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Iraqi leaders agree to return of UN team
UNITED NATIONS, March 17: Iraqi leaders have agreed to invite a UN team to Baghdad to advise on setting up an interim government before June 30, Britain's UN ambassador said on Wednesday. ... 
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UN chief sees fresh resolution over Iraq
UNITED NATIONS, March 17: UN Secretary General Kofi Annan said on Tuesday that the UN Security Council resolution could adopt a new resolution on Iraq reaffirming mandate for a UN team ...
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Iraqis feel robbed of their future
BAGHDAD: The familiar complaints are still to be heard on Baghdad streets. "There's no electricity, no security, no fuel". I haven't been paid in months." Talk is of want, of shortage. Of fear. ...
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Bush urges world to stand firm
WASHINGTON, March 17: US President George Bush urged the world to stand firm against terrorism as countries around the globe tightened security on Wednesday amid fears of extremist attacks similar to the Madrid bombings. ...
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Annan chides Council for blaming ETA: Madrid blasts
UNITED NATIONS, March 17: UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan chided UN Security Council members on Tuesday for naming the Basque separatist group ETA in a resolution adopted shortly after the deadly train bombings in Madrid. ...
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White House plays down suggestion of Iran talks
WASHINGTON, March 17: The White House on Wednesday played down suggestions that a new US dialogue with Iran could help resolve a growing controversy over Tehran's nuclear programme, just as US President George Bush prepared to meet the chief of the UN nuclear watchdog. ...
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Pentagon sees polls as 'big defeat': 'Regime change' in Spain
WASHINGTON: The election results in Spain have come as a shock to the US government, media and analysts. "This is a big defeat for us," a Pentagon official was quoted by the Washington Times as saying on Tuesday. ...
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Nader poses threat to Kerry: survey
WASHINGTON: A new poll on Tuesday suggested that Ralph Nader's independent presidential bid represents a serious threat to the Democratic candidate, Senator John Kerry. ...
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Imperialism strikes a 'theoretical' pose
WASHINGTON: As US troops prepared to invade Iraq one year ago, the foreign-policy elite's issue of the day was whether the United States had become so dominant that it could and should be compared to the British Empire of a century ago ...
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France says threat lacks Muslim groups' 'style'
PARIS, March 17: President Jacques Chirac called on France to remain vigilant on Wednesday even as Paris said a threat from a shadowy Muslim group to sow "terror and remorse" did not bear classic extremist hallmarks. ...
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Israel kills 4 Palestinians in missile strikes
GAZA, March 17: Israel killed four Palestinians in two missile strikes into a Gaza refugee camp on Wednesday, pursuing what it called a relentless offensive against militants after two suicide bombers struck a strategic Israeli port. ...
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Russia hints at dropping Iran's nuclear project
MOSCOW, March 17: Moscow's plan to complete an atomic reactor in Iran in defiance of Washington has run into obstacles, a key nuclear official said on Wednesday. ...
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Riyadh takes action against 900 imams
RIYADH, March 17: About 900 imams and khateebs have been suspended in Saudi Arabia for negligence, Dr. Saleh Al-Sadlan, professor of law at Riyadh's Imam Muhammad ibn Saud University ...
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10 killed, 200 hurt in Kosovo violence
MITROVICA, March 17: At least 10 people were killed and up to 200 injured on Wednesday in the worst street clashes between Kosovo Serbs and Albanians in four years under United Nations protection. ...
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