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It’s a humanitarian disaster: UN envoy
BAGHDAD, May 4: Efforts to restore basic services and refashion a government in Iraq inched forward on Sunday amid warnings by international groups that the war-battered country was still ripe for... 
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Israel should ease up on Palestinians: US official
AL QUDS, May 4: A senior US official, launching talks on a peace “roadmap”, said on Sunday Israel should ease a military clampdown on Palestinians to encourage them to crack down...
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France, Germany for role in Iraq
BAGHDAD, May 4: The new US advisor to Iraq’s industry ministry said on Sunday he hoped that France and Germany, which led opposition to the war, will be allowed to take...
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Pope canonizes 5 saints
 MADRID, May 4: One million worshippers flocked to central Madrid on Sunday for an open air mass where Pope John Paul II canonised five new Spanish saints, the country’s episcopal conference...
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Iraqi actors take their criticism to the stage
 BAGHDAD, May 4: Iraqi actors who once performed underground made their debut Sunday at what is left of the national theatre to put on a play indicting both Saddam Hussein and...
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Kuwaiti MPs in protest over Hariri visit
KUWAIT CITY, May 4: Kuwaiti opposition MPs on Sunday angrily protested against a scheduled visit here by Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri, describing it as an “insult” to the Kuwaiti people...
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More mass graves found at Najaf
NAJAF, May 4: Iraqis clawed or shovelled through a mass grave on Sunday to uncover the remains of dozens of people, some with blindfolds and hands tied, who appeared to have...
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Shias take hospitals under their wing
BAGHDAD, May 4: At Ibn Al Baladi hospital in Baghdad’s teeming slum of Sadr City, about 30 devout young men carrying Kalashnikov rifles patrol the compound and scan for trouble....
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China keeps schools shut; WHO visits Taiwan
BEIJING, May 4: China ordered schools in Beijing to stay closed another two weeks and put aside politics to allow a WHO team to visit Taiwan as the communist giant took...
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Stranded space trio found alive
ASTANA, May 4: A US-Russian crew stranded in space by the shuttle tragedy were found alive and well on Sunday after losing radio contact on re-entry and landing 500km off target...
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Thousands of Nepalis rally against king
KATHMANDU, May 4: Thousands of Nepalis rallied in Kathmandu on Sunday to demand that King Gyanendra restore parliament or form a government with nominees of the country’s political parties....
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Powell warns Syria will be watched
WASHINGTON, May 4: US Secretary of State Colin Powell warned Syria on Sunday that the United States would closely watch for policy and behaviour changes that reflect Syrian cooperation in a...
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Few signs of US-Iran rapproachment
TEHRAN: Iran and the United States show few signs of rapprochement in the wake of the ouster of a common enemy, Iraqi President Saddam Hussein....
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EU ponders handling US hyperpower
KASTELLORIZO (Greece): On the love boat that hosted Prince Charles and Princess Diana’s honeymoon, European Union foreign ministers this weekend contemplated how to salvage their troubled marriage with the United States....
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SARS bug can live on common surfaces
WASHINGTON: The SARS virus can survive on common surfaces at room temperature for hours or even days, which could explain how people can catch the deadly lung infection without face-to-face contact...
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Syria in a fix amidst US allies
DAMASCUS: Shortly before he visited Syria earlier this week, US Secretary of State Colin Powell spoke of a “new strategic dynamic” in the Middle East, following the fall of former Iraqi...
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Turkey is earthquake country, say experts
LONDON: Thirteen earthquakes in Turkey in the past 1,700 years have each claimed more than 10,000 lives. The relatively mild tremor that hit 690 kms east of Ankara on April 30...
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Sahaf broadcast to the end
LONDON: Iraq’s former information minister Mohammad Said al-Sahaf kept broadcasting until the last minute and then slipped out of the door, taking off his trademark black beret for the last time,...
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