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CIA discounts Tehran's involvement: 9/11 commission's report
WASHINGTON, July 22: Iran probably knew that September 11 hijackers passed through its territory before the deadly strikes on the United States, but likely had no direct role in the attacks, a senior CIA official said. ... 
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Anti-terror strategy: panel's suggestions
WASHINGTON, July 22: The Sept 11 commission report released on Thursday recommended a global strategy to attack terrorism and its causes. ...
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UN disputes Bush claim on 'safer world'
UNITED NATIONS, July 22: UN Secretary General Kofi Annan on Wednesday debunked US President George Bush's claim that he had made the world a safer place, asserting that "the world is no safer than it was three years ago". ...
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Bush's re-election hopes hang on Al Qaeda's ingenuity
I have just entered the United States. Since I was on a so- called J-1 visa, this was quite an achievement. First I had to fill in a form asking my host university to send me another form. ...
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UK plans to intervene in Sudan: paper
PARIS, July 22: Britain's Guardian newspaper reported on Thursday that Prime Minister Tony Blair was drawing up plans for military intervention in Sudan which could involve troops helping to distribute aid ...
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US army admits contact with vigilante
KABUL, July 22: US-led coalition forces admitted on Thursday they had taken a detainee from a US citizen on trial in Afghanistan for running a freelance counter-terror operation, but denied he had been working for the US military. ...
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Australia relied on 'ambiguous' report: body
CANBERRA, July 22: Australia used "thin, ambiguous and incomplete" intelligence on weapons of mass destruction (WMD) to justify waging war on Iraq, a government-commissioned report found on Thursday. ...
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Russia cuts off Georgia's gas supplies
TBILISI, July 22: Russia has begun to cut off gas supplies to the Georgian capital Tbilisi amid an escalating row with its neighbour over the pro-Moscow separatist region of South Ossetia. ...
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Iran's quest for the bomb
VIENNA: It is two years since a group of Iranian exiles accused Iran of hiding a secret atomic weapons programme from UN inspectors, and diplomats and analysts say Tehran is only getting closer to the bomb. ...
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Mugabe's opponents wary of traps
HARARE: Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has bowed to opposition and regional pressure to adopt sweeping electoral reforms ahead of parliamentary polls next year, but analysts say he has done so because he is confident of victory. ...
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Napoleon's death: a new twist to mystery
PARIS: The enduring mystery surrounding the demise of Napoleon Bonaparte has just been given another twist. The official verdict, supported by an autopsy, was that l'Empereur died of stomach cancer on May 5, 1821, at the age of 51 ...
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Santa Clauses in Denmark
COPENHAGEN: Santa Clauses from around the world convened in Copenhagen this week for their annual mid-summer Christmas Games, involving three days of snow boot racing and clambering up and down chimneys ...
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