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Putin says Iran has no N-arms plan: Foreign policy vision outlined
MOSCOW, June 20: Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that Iranian leaders had just assured him Tehran had no plans to develop nuclear weapons and would soon sign up a... 
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Powell asks Abbas to take over Gaza security
JERICHO, June 20: US Secretary of State Colin Powell called on Friday for Palestinian officials to take charge of security in certain occupied lands regardless of whether militants sign on to...
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BJP rebel accuses PM of involvement: Babri mosque demolition
NEW DELHI, June 20: A rebel leader of India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday alleged Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee and other top party leaders conspired to demolish the Babri...
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Six die in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, June 20: Six people were killed and 30 injured in a series of grenade explosions and shootouts in held Kashmir, a police spokesman said on Friday....
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Settler killed in West Bank shooting
TEL AVIV, June 20: An Israeli settler was killed and his wife and his American parents were wounded in a shooting in the West Bank on Friday, medical sources said, just...
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Six policemen killed in Chechnya
ACHKOI-MARTAN (Russia), June 20: At least six policemen died on Friday in a suicide bomb attack in the Chechen capital Grozny, a Chechen official said....
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Charges against Galloway were false: US paper
LONDON, June 20: British legislator George Galloway, accused of being in the pay of Saddam Hussein, demanded an official inquiry on Monday after a US newspaper admitted that documents detailing the...
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12 drown, 200 missing
TUNIS, June 20: Twelve would-be illegal immigrants have drowned, 41 have beenrescued and 197 are missing after their boat sank on Friday ...
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Ten killed in Turkey blast
ISTANBUL, June 20: Ten people were killed and 13 injured after a gas explosion ripped through a religious school dormitory in central Turkey overnight, Turkish television reported on Friday....
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India in a fix over troops to Iraq: Delhi looking for UN figleaf
NEW DELHI: A major political face-off is brewing in India over the issue of dispatching troops to Iraq to partially relieve the US and British soldiers now occupying that country....
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Russians snub US on N-deal with Iran
MOSCOW: Russia has brushed off increasingly loud US demands to halt its nuclear cooperation with Iran, remaining the foremost world power helping the Islamic regime develop what many fear is a...
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Africans challenge Bush on GM food
WASHINGTON: As the transatlantic dispute over the future of genetically modified (GM) food heats up, African activists say it is time to publicly challenge the image that the Bush administration is...
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Saddam’s steeds alive & kicking
BAGHDAD: A number of Saddam Hussein’s Arabian thoroughbreds, moved out of Baghdad before the war and deprived of adequate food and water for more than two months, have been rescued and...
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Population gloom worries Russia
MOSCOW: A fourth successive increase in Russia’s birth-rate is one of several socio-economic indicators suggesting that the country has turned the corner following its post-Soviet collapse, but experts warn that the...
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Iraqis accuse US of scapegoating Baath
BAGHDAD: The United States insists diehard supporters of Saddam Hussein are behind a spate of deadly attacks on US troops — but many Iraqis believe American blunders are more to blame....
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US risks losing peace in Afghanistan: experts
WASHINGTON: Just as the United States is struggling to deal with major post-war headaches in Iraq, its efforts to pacify Afghanistan appear to be unravelling, according to a new report by...
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