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Tehran might have N-arms soon, says Rumsfeld
GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN (Germany), June 11: US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said on Wednesday Iran was fast approaching a point where it might have nuclear weapons, although it did not appear to have... 
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Republicans reject calls for investigation: Intelligence on WMDs
WASHINGTON, June 11: Republicans in Congress on Wednesday rebuffed Democrats’ calls for an investigation into whether the Bush administration misread or inflated threats posed by Iraq before going to war in...
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IAEA not ready to take Iran to UN
VIENNA, June 11: The UN’s nuclear watchdog still has many unanswered questions about Iran’s nuclear programme and is a long way off from sending the issue to the Security Council, diplomats...
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Advani defends sending of troops
NEW DELHI, June 11: In the clearest indication yet that New Delhi is favourably considering a US request that it deploy troops to Iraq, Deputy Prime Minister Lal Krishna Advani on...
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Fossils of early humans discovered
LONDON, June 11: A team of international scientists have unearthed 160,000-year-old fossils in Ethiopia that they say are the oldest known remains of early modern humans ever found....
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LTTE turns down PM’s proposal
COLOMBO, June 11: Tamil Tiger rebels on Wednesday rejected Sri Lanka’s latest offer aimed at ending a seven-week deadlock in peace talks and lambasted foreign governments for meddling in the country’s...
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Afghanistan faces tough probe into suicide bombing
KABUL, June 11: Afghanistan faces a long and difficult investigation into the devastating suicide car bombing which killed four German soldiers, after initial accusations that it was the work of the...
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Paris opposes reference to religion
PARIS, June 11: French authorities, including those close to Valery Giscard d’Estaing, president of the European Convention which is drafting the European Union’s first constitution, are refusing to comment on the...
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France warns Bosnia over court deal with US
SARAJEVO, June 11: France warned Bosnia on possible consequences for its relations with the European Union if it ratifies a deal giving US citizens immunity from extradition to the International Criminal...
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Blix’s deputy to take over as chief inspector
UNITED NATIONS, June 11: Deputy chief UN weapons inspector Demetrius Perricos will become acting head of the disarmament agency for Iraq when his boss, Hans Blix, retires at the end of...
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Nepal’s PM appoints six ministers
KATHMANDU, June 11: Nepal’s new prime minister, Surya Bahadur Thapa, on Wednesday appointed a “mini-cabinet” a week after being appointed, state-run radio announced....
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Al Qaeda blamed for attack
PARIS, June 11: The French secret services have alleged that the perpetrator of the June 7 terrorist attack in Kabul against the ISAF forces that killed four German soldiers and wounded...
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Sanctions killed 1.5m Iraqis: UN agencies
BANGKOK: As political fallout rains down on London and Washington amid the absence of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) in Iraq, another controversial justification must also be revisited: economic sanctions directly...
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Donors tie Lanka aid to talks with LTTE
TOKYO: Donors pledged $4.5 billion for rebuilding efforts in Sri Lanka on Tuesday, but their tying the release of these funds to the resumption of peace talks highlights both the fragility...
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Arab world at the crossroads of democracy, nationalism
BEIRUT: Ever since the US and Britain went to war on Iraq, the Arabs have been wondering whether this conquest will be a success or the most catastrophic of failures. They...
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Exotic pets linked to lethal virus
NEW YORK: American health officials in three Midwestern states are scrambling to contain a rare lethal virus that is spread by rodents and monkeys and has never been seen before in...
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US pullback increases uncertainty in Korea
WASHINGTON: With little advance warning, the United States has abandoned its early trip-wire strategy in Korea....
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Broadcaster trying to woo British Asians
LONDON: As British parliamentarians were debating a new law that would allow Rupert Murdoch to buy the UK’s Channel Five last week, across town another Murdoch-backed invasion was under way....
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