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Israeli PM sees occupation as unsustainable: Powell’s observation
ROME, June 2: Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon appears to believe Israel’s hold on the West Bank and Gaza Strip is unsustainable, US Secretary of State Colin Powell said on Monday,... 
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US Congress may probe intelligence on WMDs
 WASHINGTON, June 2: Leading members of the US Congress are planning an investigation into whether officials in Washington exaggerated claims about Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction to justify the invasion....
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G8 rejects intervention on euro
EVIAN (France), June 2: Leaders of the G8 industrial nations are optimistic that economic recovery will kick off this year while rejecting intervention against the soaring value of the euro, a...
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Israel to dismantle only 10 settlements
TEL AVIV, June 2: The Israeli government is not planning to dismantle more than 10 Jewish settlement outposts in the West Bank, Israeli deputy defence minister Zeev Boim told army radio...
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US aiming to oust Iranian govt: analysts
MOSCOW, June 2: The United States is using concerns about Iran’s nuclear programme as a cover to further its aim of overthrowing the government in Tehran, Russian political experts said on...
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EU to float another ME plan: Chirac
EVIAN, June 2: The European Union is considering drawing up a new Middle East “roadmap” for peace between Israel and its neighbours Syria and Lebanon, French President Jacques Chirac said on...
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Hamid Karzai brother’s home attacked
KANDAHAR, June 2: Two rockets were fired at the house of Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s brother Ahmad Wali Karzai, but did not explode, his security chief said on Monday....
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Halliburton faces inquiry in France
PARIS, June 2: Halliburton, the US company which has obtained the lion’s share of contracts for the re-establishment of petroleum production in Iraq, is at the centre of a French judicial...
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Four US soldiers disappear
LONDON, June 2: The US navy said on Monday two small boats carrying four US soldiers and at least three civilians had disappeared in northern Gulf waters....
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Inspectors say mobile labs new to them
UNITED NATIONS, June 2: Agreeing in part with the United States, UN weapons inspectors said on Monday Iraq had not accounted for stocks of anthrax and had failed to declare what...
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No plans to attack Iran, says Bush
EVIAN, June 2: US President George Bush told fellow world leaders he had no plans to attack Iran, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said on Monday....
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NGOs visualize a just world without G8
EVIAN: Non-governmental organizations are holding a summit in the surroundings of the French city of Evian through Sunday, focusing on development, health, and environmental issues....
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Nepal peace talks suffer as govt bows out
KATHMANDU: The Nepali government’s talks with the Maoist rebels hang in the balance after the Friday resignation of Prime Minister Lokendra Bahadur Chand, ostensibly to cultivate a more stable political atmosphere...
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Nukes: US claims it has China’s support
EVIAN: Russia and China are expressing new support for the US stance on how to deal with the worrisome nuclear programmes of both Iran and North Korea, senior administration officials said...
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Summer makes life easy for Chechens
SHATOI (Russia): Summer is the guerrilla’s friend, and amid the rich, green foliage of the southern mountains Chechnya’s separatist rebels are able to roam free, blithely defying Russian attempts to capture...
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Poverty, Aids plague Africa
ADDIS ABABA: Poverty and the AIDS pandemic remain two of the greatest challenges facing Africa, the continent’s ministers of finance planning and development heard on Sunday....
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