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US planning harsh response: Armitage: Killings in Fallujah
WASHINGTON, April 3: Senior US officials on Friday plotted a punishing response to the gruesome killings of four American contractors in the restive Iraqi city of Fallujah ... 
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Afghan performers beaten up at varsity
KABUL, April 3: A troupe of actors have been beaten by university students in the eastern province of Nangarhar for playing music and allowing men and women to perform onstage together, National Theatre director Gul Makay Shah said on Saturday. ...
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Palestinian, settler killed in West Bank
TEL AVIV, April 3: A Palestinian infiltrated a West Bank settlement on Saturday and killed a Jewish resident before being shot dead, as Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat said he was unconcerned about Israeli threats to kill him. ...
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Tel Aviv scorns Washington reaction
TEL AVIV, April 3: Israel's hardline internal security minister on Saturday stood by premier Ariel Sharon's veiled threats to assassinate Yasser Arafat, dismissing US warnings against killing the Palestinian leader. ...
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India, US hold talks on N-issue
WASHINGTON, April 3: A high-level Indian delegation is currently visiting Washington for talks on nuclear and strategic issues, diplomatic sources told Dawn on Saturday. ...
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MNNA status permits access to sensitive technology: papers
WASHINGTON, April 3: Designation as a "major non-Nato ally" gives a member state access to commercial satellite technology and allows it to buy depleted uranium from the United States, according to a set of documents Dawn received on Friday. ...
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1m Europeans march against reform plans
BERLIN, April 3: Up to a million people poured onto the streets of Berlin, Paris and Rome on Saturday to voice their anger at European governments' plans to reform their pensions, health and labour market systems, according to police and organisers. ...
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Ustinov laid to rest in Switzerland
GENEVA, April 3: The Oscar-winning actor, writer and wit Peter Ustinov was laid to rest on Saturday in a private burial near his home in the western Swiss village of Bursins. ...
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UN members concerned over WMD resolution
UNITED NATIONS, April 3: The UN Security Council is to discuss a draft resolution dealing with the spread of weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) to non-state actors, the Ambassador of Germany, which holds the presidency of the 15-member body for this month, said on Friday. ...
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Continued US control
WASHINGTON: The Bush administration's commitment to restore sovereignty to the Iraqi people on June 30 is as illusory as Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction. ...
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Yassin's death exposes Arab-Iran divide
TEHRAN: The days after the death in an Israeli rocket attack of Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, leader of the Palestinian group Hamas, has highlighted rifts between Iranians, and between Iran and its Arab neighbours. ...
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For US troops bigger enemy is at home
WASHINGTON: A stretched Pentagon is sending unfit soldiers back to Iraq long before they are ready to serve again All Jason Gunn ever wanted was to be a soldier. ...
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ME has highest road accident rate: WHO
CAIRO: A motorcyclist, carrying his child on the front and wife, sitting sideways behind, whizzes past along a busy one-way street in Cairo, chatting on his mobile. None is wearing helmets. ...
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Indonesia is caught betwixt and between
LONDON: This is Asia's great year of elections. Taiwan's has already taken place, throwing the country into the worst turmoil for decades; the Philippines, Indonesia and India lie ahead. ...
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