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Sistani hints at going along with UN: Early elections
BAGHDAD, Feb 20: Iraq's top Shia religious leader hinted in an interview published on Friday that he would allow a delay to elections in line with a UN verdict that ruled out polls before the end of US-led occupation in June. ... 
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Brahimi may help form Iraq govt
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 20: Mr Lakhdar Brahimi, the UN chief's adviser, is expected to go back to Iraq to help form an interim government if Iraqi leaders are unable to agree on a plan to assume power when the US-led occupation ends in June ...
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Spying on UN delegations
LONDON, Feb 20: A British intelligence official accused of leaking US plans to spy on UN Security Council delegations in the run-up to the Iraq war is likely to have legal proceedings against her dropped, a report said on Friday. ...
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Annan bolsters US stand on Iraqi polls
WASHINGTON: UN Secretary - General Kofi Annan's decision to support the US position that direct elections cannot be held in Iraq prior to the June 30 deadline for transferring sovereignty is a boost to the Bush administration. ...
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Firms flouting sanctions law, say US senators
WASHINGTON, Feb 20: Two high-ranking US senators on Thursday asked Treasury Secretary John Snow to look into whether big American companies are skirting US international sanctions by using offshore subsidiaries. ...
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US scrambles for strategy: Haiti violence
WASHINGTON: After three years of malign neglect, the administration of President George W. Bush is scrambling to come up with a coherent policy to halt rising violence and chaos in Haiti ...
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Cheney may become a liability for Bush
WASHINGTON: George Bush often introduces Dick Cheney as "the best vice- president ever" and then, in a belated nod to the fact that his father once filled the same job, he adds: "Mother might have a second opinion." ...
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Iran has N-arms plans: diplomats
VIENNA, Feb 20: Western diplomats who follow the UN nuclear agency are increasingly certain Iran had an atomic weapons programme after recent reports that essential components had been found for making nuclear fuel or nuclear bombs. ...
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Swiss govt given list of nuclear suspects
BERN, Feb 20: The UN nuclear agency has given Bern a list naming two Swiss companies and 15 Swiss nationals suspected of helping advance secret nuclear programs in Iran and Libya, the government said on Thursday. ...
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Libya produced plutonium: IAEA
VIENNA, Feb 20: Libya secretly produced a small amount of plutonium, imported enriched uranium and engaged in a number of other activities aimed at producing a nuclear weapon, a report by the UN nuclear watchdog said on Friday. ...
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Indian polls to be held in 4 phases
NEW DELHI, Feb 20: India's parliamentary elections are likely to be held in four phases from mid-April to early May, political sources and an electoral official said on Friday. ...
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Japan-Iran deal upsets US
TOKYO: Japan, one of America's staunchest allies in the war on terrorism, has agreed a $2 billion deal to develop an oilfield with Iran, the state once described by President George Bush as part of an "axis of evil". ...
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