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Iraq invasion erodes pre-emption strategy
WASHINGTON: Getting rid of Saddam Hussein’s regime was a great blessing, but the war and its aftermath have had important unintended consequences for the Bush administration. Pre-emption policy toward “rogue states”... 
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Seoul’s role vital for resolving impasse: Pyongyang’s N-plan
SINGAPORE: The United States and North Korea’s neighbours are to meet the communist government, but the tortuous road to talks may be less winding than the laborious path to ending Pyongyang’s...
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Kurds see federalism as new dogma
SULEIMANIYA: Kurdish former rebel groups in northern Iraq are busy drawing up their political future within a federal state, and are eyeing the oil-rich city of Kirkuk, which remained under Saddam...
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US ‘stretching’ borders to block migrants
WASHINGTON: In a case that highlights the growing US effort to detain migrants long before they set eyes on this country’s borders, five crew members of an Ecuadorian fishing vessel called...
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Executive delivers books on yak
LOS ANGELES: A former top executive of US software giant Microsoft Corporation has traded his high-flying job to deliver books to remote villages in Nepal on the back of a yak....
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Ducklings go around the world in 4,000 days
LONDON: The last survivors of an armada of thousands of plastic ducks and other toy animals lost at sea 11 years ago are expected soon to reach British shores, and give...
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Russians fear Chinese ‘takeover’ of Far East regions
KHABAROVSK (Russia): In one stall of the teeming marketplace, Chinese merchants with chopsticks pick at plastic containers of noodles. Across the way, a gaggle of aging Chinese men hunch over their...
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US plans to set up special tribunal: Saddam’s ‘trial’
NEW YORK, Aug 1: In a bid to avoid a trial of Saddam Hussein by the United Nations International Criminal Court, if he is captured by US forces, the US plans...
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Blair to appear before judge
LONDON, Aug 1: British Prime Minister Tony Blair will take the rare step of appearing before a judicial inquiry that begins investigating the suicide of Iraq weapons expert David Kelly later...
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RSF flays US troops’ attitude
BAGHDAD, Aug 1: Already strained relations between US troops in Iraq and international media covering their every move are deteriorating, a journalists’ watchdog charged on Friday....
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10 Arabs killed in Kirkuk fighting
KIRKUK (Iraq), Aug 1: With the clock coming full circle for them, a number of Arabs have either been killed here or have been expelled from this troubled city, it was...
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Lawmakers ask Bush to monitor Pakistan
WASHINGTON, Aug 1: Sixteen US lawmakers have urged President George W. Bush to force Pakistan to end “cross-border terrorism” in Kashmir before giving any more economic assistance to the country....
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N. Korea proposes 6-way talks on N-plan: White House hails move
SEOUL, Aug 1: North Korea said on Friday it had proposed six-way talks to end its nuclear crisis after Washington offers assurances of one-on-one dialogue, a move hailed by the White...
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Kashmiri leader accused of links with ISI
NEW DELHI, Aug 1: Indian police will question a top Kashmiri leader over the arrest of two men allegedly ferrying funds from Pakistan, police sources said on Friday....
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US pushing for UN vote on Liberia
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 1: The United States pushed for a UN vote authorizing a multinational force to intervene in Liberia to restore humanitarian aid and help end the country’s bloody civil...
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HR body seeks Gujarat riot trial outside state
NEW DELHI, Aug 1: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has appealed to India’s Supreme Court to move several key cases from last year’s riots in Gujarat out of the state...
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