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Post-invasion Iraq US bartering arms for soldiers
UNITED NATIONS: Faced with a rising death toll among its soldiers in Iraq, the United States is trying to “buy” foreign troops for a proposed 30,000-strong multinational force in Baghdad.... 
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Sri Lanka’s ceasefire euphoria dies down
COLOMBO: When Tamil rebels and the Sri Lankan government reached a ceasefire pact in February 2001, dozens of businessmen from the south rushed to the war-ravaged northern town of Jaffna, seeking...
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Palestinian premier’s position weakened
RAMALLAH: Embattled Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmud Abbas’ position has been weakened rather than strengthened after his Israeli counterpart Ariel Sharon managed to puncture the enthusiasm engendered by Abbas’ first ever appearance...
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Bosnia still brimming with weapons, says Sfor
SARAJEVO: Almost eight years after the 1992-1995 war in Bosnia-Herzegovina the country remains filled to the brim with all manner of weapons and ammunition, the NATO-led Stabilization Force (SFOR) said here...
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Inter-faith dialogue’s importance stressed
WASHINGTON: It was not exactly “Mississippi Burning,” but a flaming cross shoved into the ground, and set alight was enough to frighten students and teachers of al-Huda, a small Muslim school...
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Scientists deny Iraq had WMDs
WASHINGTON, July 31: All Iraqi scientists so far interviewed by US officials have denied that the Saddam regime was making weapons of mass destruction, the Washington Post said on Thursday....
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Retrial in Gujarat massacre sought
NEW DELHI, July 31: India’s top human rights body on Thursday asked the Supreme Court to order a retrial of 21 Hindus acquitted over the killing of 12 Muslims in last...
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Seven die in Mumbai explosion
MUMBAI, July 31: Seven people, including a toddler, were killed and 32 injured in India on Thursday when a blast ripped through the home of a man who supplied explosives to...
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Israelis unveil plan to expand settlement: Blow to roadmap: Palestinians
TEL AVIV, July 31: Israel announced plans on Thursday to build new homes at a Jewish settlement in the Gaza Strip in defiance of the US-backed peace plan, just a day...
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Student groups clash in Dhaka
 DHAKA, July 31: The members of the ruling BNP’s student wing launched hit-on-sight attacks on their opponents in the university on Thursday....
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Saddam’s daughters arrive in Jordan
AMMAN, July 31: Two daughters of ousted Iraqi president Saddam Hussein, accompanied by nine children, on Thursday arrived in Jordan, where they have been given Jordanian protection, a high-ranking official said...
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US admits killing civilians
BAGHDAD, July 31: Four days after US troops killed several passers-by in Baghdad during the hunt for Saddam Hussein, the US commander in Iraq admitted on Thursday that innocent people had...
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Paramhans dies at 93
LUCKNOW, July 31: A Hindu leader who dreamt of seeing a temple built on the site where the Babri mosque was razed by fanatics in 1992 died on Thursday after making...
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N. Korea ready for talks on standoff
MOSCOW, July 31: North Korea has agreed to a US proposal to hold six-nation talks to try to resolve its nuclear standoff with Washington, the Russian foreign ministry said on Thursday...
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US troops fire on taxi, hurt Afghan soldiers
KABUL, July 31: Jumpy US soldiers fired on a taxi in Kabul on Thursday, wounding three officers of Afghanistan’s fledgling national army that US forces have been helping to train....
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Liberians cheer as African military team arrives in Monrovia
MONROVIA, July 31: War-weary Monrovia residents cheered on Thursday as a west African military team began a reconnaissance mission in the besieged Liberian capital ahead of the promised deployment of peacekeepers....
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