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US sends advisers to assess situation
WASHINGTON, June 27: The Pentagon has sent a group of private experts with extensive experience in the Clinton administration to assess postwar reconstruction efforts in Iraq amid stubborn instability and escalating... 
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Iraqis told not to sell land to Jews
BAGHDAD, June 27: A senior Iraqi Shia leader has issued a fatwa ordering the killing of any Jew who buys real estate in Iraq, an aide said on Friday....
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Blair govt clashes with MPs, BBC
LONDON, June 27: Britain’s government, parliament and public broadcaster clashed on Friday over claims that Prime Minister Tony Blair’s office talked up the threat posed by Iraq to justify launching an...
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Bush govt pledges not to torture suspects
WASHINGTON, June 27: The administration of President George W. Bush, pressured by Congress and human rights groups, has vowed not to torture terrorist suspects and to prosecute any US personnel using...
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Kalam arrives in Srinagar; 6 killed
SRINAGAR, June 27: Indian President Abdul Kalam arrived here on Friday as another six people were killed in continuing violence....
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Straw to press Iran on N-arms
LONDON, June 27: British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw will visit Iran next week to press its leaders to cooperate urgently with United Nations’ demands on weapons inspections to dispel doubts over...
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Muslim leader complains of victimization
SYDNEY, June 27: The Australian government moved quickly on Friday to quash an allegation that the spiritual leader of Australia’s Islamic community had been subjected to humiliating and discriminatory treatment by...
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Quartet wants to include Syria in roadmap: UN
BEIRUT, June 27: The authors of the roadmap for peace in the Middle East want to extend the plan to bring an end to the conflicts involving Israel, Lebanon and Syria,...
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Sahhaf says he spoke in good faith
 DUBAI, June 27: Iraq’s former information minister, famed for pugnacious and transparently false claims during the war, now says his bogus statements were made in good faith and that he was...
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Ex-Serb leader to serve jail term in Sweden
STOCKHOLM, June 27: Former Bosnian Serb leader Biljana Plavsic, sentenced to 11 years in prison for crimes against humanity during the Bosnian war, will serve her sentence in Sweden, the Swedish...
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Farm reform expected to strengthen EU’s hand at WTO talks
BRUSSELS: European Union farm chief Franz Fischler has a new spring in his step. Having fought for over a year to shake-up the bloc’s wasteful farm policies, Fischler finally struck gold...
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Post-9/11 roundup backfired: report
WASHINGTON: Measures taken by the US administration against Arab and Muslim immigrants after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks against New York and the Pentagon have not only failed to protect...
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Iran exiles sow change via satellite
LOS ANGELES: “Good morning, Iran,” says Zia Atabay, a former Iranian pop star who fled Iran after the 1979 revolution. “And good evening, America.”...
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Poor to pay for ‘fudged’ EU accord
LONDON: Consumer groups and aid agencies rounded angrily on the reforms to the common agricultural policy on Thursday, warning that the compromise would leave tax-payers continuing to foot the bill for...
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Rumsfeld advocates US-led global peacekeeping force
WASHINGTON: Defence Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld is discussing the possibility of the United States organizing a standing international peacekeeping force that could be dispatched to trouble spots around the globe....
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Deep rocks might ease global warming
OSLO: Rocks deep below the North Sea or the Ohio River in the United States could be burial grounds for global warming despite opposition from environmentalists who fear a leaky, short-sighted...
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