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Aga Khan for bringing hope to Afghanistan
BERLIN, April 1: "Social and economic reconstruction must be based first on the engendering of hope and trust in new, realistic opportunities" and the need to "build for the continuity of such efforts by the beneficiaries themselves." ... 
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Notes found in coffee shop: Bush plan on Clarke
WASHINGTON, April 1: Pentagon briefing notes found at a Washington coffee shop show that the White House was worried about the damaging testimony last week of a former counter- terrorism chief to a commission investigating the Sept 11, 2001, attacks. ...
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US agrees to seek new UN resolution on Iraq
BERLIN, April 1: The United States said for the first time on Thursday it expects a new U.N. resolution over Iraq before a sovereignty handover in response to Western allies' pressure for Washington to seek a UN mandate. ...
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Gruesome images could shake US opinion: pollsters
WASHINGTON, April 1: Graphic images of Americans being mutilated in Iraq could powerfully shake US public support for the occupation and may play into the presidential campaign, pollsters and media analysts said on Thursday. ...
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Annan puts Cyprus peace plan to referendum
BUERGENSTOCK, April 1: UN chief Kofi Annan announced on Wednesday he was putting a plan to end 30 years of Cyprus partition to an April 24 referendum on the island and appealed to Cypriots to approve it. ...
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Resistance to US-UK WMD resolution
UNITED NATIONS: The United States and Britain are facing strong resistance over their attempt to hastily rush through the Security Council a proposed resolution aimed at preventing terrorists and other "non-state actors" from trafficking ...
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Alienation of Muslims is neither self-imposed nor imported
LONDON: Seyf's a smart-looking guy, Mediterranean looking. If you're clued up about these things you'd guess he's of Turkish origin. ...
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South Asia mired in health crisis, experts warn
PARIS, April 1: The people of India, Pakistan and other countries in South Asia are in dramatically poor health, physical and mental, British and Asian health experts warn. ...
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Turkey not ready for EU entry: parliament
STRASBOURG, April 1: Turkey does not yet meet the political standards for European Union membership, the European Parliament concluded on Thursday, just months before the Union is due to decide whether to start accession talks. ...
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54 held in Europe raids on Turkish left
ISTANBUL, April 1: Police in five states across Europe detained 53 people on Thursday in coordinated dawn raids against Turkey's biggest far-left militant group, and Greece arrested another man suspected of links with the organisation. ...
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Turkey's diplomatic victory
ANKARA: Turkey has scored a significant diplomatic victory in UN-brokered peace talks to reunify Cyprus in time for the island's accession to the European Union in May, boosting its own chances of joining the pan-European bloc, analysts said Thursday. ...
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Astronomers find 40 'dwarf' galaxies
SYDNEY, April 1: Astronomers using the Anglo-Australian telescope in outback Australia announced on Thursday the discovery of more than 40 previously unknown "dwarf" galaxies in a constellation "on Earth's doorstep". ...
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US media missing the point
WASHINGTON: Within hours of the testimony of Richard Clarke, the former counter-terrorism chief, before the 9/11 commission, where Clarke discussed how resources spent on the Iraq war undermined the war on terrorism ...
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Row over Napoleon films
LOS ANGELES: The list of screen Napoleons makes unlikely reading: Marlon Brando, Douglas Fairbanks, Rod Steiger, Ian Holm (three times), Dennis Hopper. In all, more than 200 actors have portrayed the diminutive general. ...
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