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| December 4, 2003 | Thursday | Shawwal 9, 1424 |
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Samarra: massacre or feat of US arms?
LONDON: What really happened in Samarra? According to US military spokesmen, a series of ambushes on coalition convoys by the Saddam Fedayeen militia was repulsed with unprecedented, devastating enemy losses.... 
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A movie that could teach Blair a lot
LONDON: Love Actually is a Christmas confection that’s all icing and marzipan and no cake - not the kind of movie rabid anti-American lefties frequent. But its one political moment draws...
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Soldier left patrol to marry Iraqi
WASHINGTON: A US soldier is facing dishonourable discharge for taking a break from patrol in Baghdad to marry his Iraqi girlfriend, says his lawyer....
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North Korea and capitalism
PYONGYANG: There is a capitalist pig in Ri Dok-sun’s garden. There are also two capitalist dogs and a brood of capitalist chicks. But even though Ms Ri, a 72-year-old North Korean,...
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China at forefront
BEIJING: Egg crepe seller Zhang Zhengnong said his family was one of the first in its poor neighbourhood in rural China to install a telephone at home.
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Guantanamo lawyers sacked for dissent
LONDON: A team of military lawyers recruited to defend alleged terrorists held by the US at Guantanamo Bay was dismissed by the Pentagon after some of its members rebelled against the...
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Syria owes $3bn to Iraq, says council
BAGHDAD, Dec 3: Iraq is preparing to demand repatriation of three billion dollars of cash assets held in Syrian state banks under deals struck with the government of Saddam Hussein, Iraq’s...
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Israeli fence must not invade Palestinian area: EU statement
NAPLES, Dec 3: The European Union delivered a stern warning to Israel on Wednesday, declaring that its fence “must not invade” Palestinian territory....
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European shot dead in Oman
MUSCAT, Dec 3: The British embassy in Muscat said a European tourist was shot dead near its premises in the pro-Western Gulf state of Oman in mysterious circumstances, the second such...
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Lawmakers disrupt parliament in India
NEW DELHI, Dec 3: Angry lawmakers disrupted proceedings in the Indian lower house on Wednesday, demanding an immediate debate on the killing of over 50 migrant workers in a northeastern state...
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Southeastern France devastated by floods
 VALABRE (France) Dec 3: President Jacques Chirac met rescue workers on Wednesday in southeastern France, where devastating floods have claimed five lives and forced 15,000 people to evacuate their homes....
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Vajpayee tells BJP to get ready for polls
NEW DELHI, Dec 3: Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee on Wednesday instructed MPs of his ruling BJP to prepare for parliamentary elections scheduled for next year....
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Israeli minister to attend donors’ meet
NAPLES, Dec 3: Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom will participate in a Palestinian donors’ conference in Rome next week, in an unusual move to help ordinary Palestinians, an Israeli official said...
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Saudis unearth terror cell
RIYADH, Dec 3: Saudi Arabia authorities announced on Wednesday they had unearthed a major terrorist cell, recovered a huge amount of arms and ammunitions from a hideout, and arrested a...
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UN session on barrier next week
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 3: The UN General Assembly will hold a special session next week to discuss Israel’s construction of a controversial West Bank fence in violation of its resolutions....
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US allows suspect access to lawyer
WASHINGTON, Dec 3: The US government announced a major reversal in its policy towards terrorism suspects on Tuesday night and decided to allow one such suspect, an American citizen of Saudi...
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Questions on Samarra irk US officials
BAGHDAD, Dec 3: Persistent scepticism about US battlefield reports of 54 guerillas killed in bloody exchanges in the Iraqi town of Samarra earlier this week, drew a testy response from US...
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Bush’s campaign funds close to record $110 million
WASHINGTON, Dec 3: US President George Bush is working overtime to swell his coffers for the presidential campaign, and his war chest is now almost a record 110 million dollars, even...
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Briton charged in ‘shoebomber’ conspiracy
LONDON, Dec 3: British anti-terror police said on Wednesday they had charged a British Muslim with conspiring with convicted “shoebomber” Richard Reid to carry out bomb attacks in Britain or elsewhere...
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Ebadi ’s speech disrupted
TEHRAN, Dec 3: A group of hardline Iranians on Wednesday prevented Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi from giving a speech at a women’s university in Tehran by chanting slogans including...
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