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US links S. Africa nuclear suspect to Libya, A.Q. Khan
VANDERBIJLPARK, Sept 3: The United States on Friday linked a South African charged under weapons of mass destruction laws with Libya's clandestine nuclear programme and Pakistani scientist A.Q. Khan's black market. ... 
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Shocked children recall hostage drama
BESLAN, Sept 3: Ambulance sirens screamed and naked, bleeding children wailed in the arms of soldiers amid earth shattering grenade blasts as a three-day hostage crisis here ended in a chaotic bloodbath. ...
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Bush seizes on job data to claim success
MOOSIC, Sept 3: President George Bush on Friday seized on monthly job creation figures to proclaim his tax-cut-driven economic policies a success as he courts US voters in battleground states. ...
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Bush's speech: main points
NEW YORK, Sept 3: The following are the main points of the speech by President George Bush to the Republican National Convention: ...
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US backs probe against S. Korea
WASHINGTON, Sept 3: An embarrassed United States called Thursday for a thorough probe into ally South Korea's secret production of enriched uranium, saying such activity should not have occurred. ...
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German minister terms Iraq war crime
BERLIN, Sept 3: A German minister came under fire on Friday for labelling the Iraq invasion "a true crime", a remark that could reopen wounds between the United States and Germany. ...
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Anwar likely to create political ripples
KUALA LUMPUR: The unexpected release of former deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim has brought rumours of political change in Malaysia, but analysts say the once-charismatic leader is unlikely to pose a real threat to political opponents. ...
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A sham at the heart of Israel
HAIFA: Despite his humiliating defeat at the hands of Likud rebels last month, Ariel Sharon has pressed ahead with his plan for withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, presenting a new timetable for evacuation of settlements. ...
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Hurricane: 2.5m told to leave homes in Florida
MIAMI, Sept 3: Thousands of people choked Florida's main highways on Friday after 2.5 million people were told to leave their homes - the largest evacuation in state history, as Hurricane Frances, after pummeling the Bahamas, barrelled toward the eastern US coast. ...
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India planning new policy on hostage-takers
New Delhi, September 3: India plans to adopt a "no negotiations" policy with future hostage-takers, practised as an inflexible rule only by the United States, China, and Israel ...
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Rapper music plays big in Iran
TEHRAN: Far from its roots in disfranchised US ghettoes, rap music is proving a big hit as a platform for social criticism in the Islamic Republic. But Shahkar Binesh-Pajouh, Iran's bow-tie wearing dapper rapper would look somewhat out of the place in the Bronx. ...
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Beirut defies UN, extends president's tenure
BEIRUT, Sept 3: Lebanon's parliament voted overwhelmingly on Friday to extend the term of Syrian-backed President Emile Lahoud, despite a UN Security Council resolution warning Damascus against interfering in Lebanon. ...
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