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UK troops clash with militia in Basra
BASRA, March 29: Two British soldiers were injured on Monday in a clash with militiamen as they tried to evict them from a building in the southern Iraqi port city of Basra, a British army spokesman said. ... 
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Lawyers jostle to represent Saddam
PARIS, March 29: A public tussle over who has the right to represent former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein broke out on Monday between a French and a Jordanian lawyer, each claiming they had been given the high-profile case by relatives of the ousted leader. ...
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Central Asian states plan joint operation: Heroin smuggling from Afghanistan
BRUSSELS, March 29: Afghanistan's neighbours are drawing up a plan to tackle the flow of heroin from the world's top producer of opium poppy into Russia and Europe ...
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Apathy, not Europe, is the biggest threat to Britain's democracy
LONDON: Mori's pollsters and the Electoral Commission produced a few grisly figures last week. Only 51 per cent of the great British public thought themselves certain to vote at the next general election. ...
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Defence panel faults US nuclear plans
WASHINGTON: A prestigious Defence Department panel has recommended major changes to the United States' nuclear arsenal, saying the current plans to refurbish the existing weapons stockpile will not protect the nation from new threats from rogue states and terrorist groups. ...
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Another dodgy dossier
LONDON: Media reports treated last week's poll of Iraqis, commissioned by the BBC, ABC News and others, as the population's definitive word on the war. "Iraqis happier without Saddam" trumpeted headlines ...
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European Union law holds key to Cyprus settlement
BRUSSELS: Reconciling a Cyprus peace deal with European Union law which guarantees freedom of movement for persons and goods may hold the key to the final phase of settlement negotiations in Switzerland this week. ...
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Sharon's son told to hand over papers
TEL AVIV, March 29: The Supreme Court on Monday ordered Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's son to hand over documents crucial to investigating corruption scandals that could topple the Israeli leader and sideline his Gaza withdrawal plan. ...
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Chirac's party routed in polls
PARIS, March 29: French President Jacques Chirac held crisis talks with his prime minister on Monday, under pressure to dismiss him and shake up the conservative government after a crushing defeat in regional elections. ...
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China, India to boost military ties
NEW DELHI, March 29: The Chinese and Indian defence ministers agreed Monday on measures to strengthen links between their armed forces, officials said, in a new sign of improving ties between the two most populous nations. ...
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Seven E. European countries join Nato
WASHINGTON, March 29: Seven eastern European allies joined Nato in a triumphant ceremony on Monday, but the expansion could slow deployments and has angered Russia by shifting the 55-year-old trans-Atlantic alliance to its borders. ...
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Peter Ustinov: from films to TV to UN
LONDON, March 29: Actor, writer and raconteur extraordinaire, Sir Peter Ustinov was a multi-talented performer, equally at home directing films, appearing on TV talk shows or engaging in humanitarian work. ...
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