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Blair admits he did not verify report: Invasion of Iraq
LONDON, Feb 5: British Prime Minister Tony Blair, who survived an inquiry into a weapons expert's suicide without a scratch, was sucked into a new row on Thursday over why Britain joined in the invasion of Iraq. ... 
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Intelligence failure: Bush administration looks for a scapegoat
WASHINGTON: Badly wounded by the total collapse of its pre-war contentions that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein had large stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction, the administration of President George W. Bush has embarked on a strategy of diversion and delay. ...
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Sharon questioned over scandal
TEL AVIV, Feb 5: Israeli Premier Ariel Sharon told police on Thursday he knew nothing of dealings his son had with a man charged in a bribery scandal that cast a shadow over the prime minister's plans to uproot Jewish settlements from Gaza. ...
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Gaza evacuation this year: Israel
WASHINGTON, Feb 5: Israel expects to begin the process of withdrawing Jewish settlements from the Gaza Strip this year as it forges ahead with unilateral steps it sees as necessary to break Palestinian resistance, Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Thursday. ...
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Arafat calls for pullout from West Bank
GAZA CITY, Feb 5: Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat urged Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on Thursday not to limit himself to a Gaza settlement evacuation plan but also withdraw from the West Bank. ...
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US urges Iran to follow Libya's example
VIENNA, Feb 5: The US ambassador to the UN's nuclear watchdog agency praised Libya on Thursday for owning up to running atomic weapons programmes and urged Iran to do the same by fully cooperating with the agency's inspectors. ...
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German court clears Moroccan over 9/11
HAMBURG, Feb 5: A German court on Thursday acquitted a Moroccan student of involvement in the Sept 11 attacks in the United States, saying the evidence against him was not strong enough for a conviction. ...
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Dean may abandon White House quest
DETROIT, Feb 5: Howard Dean may be forced to give up his quest for the White House if he fails to win a primary election to be held in the heartland state of Wisconsin on Feb 17, the former Vermont governor said on Thursday. ...
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Al Qaeda hails 1999 hijacking of Indian plane
NEW DELHI, Feb 5: A document reported to be from Al Qaeda has hailed the 1999 hijacking of an Indian Airlines plane by Kashmiri militants as a "successful operation" from which other guerillas can learn lessons. ...
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Cyprus talks slated for 10th
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 5: UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has written to the Turkish Cypriot and Greek Cypriot leaders inviting them to New York on Feb 10 to resume talks on his reunification plan for Cyprus. ...
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37 die in Beijing festival accident
BEIJING, Feb 5: At least 37 people were killed and 15 injured during a crowded Lantern Festival gathering on Thursday night in suburban Beijing. ...
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Europeans to launch comet chaser
PARIS, Feb 5: The countdown to the launch this month of Rosetta, a billion-dollar comet-chasing spacecraft, is proceeding on schedule, the European Space Agency (ESA) said here Thursday. ...
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UN agencies rebuke Asian countries on bird flu
ROME/HANOI, Feb 5: Three U.N. agencies admonished Asian countries infected with bird flu on Thursday for being too slow in sounding the alarm and warned that the epidemic, which has now killed 16 people, was still not under control. ...
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Palestinian police chief survives murder bid
GAZA, Feb 5: Unidentified gunmen burst into Gaza's police headquarters and opened fire on Thursday, wounding 11 officials, in what police said was a failed bid to assassinate the Palestinian national police chief. ...
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Sharon again banks on rhetoric
AL QUDS: Since taking office three years ago, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has made a series of bold political pronouncements, especially for a right-wing prime minister. But questions have arisen over what he meant before, and what he means this time. ...
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Enlargement magnifies problems for EU
BRUSSELS: The European Union is grappling with large difficulties as it prepares for enlargement on May 1. In the 10 new member states (Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia) preparations for accession are well under way. European Union (EU) institutions are also preparing for the enlargement. ...
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