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US seeks access to bases in Africa
DAKAR, Feb 29: A top US general said Al Qaeda cells, feeling the heat from the war on terror, may be seeking new havens in Africa, and Washington is talking to African states to allow its troops fast access to troublespots. ... 
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Iraq's interim constitution signing put off
BAGHDAD, Feb 29: Iraq's Governing Council has decided to put off until Wednesday the signing of an interim constitution after lawmakers missed a February 28 deadline amid divisions over federalism and the role of Islam. ...
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Plight of Baghdad's stolen children
BAGHDAD: The clothes that eight-year-old Ali Fadhil was wearing when he was grabbed by kidnappers from the street near his home in the wealthy Zayouna neighbourhood of Baghdad were left outside his mother's door on Friday. ...
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More problems for Blair over Iraq war
LONDON: Britain's army chiefs refused to go to war in Iraq amid fears over its legality just days before the British and American bombing campaign was launched, the London-based Observer newspaper has revealed. ...
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Israel trying to torpedo peace hopes, says Qorei
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, Feb 29: Palestinian premier Ahmed Qorei accused Israel on Sunday of trying to torpedo hopes for peace with a new round of deadly violence in the West Bank as thousands thronged the streets of Gaza ...
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Russia sees military intervention in N.Korea
MOSCOW, Feb 29: Russia's representative at the six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear programme said on Sunday the impasse could aggravate the situation and ultimately lead to military intervention. ...
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US, N. Korea trade accusations
BEIJING: US and North Korean officials traded accusations on Saturday over why four days of talks aimed at ending the North's nuclear weapons programme ended without any appreciable progress. ...
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Injustice breeds terrorism, says Khatami
CARACAS, Feb 29: Iranian President Mohammad Khatami said on Saturday injustice and inequality were breeding terrorism and violence such as the 2001 Sept. 11 attacks on New York's World Trade Center. ...
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Fact-file on Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Feb 29: Here is a fact-file on Haiti, where President Jean Bertrand Aristide resigned on Sunday following a three-week armed rebellion: ...
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Environment looms as major security threat
JOHANNESBURG: US President George W. Bush may feel Al Qaeda is the mother of all threats but a growing number of analysts and policy makers say Mother Nature could unleash bigger and scarier security concerns. ...
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