia... 
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US blocks UN move to investigate post-Saddam crimes
GENEVA, April 25: The United States on Friday blocked international efforts to allow a United Nations Human Rights Commission investigator of crimes under the former Iraqi government to look at the...
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Troops came with tanks: neighbours: Tariq Aziz’s arrest
BAGHDAD, April 25: US tanks and crack troops wearing night-vision goggles swooped on a posh Baghdad neighbourhood under cover of darkness after one of Saddam Hussein’s top henchmen told them he...
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Pro-Tehran govt not to be allowed: Rumsfeld
WASHINGTON, April 25: The United States will not allow a pro-Iranian government to be established in Iraq, US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said on Friday....
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Shia leader calls for Islamic laws
BAGHDAD, April 25: An Iraqi Shia religious leader on Friday spelled out the conditions for the future government and constitution in Iraq, saying the ruler should be a Muslim and the...
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UK favours return of UN arms inspectors
LONDON, April 25: United Nations weapons inspectors should be allowed to resume their work in tracking down any weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said on...
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Ex-intelligence official captured
WASHINGTON, April 25: US forces apprehended a former senior Iraqi intelligence official on Friday near the Syrian border in Iraq, netting a figure associated with an alleged 1993 plot to assassinate...
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SARS death rate rising fast: WHO
GENEVA, April 25: The recorded death rate from SARS has risen sharply in recent weeks, UN health officials said on Friday, adding though that there could be statistical rather than medical...
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Aliens may be held indefinitely, says Ashcroft
WASHINGTON, April 25: Illegal immigrants may be detained indefinitely if authorities consider them a threat to US national security, Attorney General John Ashcroft said in a legal opinion made public on...
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LTTE team
COLOMBO, April 25: A 12-member delegation of LTTE on Friday left for Germany to study the federal system of governance....
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Ties depend on no nukes, US tells N. Korea
WASHINGTON, April 25: The United States said on Friday it told North Korea in China-sponsored talks this week that its relations with the world hinge on “verifiably and irreversibly” abandoning its...
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US ends fourth round of registration
WASHINGTON, April 25: The fourth round of call-in “Special Registration” for selected male foreigners in the US concludes with Friday’s deadline for Bangladeshis, Egyptians, Indonesians, Jordanians, and Kuwaitis....
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Battle against SARS goes global
TORONTO: With reports that SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) can survive for up to 24 hours on inanimate surfaces, turning any object into a potential transmission source, it looks like the...
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Deterrence by WMDs does not work
NEW DELHI: Does the war on Iraq validate the strategic doctrine of deterrence, which holds that weapons of mass destruction can reliably prevent or deter an adversary from attacking a country?...
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Opec springs surprise before Iraq’s return
VIENNA: Famed for baffling agreements, OPEC has added another chapter to a long history of deals that leave traders scratching their heads....
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N. Korea N-revelations reduce US options
SINGAPORE: Do they or don’t they? If North Korea really has nuclear arms, that not only confirms Washington’s worst suspicions, it confounds policymakers on both sides of the Pacific....
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Kosovo Serbs prefer status quo
PRISTINA: In the search for a solution for restive Kosovo, many minority Serbs are prepared to stick with its tense divide along ethnic lines but vow never to accept the independence...
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Devotion killing Buddha’s tree
NEW DELHI: A descendant of the great tree under which Prince Siddharth became the Buddha (the enlightened one) after having ruminated for years on the sorrow and disease that afflict human...
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