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Americans running illegal jail: Afghans
KABUL, July 7: Afghan security forces have arrested three Americans and four Afghans after a shootout in the capital and accused them of illegally detaining and interrogating locals, security officials said on Wednesday. ... 
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Saddam's lawyers to drag out trial
PARIS, July 7: Saddam Hussein's defence team aims to drag out his planned trial and pressure its Iraqi judges in the hope the United Nations will intervene and appoint other magistrates, one of his lawyers said on Tuesday. ...
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US secretly removes radioactive material from Iraq
WASHINGTON, July 7: The United States has secretly removed more than 1.7 tons of enriched uranium and other radioactive material from Iraq that could potentially be used to manufacture a "dirty" radiological bomb or support a nuclear weapons program ...
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9/11 body challenges Cheney's assertion
WASHINGTON, July 7: A US commission probing the Sept 11 attacks ratcheted up its public dispute with the White House on Tuesday, saying it was aware of no new information proving the existence of collaborative pre-war ties between Iraq and Al Qaeda ...
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Democracy in the age of terror
LONDON: As we mark the first full week of Iraqi sovereignty, the world is only just beginning to appreciate the full significance of the historic handover ceremony ...
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Tehran will abandon obligations if attacked: Warning to IAEA
TEHRAN, July 7: Iran's defence minister has warned that the Islamic republic will abandon its commitments to the UN atomic watchdog if its nuclear installations are attacked, the official news agency IRNA reported on Wednesday. ...
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Iraq is now another Palestine
NEW YORK: Before Iraq had unravelled, Tony Blair last November delivered one of his most impassioned defences of the war at a banquet in London. He was hoping to undercut critics before President Bush's visit. ...
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Yemeni court charges six in Cole bombing
SANAA, July 7: A Yemeni court on Wednesday charged six militants with carrying out the Oct 2000 bombing of the US destroyer Cole in Aden port and of membership in the Al Qaeda network. ...
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Kuwait may lose out in new order: ex-minister
KUWAIT CITY, July 7: An influential member of Kuwait's ruling family and former minister on Wednesday expressed concern the United States may coerce the emirate into making territorial concessions to Iraq as part of a new regional order. ...
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Dinosaur 'graveyard' unearthed
BERLIN, July 7: German scientists have unearthed the biggest collection of dinosaur fossils ever found in the country, including bones that could belong to previously unknown species, researchers said on Wednesday. ...
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Mauritius may sue UK for islands
LONDON: The government of Mauritius has threatened to leave the Commonwealth so that it can take Britain to the international court of justice for the return of the Chagos islands in the Indian Ocean. ...
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Poverty runs deep in India despite growth
MIRJAPUR: Shontish Hansda, a poor 35-year-old villager, lies on the ground outside his small thatched hut desperately trying to draw in some fresh air on a sultry summer afternoon. ...
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