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US House votes for loan provision: Bush threat over Iraq bill ignored
WASHINGTON, Oct 22: Defying a White House veto threat, the US House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly to seek conversion of part of a 20.3-billion-dollar Iraqi reconstruction package into a loan, setting... 
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Pentagon rebuffs calls for penalizing general: Anti-Muslim remarks
WASHINGTON, Oct 22: The Pentagon on Wednesday rebuffed a call by a senior Republican senator for a general to be reassigned for casting the “war on terrorism” in religious terms in...
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N. Korea dismisses US security offer
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE, Oct 22: US President George W. Bush said on Wednesday the United States and its partners were all willing to sign a document declaring “we won’t attack...
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Al Qaeda working in Iraq: general
BAGHDAD, Oct 22: A top US general said on Wednesday groups linked to the Al Qaeda network might be behind major bombings in Iraq, although no confirmed members of Osama bin...
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Wives held instead of husbands
KHALDIYAH, Oct 22: Some 100 people demonstrated on Wednesday in the town of Khaldiyah, west of Baghdad, calling for the release of three women arrested by United States soldiers....
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US to use high-tech systems
 WASHINGTON, Oct 22: The United States is sending new high-tech systems to Iraq aimed at thwarting strikes on its forces, including a “virtual microphone” in the sky to help pinpoint snipers,...
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French reporter shot dead in Ivory Coast
ABIDJAN, Oct 22: A French radio reporter working in Ivory Coast was shot dead by a police official in Abidjan, the main city in the strife-town west African state....
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Bush says he rebuked Mahathir
KUTA (Indonesia), Oct 22: US President George Bush said on Wednesday that he rebuked Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad at the recently concluded APEC summit over his controversial “Jews rule the...
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Sudan govt, rebels to sign deal, says Powell
NAIVASHA, Oct 22: US Secretary of State Colin Powell said on Wednesday Sudan’s government and rebels had pledged to sign a peace deal this year, spurring hopes of an end to...
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Israeli official’s visit to Al Aqsa mosque slated
TEL AVIV, Oct 22: Palestinians denounced on Wednesday a visit to the Al Aqsa mosque compound by Israel’s Interior Security Minister Tzahi Hanegbi....
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Kuwait to deal seriously with threats: FM
KUWAIT CITY, Oct 22: Kuwait said it would deal seriously with any threats attributed to Osama bin Laden that were broadcast three days ago....
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150,000 attend Izetbegovicfuneral
SARAJEVO, Oct 22: More than 150,000 mourners gathered in heavy rain on Wednesday for the funeral of Bosnian wartime leader Alija Izetbegovic, as word of his investigation for war crimes cast...
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Jordan king appoints PM
AMMAN, Oct 22: Close US ally Jordan’s King Abdullah on Wednesday asked his palace aide Faisal al-Fayez to form a new cabinet to push forward the country’s modernisation plans, the state...
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Barbara Bush writes about her son, husband
WASHINGTON, Oct 22: Barbara Bush, former first lady and mother of the current US president, writes candidly about the different governing styles of her husband and son in her memoirs....
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Rumsfeld raises key questions about ‘war on terror’
WASHINGTON, Oct 22: The Pentagon and White House on Wednesday defended a private memorandum from Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to top defense officials questioning progress in the war on terrorism and...
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US wary of Iran-EU nuclear accord
WASHINGTON: US officials are sceptical about a European Union initiative to resolve the dispute over Iran’s nuclear programmes but it may help President George W. Bush avoid another crisis ahead of...
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Ruling the world is a family affair
LONDON: How long will you stay then, Mr Murdoch? How long do you wish to be master of your media universe? Questions growing ever more pressing over the last few years...
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Ex-prisoner seen as Chilean president
SANTIAGO (Chile): In 1974, soldiers blindfolded and beat Michelle Bachelet in a prison camp. Now thousands of servicemen salute her when she reviews troops at Chile’s annual military parade....
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Iraqis expect little from donors moot
BAGHDAD: Iraqi officials leave for the donors conference in Madrid this week hoping for the best but prepared to return empty-handed....
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West beginning to repay the poor: Third World job market triumphs
LONDON: If you live in a rich nation in the English-speaking world, and most of your work involves a computer or a telephone, don’t expect to have a job in five...
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