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UN to probe Iraq's oil-for-food plan
UNITED NATIONS, March 20: UN Secretary General Kofi Annan on Friday launched a "high-level inquiry" into allegations of corruption in the now defunct UN-administered Iraq oil-for-food humanitarian programme. ... 
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Iraq's IGC not representative, says minister
KUWAIT CITY, March 20: Iraq's US-installed interim leadership is an "imposed" body no more representative of the Iraqi people than former president Saddam Hussein, one of its members said in remarks published on Saturday. ...
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US forces Iraqis to seek UN help
UNITED NATIONS: Despite a rash of suicide attacks and roadside bombings directed at US troops and foreigners in Iraq, Secretary-General Kofi Annan is preparing to send a team of UN officials back to Baghdad to help Iraqis hold elections and form a new civilian government. ...
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West's display of power exacerbates terror threat
LONDON: Imagine, for a moment, the following scenario. American and British troops battle their way into Iraqi territory, sprayed with anthrax shells and gas bombs. In Cyprus and Tel Aviv, rockets explode, loaded with biological agents. ...
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Vajpayee slams US author for book on Shivaji
MUMBAI, March 20: Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee on Saturday lashed out at a US academic whose book on King Shivaji has enraged Hindu nationalists, who view the 17th-century warrior as a hero. ...
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Ex-BD president not allowed to stage strike
DHAKA, March 20: Police refused to allow a former president of Bangladesh, Prof Badruddaza Chwodhury, and his supporters to stage a token hunger strike in front of the National Press Club. ...
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Low turnout renders vote invalid: Taiwan referendum
TAIPEI, March 20: Less than half of Taiwan's electorate took part in a pilot referendum on Saturday, rendering invalid the controversial ballot that had enraged China and brought finger-wagging by the United States and France. ...
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Assassination attempt shrouded in mystery
TAIPEI, March 20: Mystery surrounded an attempt to kill Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian hours before his re-election bid. Rage greeted his razor-thin victory as a huge pile of invalid ballots outnumbered his winning margin 10 times. ...
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EU's strategy on terror has failed: Spain
MADRID, March 20: Spain's new Socialist government will urge EU allies and Washington to seek a "new strategy" to counter terrorism, foreign minister-elect Miguel Angel Moratinos said on Saturday. ...
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Putin calls for tough action on Kosovo
MOSCOW, March 20: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday denounced violence in the Serbian province of Kosovo as "ethnic cleansing" of the region's Serb minority and said Moscow had to adopt a tough position to halt it. ...
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Thousands protest vote against Roh
SEOUL, March 20: More than 100,000 South Koreans held a peaceful candlelight rally in the capital on Saturday to protest against the impeachment of President Roh Moo-hyun last week by the opposition-controlled parliament. ...
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Last rites for the Bush doctrine
LONDON: When terrorist bombs exploded at Atocha train station in Madrid on March 11, a date that resonated like a European September 11, politics on both sides of the Atlantic were thrown into turmoil. ...
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Homicide charge for Israeli tank colonel
AL QUDS: An Israeli tank commander is to be charged with negligent homicide after having authorized his tanks to shell a group of Palestinians in a market, killing three children and an adult. ...
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Nauroz enjoying revival in Afghanistan
KABUL: Traditional Afghan Nauroz, or New Year, celebrations once banned by the Taliban regime, are enjoying a strong resurgence. ...
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