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Osama's chauffeur to be tried
WASHINGTON, Feb 16: Osama bin Laden's chauffeur was captured in Afghanistan two years ago and is being held at the US military prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, his lawyer said on Monday. ... 
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Karzai slams killing of four deminers
KABUL, Feb 16: Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Monday condemned the killing of four aid workers in western Afghanistan over the weekend, a presidential spokesman said. ...
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Iraqi Shias draw up proposals: Early elections
BAGHDAD, Feb 16: Iraq's powerful Shia authority has drawn up alternative proposals should the United Nations formally judge that snap direct elections as demanded by its top leader are impossible ...
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Blix denies saying Iraq had WMDs
MADRID, Feb 16: Former UN chief weapons inspector Hans Blix said on Spanish radio here on Monday that at no point had he ever said that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction. ...
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Disbelief: backdrop to Iraq attack
LONDON: If, as the saying goes, a week is a long time in politics, what then is a year? An aeon? An age? It certainly feels like it. Cast your mind back to this Monday in middle February a year ago. ...
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Israeli minister moots carve-up of held areas
TEL AVIV, Feb 16: A far-right Israeli minister tried to rally cabinet support on Monday for a proposal to carve Palestinian territory into isolated cantons as an alternative to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's plan to uproot Jewish settlements. ...
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MP turns down US invitation
RAMALLAH, Feb 16: A Palestinian deputy known for his outspoken criticism of veteran leader Yasser Arafat's handling of government finances, said on Monday he had snubbed an invitation to testify ...
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Hamas fears Israeli hand in damage at Al Aqsa
GAZA, Feb 16: The Hamas vowed on Monday to exact revenge against Israel over the collapse of a stone embankment abutting Judaism's Western Wall and leading to the Al Aqsa Mosque. ...
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Saarc seeks ban on poultry import
NEW DELHI, Feb 16: Health officials from Saarc countries on Monday claimed the entire region to be free of bird flu and demanded a blanket ban on the import of poultry products, at an emergency meeting here. ...
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140 hurt during BD strike
DHAKA, Feb 16: Over 140 people were injured as law enforcement personnel clashed with Awami League activists different places in Dhaka during a dawn-to-dusk general strike enforced by the opposition party. ...
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Malaysia to protest US charges of nuclear link
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 16: Malaysia will write to the US embassy here to protest allegations by US President George Bush that it was involved in black market nuclear proliferation. ...
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US urges China to help contain spread of WMDs
BEIJING, Feb 16: Top US official John Bolton on Monday urged Beijing to help curb the spread of weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) following charges that nuclear weapons designs unearthed in Libya had originated in China. ...
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China's ties with US and Japan at high point
WASHINGTON: On Sunday, Feb 8, dozens of troops from the Japanese Self-Defence Forces crossed the Kuwaiti frontier into Iraq. ...
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Chandrika calls for 'clear mandate'
COLOMBO, Feb 16: Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga has called for a "clear mandate" at the forthcoming parliamentary elections. ...
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'Lord of the Rings' triumphs in UK film awards
LONDON, Feb 16: In what could be a trial run for the Oscars, the last "Lord of the Rings" was declared Best Film on Sunday night at the BAFTAS, the British film industry's big night of the year. ...
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Iran hardliners turn to 'Chinese model'
TEHRAN: Conservatives poised to win Iran's parliamentary elections this Friday have a clear objective: reimpose clear political and social boundaries they feel have been damaged by the incumbent reformists ...
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