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Palestinian groups reject ‘roadmap’
GAZA CITY, April 30: Radical Palestinian leaders rejected the peace “roadmap” within hours of its publication on Wednesday.... 
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3 Israelis killed in suicide bombing
TEL AVIV, April 30: A Palestinian suicide bomber killed three Israelis and injured 55 at a crowded Tel Aviv nightclub early on Wednesday....
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Qataris okay constitution, limited democracy
DOHA, April 30: An overwhelming majority of Qataris said ‘yes’ to a written constitution ushering in a limited democracy, according to referendum results announced Wednesday....
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Annan seeks clear, coherent role for UN
UNITED NATIONS, April 30: UN Secretary General Kofi Annan urged the Security Council on Wednesday to end the isolation of Iraq and give the United Nations the means to play a...
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Iran moots security setup
YEREVAN, April 30: Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharazi on Wednesday proposed a regional security system grouping Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia with their neighbors Iran, Russia and Turkey....
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India, BD to demarcate border
DHAKA, April 30: Bangladesh and India have agreed to complete demarcation of the land boundary and exchange of enclaves for a peaceful management of the borders....
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Betrayal led to occupation: Newspaper publishes ‘Saddam message’
DUBAI, April 30: An Arabic newspaper splashed frontpage on Wednesday what it said was a handwritten letter signed by former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein urging the Iraqi people to rise up...
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Rumsfeld visits Baghdad
BAGHDAD, April 30: US troops gave Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld a hero’s welcome in the Iraqi capital on Wednesday, although some said that after a difficult assignment, they were ready to...
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Libya accepts responsibility for Lockerbie
TRIPOLI, April 30: Libya announced on Tuesday that it will pay 10 million dollars to the families of each of the 270 victims who died in the 1988 bombing of a...
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Turkish army’s warning to govt
ANKARA, April 30: Turkey’s National Security Council, through which the powerful army puts its weight in politics, said on Wednesday that the Muslim nation’s strictly secular system should be “carefully protected.”...
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‘Roadmap’ for Middle East: text
RAMHALLA, April 30: The following is the text of the Middle East “roadmap”, released on Wednesday....
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Putin’s fresh, risky standoff with US: UN sanctions against Iraq
MOSCOW: Fear of losing face at home a year before seeking re-election may lie behind Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision to embark on a fresh and risky standoff with Washington over...
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US public rejects imperial role: poll
WASHINGTON: If the unilateralist hawks in the administration of President George W. Bush were hoping that the easier than expected military victory in Iraq would bring the US public closer to...
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Silent aspects of the war on drugs
WASHINGTON: Americans are now telling pollsters they feel safer after the sack of Baghdad, and are evidently starting to believe the war on terror is being won. Hold that thought a...
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Media‘revelations’ annoy France
PARIS: Annoyed over publication in two British newspapers this week of “revelations” said to be based on documents found in the files of the Iraqi foreign ministry in Baghdad, the Quai...
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AI concern over photos of naked Iraqi PoWs
LONDON: Amnesty International has expressed its concern at the disturbing article and images portrayed in the Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet which show American soldiers escorting naked Iraqi men through a park in...
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Moscow, Paris to ‘intensify’ relations
PARIS: France and Russia have decided to discretely step up their relations, officials close to French Defence Minister Michele Alliot-Marie said on return from Moscow last week....
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Hindu fanatics turn trident into deadly weapon
NEW DELHI: The ‘trishul’ (trident) may have been carried around by the Hindu god Shiva and other gods of the ancient world, but India’s political opposition sees danger in supporters of...
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