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Clashes mark start of WTO meeting
 CANCUN, Sept 10: Police and anti-globalization protesters clashed here Wednesday, leaving at least two people injured, as the divided World Trade Organization started a crucial five-day conference....
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Downgrading of US role in Iraq sought: France, Germany submit proposal
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 10: France and Germany have offered the United States a deal that effectively recognizes an Iraqi transitional government, but downgrades the US political role in the occupied state,...
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9/11 anniversary puts focus back on Ground Zero
NEW YORK, Sept 10: On the eve of the second anniversary of the Sept 11 attacks, Americans prepared on Wednesday to revisit the traumatic events that sent them to war, as...
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Annan to meet five FMs in Geneva
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 10: Seeking to further define the role of the United Nations in Iraq and accelerate the early restoration of Iraqi national sovereignty, Secretary-General Kofi Annan will meet with...
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Hoon accused of misleading probe
LONDON, Sept 10: Pressure on Britain’s defence secretary to resign grew on Wednesday over allegations he had misled an investigation into Prime Minister Tony Blair’s case for onvasion of Iraq....
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Five Afghan aid workers killed in ambush
KABUL, Sept 10: Five Afghan aid workers from a Western organisation have been killed in the latest violence blamed on a resurgent Taliban militia, an Afghan official said on Wednesday....
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Samudra sentenced to death for Bali blast
DENPASAR (Indonesia) Sept 10: The militant who masterminded the bombing of two Bali nightclubs packed with Western tourists was sentenced to death on Wednesday after an Indonesian court found him guilty...
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Rocca, Indians discuss ties with Pakistan
NEW DELHI, Sept 10: India and the United States began a periodic review on Wednesday of the numerous trouble spots straddling South Asia, focusing on New Delhi’s evolving ties with Islamabad,...
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3,000 arrested in Nepal
KATHMANDU, Sept 10: Former prime minister Girija Prasad Koirala was among some 3,000 political activists detained on Wednesday when Nepal’s five main parties held a demonstration against King Gyanendra in defiance...
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Swedish FM stabbed
 STOCKHOLM, Sept 10: Sweden’s Foreign Minister Anna Lindh was stabbed in the chest, stomach and arms by an unidentified man while shopping in Stockholm on Wednesday and was undergoing surgery....
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ME trapped in vicious circle: Targeted killings
AL QUDS: Israel maintains that its policy of targeted killings, which have claimed the lives of at least 200 Palestinians since the start of the intifadah almost three years ago, is...
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Afghanistan’s biggest woes still neglected
TOKYO: War-weary Afghanistan continues to suffer from stereotypical images about its political problems, but its biggest woes have to do with livelihood and economic issues that remain ignored, says a Japanese...
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Terrorism remains an issue for Bush administration
WASHINGTON: In two years since the Sept 11 terrorist attacks, the United States has rallied one of the largest international coalitions ever to fight the “war against terror”. And yet the...
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Al Qaeda switches tactics, seeks new targets
BERLIN: Two years of US-led ‘war on terror’ have damaged Al Qaeda and forced it to switch tactics, but it is too soon to proclaim that Washington is winning the struggle,...
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Landmine use is falling, says group
WASHINGTON: Global use of antipersonnel mines fell dramatically in 2002, dramatically reducing the number of people killed by the devices, according to a report released on Tuesday by a global anti-landmine...
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Row over Libya sanctions
UNITED NATIONS: United States, Britain and France are again at logger heads over the British-sponsored resolution which would lift sanctions against Libya....
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