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Commission criticizes US agencies' for 9/11
WASHINGTON, April 4: Members of the commission investigating the 9/11 attacks, speaking four days before national security advisor Condoleezza Rice's highly anticipated public testimony ... 
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Rap song sparks controversy in Britain
LONDON, April 4: The BBC faces criticism for airing a controversial rap song that compares Queen Elizabeth II to Saddam Hussein and accuses Britain's royal family of murdering Princess Diana, The Sunday Telegraph said. ...
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Bush, Blair made pact for Iraq war
LONDON: President George W. Bush first asked Tony Blair to support the removal of Saddam Hussein from power at a private White House dinner nine days after the terror attacks of September 11, 2001. ...
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Sharon, ministers clash over Gaza plan
AL QUDS, April 4: Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon clashed on Sunday with hardline ministers over his plan to withdraw from most of the Gaza Strip and some of the West Bank, political sources said. ...
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Protests continue in Nepal
KATHMANDU, April 4: Tens of thousands of anti-monarchy protesters packed Kathmandu for the fourth straight day on Sunday, clashing with police near the palace, as Maoists stepped up their campaign in the countryside against the royalist government. ...
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Mandela seeks votes for Mbeki
SOWETO, April 4: Nelson Mandela urged South Africans on Sunday to back President Thabo Mbeki in April 14 elections, telling a mass rally his successor had done more for the country than any other leader in history. ...
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UAE shuts down firm for nuke connections
ABU DHABI, April 4: The United Arab Emirates has shut down a Dubai-based computer firm that allegedly helped Libya and Iran develop their nuclear programmes, the Central Bank said on Sunday. ...
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Malaysia rejects US help to guard Malacca Straits
KUALA LUMPUR, April 4: Malaysia on Sunday rejected military help from the United States to flush out terrorists in the Straits of Malacca, one of the busiest waterways in the world. ...
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Indian Muslims inch towards Hindu party
MUMBAI: Turkeys don't vote for Christmas, and Muslims in India don't vote for the Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party. That, at least, was the political orthodoxy until now. ...
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Bouteflika's challenger is 'moderate' Islamist
CONSTANTINE: Eating couscous as he leans against the mosque wall, Mohamed believes the highest office in the land is a distant hope for Algerian Islamists, but he isn't losing heart. ...
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Indonesian religious parties unlikely to get much voter support
JAKARTA: Indonesia has seen the Bali bombing, the defeat of an Islamic party in neighbouring Malaysia and the rise of militancy across Southeast Asia. ...
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Free food entices Ugandans into school
VLADIKAVKAZ, April 4: Four Russian soldiers died and 14 were wounded in attacks and land mine explosions across Chechnya over the previous day, an official in Chechnya's Moscow-backed government said on Sunday ...
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