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Officials tried to gag Kelly on dossier: UK documents’ revelation
LONDON, Aug 20: Government documents released on Wednesday show top British officials tried to stop a scientist airing doubts on a Iraqi weapons dossier on which Prime Minister Tony Blair based... 
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Nato refuses to tackle Afghan guerillas
KABUL, Aug 20: The new commander of Kabul’s Nato-led international peacekeepers said on Wednesday the debate was still open on the expansion of his force into provinces where more than 90...
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CIA had record of 9/11 pilots: weekly
HAMBURG, Aug 20: In its second revelation in as many weeks, the German magazine Stern reports in its latest issue that the Central Intelligence Agency CIA had two of the September...
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N. Korea rejects US call for N-inspection
SEOUL, Aug 20: North Korea rejected on Wednesday a US-demanded early inspection of its nuclear facilities as “absolutely unacceptable,” toughening its stance ahead of six-nation nuclear crisis talks....
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De Mello, Bremer ties were ‘not good’
BAGHDAD, Aug 20: UN envoy Sergio Vieira de Mello, killed in the truck bombing of the UN headquarters in Baghdad on Tuesday, was constantly in touch with US administrator Paul Bremer,...
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UN begins ‘partial evacuation’ from Iraq
 AMMAN, Aug 20: The United Nations said on Wednesday it has begun a “partial evacuation” of its Baghdad staff to the Jordanian capital following increased security concerns after a truck bomb...
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UN mourns death of a respected diplomat
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 20: A horrified and saddened world community mourned the loss of one of its most respected diplomat and called on the United Nations not to let the bomb...
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Indian plane surrounded after false hijack alert
NEW DELHI, Aug 20: An Indian Airlines plane about to take off from New Delhi for Srinagar was surrounded by troops on Wednesday after a false hijack alarm at the airport,...
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Imam terms deportation a mistake
LOS ANGELES, Aug 20: People of all faiths are rallying around a local mosque leader who could be deported despite his lawyer’s claim that a bureaucratic mix-up caused his immigration problems....
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Israel opens Al Quds site to tourists
TEL AVIV, Aug 20: Israeli police allowed tourists to visit the Haram Sharif compound, in occupied Al Quds, under heavy security on Wednesday after it had been closed to non-Muslim visitors...
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Council warned US of attack, says Chalabi
BAGHDAD, Aug 20: A member of Iraq’s Governing Council said on Wednesday the Council had warned US authorities that Saddam Hussein loyalists and militants had met to plan a major attack...
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Two children, woman killed in Basra blast
BASRA, Aug 20: Two children and a woman were killed when a row between traders in the southern Iraqi city of Basra ended in an arson attack on a tanker carrying...
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Libya begins transferring Lockerbie compensation money
WASHINGTON, Aug 20: Libya on Wednesday began transferring 2.7 billion dollars into an escrow account at the Swiss-based Bank for International Settlements (BIS) that will be used to compensate the families...
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Bush administration faces hard choices: Situation in Iraq
LONDON: United States credibility in Iraq is on the line as Washington’s foes expand their drive to spread chaos with a devastating attack on United Nations headquarters in Baghdad....
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Former KGB agents running the show for Putin
MOSCOW: Since former KGB colonel Vladimir Putin moved into the Kremlin in early 2000, army men and intelligence chiefs have played an increasingly dominant role in Russian politics, both in central...
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US media’s interest in Osama revived
WASHINGTON: A sudden increase in Taliban and Al Qaeda attacks in Afghanistan this week has revived the United States media’s interest in the whereabouts of Osama bin Laden and Mullah Omar....
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Dubai banks on IMF, WB meet to stay at top
DUBAI: Dubai is banking on next month’s high profile meeting of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank to boost its economy and place it firmly on the top rung of...
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US moves alarm Iranian reformists
TEHRAN: Ignoring international law, Britain and the United States opted for the high-risk strategy of regime change in order to pre-empt a volatile enemy in the Middle East. It was not...
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