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Experts propose an early exit for US: What’s next for Iraq?
LONDON: Improving security, establishing a stable government and reviving the Iraqi economy are the three key steps to resolving the crisis in Iraq.... 
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Barcelona plans people’s summit
BARCELONA: It is billed as a summit that will move the world, but the world’s leaders are not invited....
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Threat of nationalization at heart of Yukos turmoil
MOSCOW: At the heart of the pre-election political turmoil which the Yukos affair has stirred in Russia is a simple question — should the state re-examine the shadowy privatization deals on...
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Offshore oil provides stability to Angola
JOHANNESBURG: It’s on Africa’s anarchic West coast, it’s had almost three decades of civil war, and it’s rated as one of the poorest and most corrupt countries on Earth....
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Australian PM, others oppose award for Ashrawi
SYDNEY, Nov 6: Palestinian activist Hanan Ashrawi said on Thursday that attacks on her in Australia were worse than any she had received from Israelis, as she received Australia’s main peace...
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ICJ rejects Iran’s compensation plea: US attacks on oil rigs
THE HAGUE, Nov 6: The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Thursday handed Iran a moral victory by ruling that the United States was not justified in attacking its oil rigs...
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India offers defence help to Kyrghyzstan
BISHKEK, Nov 6: India’s Defence Minister George Fernandes on Thursday promised to step up cooperation with the Central Asian republic of Kyrghyzstan in combating terrorism....
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Jackson accuses US govt of arrogance
BANGKOK, Nov 6: US civil rights leader Reverend Jesse Jackson on Thursday slammed his government’s invasion of Iraq as having “no moral foundation” and warned of looming global crises and a...
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Voyager 1 racing into the unknown
PARIS, Nov 6: Voyager 1, the legendary US space probe launched more than 26 years ago, may have crossed a key, stormy boundary as it passes through the last fringes of...
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Democrats’ Iraq memo angers Republicans
WASHINGTON, Nov 6: Republicans on Wednesday accused Democrats of trying to use a US congressional probe of pre-war intelligence on Iraq to wage a political attack against President George Bush....
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Saddam left villa before bombing: ex-official
AMMAN, Nov 6: Saddam Hussein fled a villa in Baghdad’s Al Mansur neighbourhood where he was set to meet four close aides on April 7, only 15 minutes before it was...
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US unveils plan for smaller Iraq force
WASHINGTON, Nov 6: The United States on Thursday unveiled plans to reduce its force in Iraq next year to about 105,000, with more than half of replacement troops to be drawn...
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Saddam tried to make deal to avoid invasion: papers
WASHINGTON, Nov 6: Weeks before the March 20 invasion, then Iraqi president Saddam Hussein tried to secure a deal with Washington to avoid war, US media reported on Wednesday....
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Lankan PM to return home today
COLOMBO, Nov 6: Sri Lanka’s ruling party on Thursday called upon the people to turn out in big numbers to welcome Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe when he returns to the country...
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UN delays draft treaty on human cloning
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 6: The UN General Assembly on Thursday adopted a resolution sponsored by the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) delaying drafting of a treaty on human cloning until 2005...
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Howard to lead Tory Party
LONDON, Nov 6: Eurosceptic Michael Howard was declared the new head of Britain’s main opposition Conservative party on Thursday after no one came forward to challenge him in a leadership race....
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