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US needs Muslim soldiers: Abizaid
BAGHDAD, Aug 29: America’s top military man in Iraq said on Friday he wanted more Muslim peacekeepers and better intelligence rather than US troop reinforcements to tackle the hit-and-run attacks still... 
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Afghan troops kill 30 Taliban in clashes
KABUL, Aug 29: Afghan forces clashed with Taliban fighters in the southern province of Zabul for a fifth consecutive day on Friday after reports of the deaths of another 30 militants,...
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Blix says US tried to intimidate him
VIENNA, Aug 29: Former chief UN arms inspector Hans Blix felt Washington was intimidating him to produce reports that would justify military action in the run-up to the Iraq war, the...
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Iran bought nuclear components: IAEA
VIENNA, Aug 29: The head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog said in comments aired on Friday that Iran had shopped for nuclear components on the international black market and called...
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Karzai sees gold untouched since ’89
 KABUL, Aug 29: Afghan President Hamid Karzai entered a vault at his Kabul palace on Friday to inspect a valuable treasure trove that has remained untouched through civil war and the...
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Ayatollah Hakim: a moderate
NAJAF, Aug 29: Ayatollah Mohammed Baqer al Hakim, killed by a car bomb in the Iraqi shrine city of Najaf on Friday, was the long-exiled leader of one of the main...
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Bush to meet Chirac on Sept 22
PARIS, Aug 29: President George W. Bush has just informed the Elysee Palace that he will be meeting officially with President Jacques Chirac on Sept 22 in New York during the...
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France urges US to open door to UN
PARIS, Aug 29: Citing the “risk of chaos” in Iraq, French President Jacques Chirac urged the United States on Friday to give the United Nations a key role in overseeing an...
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Blast outside UK army HQ in Basra
BASRA, Aug 29: A blast went off near the entrance to the British forces headquarters in Iraq’s main southern city of Basra Friday night, an eyewtiness said....
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US rejects plea on Al Qaeda men’s treatment
OSLO, Aug 29: US Attorney General John Ashcroft, saying the war on terror was far from over, rejected a fresh plea on Friday to give prisoner of war status to alleged...
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Washington accuses Pyongyang of ‘blackmail’
WASHINGTON, Aug 29: The United States warned on Friday it would not submit to nuclear “blackmail” from North Korea, accusing its Cold War enemy of souring inconclusive six-nation crisis talks in...
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US banking on Iraq’s tribal leaders
BAGHDAD: While the unloved Iraqi provisional governing council is still haggling over ministerial positions, the country’s tribal sheikhs are once again in the background pulling the strings....
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US abandons African AIDS programme
WASHINGTON: The United States government has cut off funds to an Aids programme for refugees in Africa — six weeks after President George Bush toured the continent promising to fight the...
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Scientists see no solution to N-waste storage
PRAGUE: Splitting the first atom was a scientific milestone in the 20th century, but a getting rid of the world’s highly radioactive waste is an achievement waiting for scientists to discover...
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‘Virtual states’ meet at Helsinki
HELSINKI: If you’ve never heard of Transnational Republic, the Kingdoms of Elgaland and Vargaland, Ladonia, or the State of Sabotage, the first Summit of Micronations and Modelstates in Helsinki on Friday...
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S. Korean tragedy haunts 20 years on
MOSCOW: “Target destroyed” crackled the radio message of Soviet air force pilot Gennady Osipovitch on the morning of September 1, 1983, after two missiles fired from his Sukhoi-15TM fighter did their...
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Potholes open up in Middle East roadmap
AL QUDS: Israeli Apache helicopters over Gaza City launched missiles again on Tuesday in a bid to kill more Hamas militants. This time the missiles missed their target, three Hamas men...
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Environment affected by shifting sands
OSLO: From Copacabana to Cannes, from Miami to Waikiki, millions of dollars are spent on importing sand to raise beaches hit by storms, shifting currents and a rise in sea levels...
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