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Pressure breaks Abbas, uproots road map
LONDON: As Israeli missiles ploughed into Gaza City on Saturday, apparently targeted at the founder of Hamas, hopes of progress towards peace in the Middle East looked further away than ever.... 
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Tehran’s influence grows in Najaf
NAJAF: Seventy-year-old Badria sits at the steps of the gold-domed Imam Ali mosque, crying in disbelief that she has managed to see one of the most revered sites of Shia Islam....
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Stars not shining for Arnold
LOS ANGELES: Harrison Ford, Tom Hanks, Cybill Sheperd and Sylvester Stallone are the latest stars in Hollywood’s constellation who say they don’t want to see fellow actor Arnold Schwarzenegger move to...
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Canadians no more welcome in US
MONTREAL: What used to be the world’s longest undefended border has become a major headache for many Canadians trying to enter the United States as customs officials are calling those with...
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Iraq will remain an American problem
LONDON: If the Bush administration is expecting grateful thanks for its proposal to give the UN a bigger role in Iraq, it is going to be sorely disappointed. If the White...
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Sharon looks to deepen ties with India
AL QUDS: Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is to seek a strengthening of already-deep military and economic ties with India during his first official visit to the country, officials and analysts...
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Iraq becomes a hub of terror under US occupation
LONDON: The warning was plain. Iraq was a breeding ground of terror, an incubator for Al Qaeda and a clear and present danger to “the civilized world”. Tony Blair was wary...
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Calls mount for Blair to quit: Offensive by Labour backbone
LONDON, Sept 7: Pressure mounted on Sunday for British Prime Minister Tony Blair to quit over his part in the suicide of a weapons expert at the heart of a furious...
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ME leaders flay Israeli bid to kill Hamas leader
CAIRO, Sept 7: Arab and Muslim opinion makers on Sunday condemned Israel’s bid to kill the spiritual leader of radical Palestinian movement Hamas, warning it threw oil on the fire threatening...
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India to produce 30 more N-missiles: PTI
NEW DELHI, Sept 7: India will produce at least 30 more short-range surface-to-surface missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads, a report said Sunday....
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Seven Russian soldiers killed in Chechnya
VLADIKAVKAZ, Sept 7: Seven Russian soldiers were killed and another 15 servicemen and police wounded in clashes with rebels throughout Chechnya, including the heavily militarized capital, an official in the Moscow-backed...
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Al Qaeda tape
DUBAI, Sept 7: A purported audio tape by Osama bin Laden’s Al Qaeda group on Sunday vowed attacks on Americans “everywhere” and so devastating that Washington would forget the horror of...
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UK drill to prepare for ‘inevitable’ C-attack
LONDON, Sept 7: British police staged a mock attack on an underground train in the heart of London on Sunday to prepare for what the country’s top policeman has said is...
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US orders Iraqi militias to disarm: Missiles fired at US plane
BAGHDAD, Sept 7: US-led forces stepped-up their bid to tame a turbulent Iraq on Sunday, giving Iraqi militias a week to disarm, deploying newly-arrived British reinforcements and lobbying for more international...
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Sale of Israeli missiles to India opposed
WASHINGTON, Sept 7: On the eve of the Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s visit to India starting on Monday, a Washington think tank has argued strongly against the sale of the...
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Arms haul drive in BD
DHAKA, Sept 7: Bangladesh Army, paramilitary Bangladesh Rifles and police have started a combined operation along the 172-km Bandarban-Myanmar frontier to track the armed troublemakers down and eliminate terrorism....
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Saudis deny US access to suspect: magazine
NEW YORK, Sept 7: Saudi Arabia has denied US officials access to several suspects in their custody, including a Saudi man alleged to have knowledge of a plot to spread poison...
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Another Sept 11 to be celebrated by France
PARIS, Sept 7: At the very moment that most of the world will be turning its attention this coming Thursday to New York City, and especially lower Manhattan, to memorialize September...
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