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Abizaid seeks more troops for Iraq: CNN
WASHINGTON, April 5: US Central Command chief Gen John Abizaid has asked military commanders to give him options for sending more troops to Iraq after a bloody upsurge in violence over the weekend, CNN reported on Monday. ... 
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US has credibility problem: Kennedy
WASHINGTON, April 5: Democratic Senator Edward Kennedy on Monday accused US President George Bush of having created at home and abroad "the largest credibility gap" since the Watergate scandal drove Richard Nixon from the White House 30 years ago. ...
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Archaeologists mourn plunder of Iraq
DHAHIR: It's low-tech and bloodless but it is a crime which is slowly robbing humanity of the roots of its own existence. Across southern Iraq, often in the dead of night ...
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The end of the 'Blair revolution'
LONDON: For the first time in more than 10 years, there is at least the possibility that the Conservatives will win the next election. The prospect is still happily remote. But it is no longer inconceivable. ...
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Fuelling the status quo in Mideast
LONDON: "The problem," Dick Cheney once told an oil industry conference, "is that the good Lord didn't see fit to put oil and gas reserves where there are democratic governments." ...
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Sharon backs away from pledge not to harm Arafat
TEL AVIV, April 5: Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon backed away on Monday from a personal pledge to US President George Bush not to harm Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. ...
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Qatar urges Arabs to consider US reform plan
DOHA, April 5: Arab states should consider US proposals for democratic reform rather than rejecting them outright, the ruler of Qatar said on Monday. ...
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Temple to be built after polls: Advani
AYODHYA, April 5: The Bharatiya Janata Party will ensure the construction of a controversial temple at the site of the Babri mosque soon after this month's polls they are expected to win, India's deputy prime minister said on Monday. ...
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Militant shot dead in Riyadh
RIYADH, April 5: Saudi security forces shot dead a suspected militant and wounded another during a car chase in an eastern neighbourhood of Riyadh on Monday. ...
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Muslim party not to support Chandrika: PM
COLOMBO, April 5: Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said on Monday that President Chandrika Kumaratunga's United People's Freedom Alliance would not get the support of the Muslim Congress (SLMC) in the formation of a coalition government. ...
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New Delhi condemns attacks
NEW DELHI, April 5: With peace clouds looming over its ties with Pakistan, India's formidable military enterprise headed elsewhere on Monday, as New Delhi offered the beleaguered monarch of Nepal "full support" against growing Maoist violence there. ...
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IAEA chief says he's impatient with Iran: Due in Tehran today
FRANKFURT, April 5: The United Nations nuclear chief Mohamed ElBaradei said on Monday he was running out of patience with Iran over its failure to fully assure the international community that it does not have a secret nuclear weapons programme. ...
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Maoists storm police post in Nepal, kill 9
KATHMANDU, April 5: Hundreds of Maoist rebels stormed a police post in eastern Nepal and killed at least nine police officers, officials said on Monday. ...
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Sri Lanka peace bid tough task for new govt
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's minority government will have a tough time resuming talks with the Tamil Tigers after voters elected an ethnically divided parliament and rejected the outgoing prime minister's approach to peace, analysts said on Monday. ...
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