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2 killed as US 'copter crashes
BAGHDAD, Feb 25: Two American soldiers died as a US helicopter crashed into a river on Wednesday. The OH-58 Kiowa helicopter crashed near Haditha, 250 kilometres west of Baghdad ... 
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US troops killed injured Iraqis, says TV
BERLIN, Feb 25: US soldiers in Iraq shot dead people they knew were wounded in a potential breach of Geneva conventions, according to an account due to be screened Thursday on German public television. ...
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UK troops' atrocities in Iraq
LONDON: Allegations of persistent and serious misconduct by British soldiers in their treatment of the civilian population in southern Iraq are being investigated by the military authorities. ...
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Heightened security for Chirac
BUDAPEST, Feb 25: Hungarian police had stepped up security for French President Jacques Chirac during a visit to Budapest following a threat from a member of the Al Qaeda network, police said on Tuesday after he had left Budapest. ...
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Israelis raid banks in Ramallah
RAMALLAH, Feb 25: Israeli troops raided this central West Bank town on Wednesday and forced their way into four of its banks and the headquarters of a local rights organization, Palestinian security sources and witnesses said. ...
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US, DPRK at odds as talks begin
BEIJING, Feb 25: US and North Korean envoys staked out widely divergent positions at six-party talks on the crisis over the North's nuclear arms programmes on Wednesday. ...
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US says Iran must prove it has given up N-arms plan: Enough answers given - Tehran
VIENNA, Feb 25: The US envoy to the United Nations in Vienna said on Wednesday the UN nuclear watchdog's latest report on Iran strengthens Washington's view that Tehran has a secret nuclear weapons programme. ...
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US to help Kazakhs over Caspian security
ASTANA, Feb 25: US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld pledged to help Kazakhstan ensure security in the oil-rich Caspian Sea on Wednesday, an area of acute interest for Washington as it seeks to diversify its crude oil supplies. ...
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'Lord of the Rings' may rival 'Titanic'
LOS ANGELES, Feb 25: Remember 1997? That was the year that "Titanic" dominated the Oscars on its way to becoming the highest grossing film of all time. ...
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Foreigners start fleeing Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Feb 25: Armed gangs built flaming barricades in the Haitian capital on Wednesday as Port-au-Prince deteriorated into chaos before an expected rebel advance that sent foreigners fleeing the country. ...
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US Middle East democracy plan riles Arabs
CAIRO: A US master plan for the democratization and economic liberalization of the Middle East is riling Arabs who fear direct meddling in their affairs. Washington wants to launch the international plan ...
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China walks a tightrope between US, N. Korea: Talks on nuclear programme
BEIJING: China's role in talks this week on North Korea's nuclear programme is somewhat like that of an acrobat cycling with one person standing on each shoulder. ...
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Chechnya wound kept under wraps for Putin's big day
GROZNY: Two buses with journalists emerge from a military fortress and lumber through the ruins of the Chechen capital, escorted by troops while sappers sweep the road ahead for mines and booby traps. ...
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Labour party divided over Blair
LONDON: Two-fifths of UK Labour Party members say Tony Blair should stand down before the next general election, according to the results of this month's Guardian/ICM opinion poll. ...
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