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Hunt for Al Qaeda leaders proving elusive
ISLAMABAD: From Osama bin Laden and his right-hand man to Al Qaeda spies of varying seniority, the top scalps in the hunt for terror suspects in Waziristan are eluding thousands of troops sweeping the area. ... 
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'West has given up on Afghanistan'
BERLIN: The international community has virtually given up helping rebuild Afghanistan, contributing peacekeeping troops and fighting the production of drugs there, a leading human rights group said on Tuesday. ...
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Iraqis clash with Spanish troops
BAGHDAD, March 30: A soldier of the US-led occupation forces was killed by a roadside bomb in western Iraq on Tuesday and at least four people were hurt in clashes between jobless demonstrators and Spanish troops and police in Najaf. ...
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US senator moots G8 trust for ME
WASHINGTON, March 30: The world's major nations should start a trust fund to spur economic and political reforms in the Middle East, in line with US aims for greater democracy in the region, the top US senator on foreign affairs proposed on Monday. ...
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Annan orders action against UN officials
UNITED NATIONS, March 30: UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Monday announced a series of unprecedented disciplinary measures including firing of a top security official. ...
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Rice told to testify before 9/11 panel
WASHINGTON, March 30: The White House announced on Tuesday it would allow National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice to testify in public and under oath before the 9-11 Commission. ...
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Chirac defies public opinion, sticks with PM
PARIS, March 30: French President Jacques Chirac defied public opinion on Tuesday by keeping his prime minister, Jean-Pierre Raffarin, but ordered a government reshuffle after his ruling conservatives were routed in regional elections. ...
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UN fears massive sea pollution
LONDON: Last summer every water creature across a vast area of sea was asphyxiated by severely depleted oxygen levels in the Gulf of Mexico. The same phenomenon, the marine equivalent of the ozone hole ...
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Alistair Cooke dies at 95
LONDON, March 30: Legendary broadcaster Alistair Cooke, best known for his long-running radio series "Letter from America" has died at the age of 95. A spokesman for the BBC said on Tuesday that Alistair Cooke ...
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ElBaradei to visit Iran
VIENNA, March 30: UN atomic agency chief Mohammed ElBaradei is to hold talks in Iran next Tuesday to urge the government to cooperate fully with international monitoring of its nuclear programme. ...
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Yangon's roadmap to 'democracy' in May
YANGON, March 30: Myanmar's junta said on Tuesday it would embark on its "roadmap to democracy" on May 17 by opening a national convention to write a new constitution, raising the prospect it will soon free democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi. ...
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Tunis counters Cairo move to host summit
RIYADH, March 30: Saudi Arabia has launched a series of consultations with other Arab countries, mainly Egypt and Syria, to convene the Arab summit called off by host country Tunisia, preferably by end-April. ...
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