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US govt divided on UN role in Iraq
WASHINGTON: Now that US President George W. Bush has decided to ask the United Nations Security Council to rescue Washington’s occupation of Iraq, the question here is, ‘what will be the... 
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What’s in a drug name?
LONDON: Celebrex, Zocor, Nexium. The names may be puzzling, but when it comes to launching a new medicine, the brand on the package matters more than ever....
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US election, Iraq to sap ME peace drive
LONDON: Now that the peace “road map” has hit a violent dead-end, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is likely to be left largely to its own grim devices while Iraq and next year’s...
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Democrats line up for White House race
WASHINGTON: Howard Dean, the outsider who confounded the pundits to surge ahead of the pack in the Democratic presidential nomination, was expected to face a reality check last night (SEPT4) in...
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What is French for ‘I told you so?’
PARIS: What is French for “I told you so?”With the United States swallowing its pride to seek help sorting out the postwar debacle in Iraq,...
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Different views of Europe
HELSINKI: As Sweden gears up to vote on the European Union’s common currency, its Nordic neighbours are watching with feelings ranging from hope to indifference that underline the region’s contradictory views...
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US abandons moves to report Iran to UN
VIENNA, Sept 5: Washington has abandoned plans to report Teharn to the UN Security Council for what it says are breaches of nuclear rules, despite worries that Iran is secretly developing...
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US hints at incentives for North Korea: End to nuclear programme
WASHINGTON, Sept 5: The United States shifted its approach towards North Korea on Thursday and signalled it may offer Pyongyang incentives to end its suspected nuclear programme....
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Democracy must for Pakistan: US scholars
WASHINGTON, Sept 5: US scholars and government officials have underlined the need for a democratic Pakistan because of the country’s ethnic adversity....
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Hong Kong withdraws security bill
HONG KONG, Sept 5: Hong Kong’s government on Friday scrapped plans to introduce controversial security legislation which sparked massive protests and triggered the territory’s worst political crisis since the 1997 handover....
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US blocks assets of 10 Jemaah men
PHUKET (Thailand), Sept 5: The United States said on Friday it had moved to freeze the assets of 10 suspected members of the Jemaah Islamiah (JI) militant network, a group blamed...
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UK airline resuming flights to S. Arabia
LONDON, Sept 5: British Airways said on Friday it would resume flights to Saudi Arabia that had been suspended due to security fears and said it would seek new high-tech anti-missile...
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Gulf states say they won’t send troops to Iraq
RIYADH, Sept 5: Pro-US Gulf Arab states do not plan to send troops to Iraq to help maintain security in the country, the head of an alliance of Gulf states said...
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Curfew in Godhra
MUMBAI, Sept 5: Three police officials were hurt on Friday in a clash between Hindus and Muslims in the western town of Godhra, in India’s riot-torn state of Gujarat, police said....
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Rumsfeld visits Mosul, Tikrit
MOSUL, Sept 5: US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld got a bird’s eye view from a helicopter on Friday of the site where Saddam Hussein’s sons were killed in northern Iraq....
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Spain detains Al Jazeera man
MADRID, Sept 5: Spanish police on Friday said they had detained a journalist of the Qatar-based Al Jazeera satellite broadcaster on suspicion of links to Al Qaeda....
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