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Quartet puts onus on Palestinians: Resumption of talks
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 26: Major powers steering Middle East diplomacy on Friday put the onus on Palestinians to open the way to fresh peace talks with Israel by cracking down on... 
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Japan quake leaves 41,000 homeless
HIROO (Japan), Sept 26: A series of strong quakes shook the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido on Friday, collapsing the roof of an airport control tower, setting fire to an oil...
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RSF condemns Iraqi council
PARIS, Sept 26: Reporters Sans Frontieres (RSF), the international journalists’ rights organization, has “strongly condemned” the Iraqi Governing Council’s two-week ban on Arab TV stations Al-Jazeera and Al-Arabiya for allegedly encouraging...
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Pope, Brazilian president tipped for Nobel Prize
OSLO, Sept 26: Pope John Paul, Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and dissidents from Iran to China are among those tipped to win the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize in...
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US may have to send more troops: officials
WASHINGTON, Sept 26: US defense officials have suggested over the past few days that the United States could be forced to deploy additional troops of its own to Iraq if no...
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Russia to export oil to US, says Putin
NEW YORK, Sept 26: Russian President Vladimir Putin Friday pledged to develop the transport infrastructure that would enable Russia to become a major oil exporter to the United States....
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Suu Kyi put under house arrest
YANGON, Sept 26: Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi was put under house arrest at her Yangon residence after being discharged from hospital where she underwent surgery last week, her...
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Turkey wants to run northern Iraq : TV
ISTANBUL, Sept 26: Turkey has told the United States it wants to run a large portion of northern Iraq stretching north of Baghdad to Mosul and Sulaymaniyah, if it contributes to...
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Palestinians, Israelis remember Edward Said
RAMALLAH, Sept 26: The Palestinian leadership paid tribute on Friday to Palestinian-American intellectual Edward Said, saying humanity had lost “its eminent genius”, as Israeli media reported his death at age 67...
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LTTE objects to military post
BATTICALOA, Sept 26: In the eastern Batticaloa district, government troops were compelled to summon the Scandinavian monitors representatives, after a group of armed LTTE men showed up at a military observation...
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Bush returned empty-handed from UN: press
WASHINGTON: The headlines in US newspapers that greeted President George W. Bush upon his return to Washington from the United Nations sent a clear message: “Bush returns empty-handed.”...
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China becomes an issue in US politics
SHANGHAI: Through no choice of its own, China has become locked on a course pushing it toward the eye of the storm of United States electoral politics....
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Syria may come to aid of US in Iraq
DAMASCUS: As the United States faces growing challenges in Iraq, help could come from an unexpected source....
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Indian mystic ‘meddles’ in politics
COCHIN (India): An Indian mystic who embraces her devotees as a form of blessing may bring individual comfort but lacks the depth of character to develop this into a mainstream movement,...
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Remarks about Iraq embarrass Powell
UNITED NATIONS: US Secretary of State Colin Powell tried on Thursday to explain away remarks on Iraq dating back to the beginning of the Bush administration, before the United States decided...
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US dominates arms sales to Third World, says study
WASHINGTON: The United States retained its dominance of the Third World arms market for the eighth year in a row in 2002, according to the latest in an annual series of...
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