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Some officials knew sourcing on Iraq was suspect: Powell
WASHINGTON, Sept 13: US Secretary of State Colin Powell said on Monday he was disappointed that some groups within American intelligence knew that sourcing of information used to justify the invasion of Iraq was suspect but did not inform the authorities. ... 
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US Afghan policy is too optimistic
KABUL: When President Hamid Karzai sacked Afghanistan's most powerful provincial governor and his own close rival at the weekend, protesters in the western city of Herat burned UN offices and stoned US and Afghan troops. ...
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Muslims like Osama, Musharraf: survey
WASHINGTON, Sept 13: Many in Pakistan and other Muslim countries like both Osama bin Laden and President Pervez Musharraf, according to a series of survey opinion polls conducted by the Pew Research Center. ...
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Rumsfeld knew of prisoner abuse: Hersh
WASHINGTON: Evidence of prisoner abuse and possible war crimes at Guantanamo Bay reached the highest levels of the George Bush's administration as early as autumn 2002, but Donald Rumsfeld, the US defence secretary, chose to do nothing about it ...
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AI condemns US on racial profiling
WASHINGTON, Sept 13: Racial profiling by US law enforcement agencies has increased over the past three years and now affects one in nine Americans, the Amnesty International rights group said in a report released on Monday. ...
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'Batman' breaches palace security
LONDON, Sept 13: A campaigner dressed as Batman, from the fathers' rights group that pelted Prime Minister Tony Blair with flour-filled condoms, staged a dramatic protest on a Buckingham Palace balcony on Monday. ...
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Netanyahu proposes referendum on pullout
JERUSALEM, Sept 13: Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon faced a surprise challenge on Monday to his plan to expedite a pullout from Gaza when Benjamin Netanyahu, his main rival in the Likud party, called for a referendum on the issue. ...
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39pc of US citizens have positive view of Islam: poll
WASHINGTON, Sept 13: Roughly four out of 10 Americans _ 39 per cent to be precise _ say they have a favourable impression of Islam, according to a survey released this week by the Pew Research Center, a Washington think-tank. ...
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Tehran ready to resume enrichment: Iran can make N-bomb - Official
VIENNA, Sept 13: Iran is ready to resume enriching uranium within a few months although no decision has been reached, a senior Iranian official said on Monday ...
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India calls for joint operation with BD
NEW DELHI, Sept 13: India on Monday demanded joint security operations with Dhaka to dismantle alleged anti-Indian insurgent camps in Bangladesh. ...
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N. Korea blast cause unclear, but theories abound
SEOUL, Sept 13: An accident at an underground munitions depot or a weapons factory was the likely cause of a huge explosion in North Korea last week, and there were possibly two blasts, South Korean media reports said on Monday. ...
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Colombo files complaint against Tigers
COLOMBO, Sept 13: The Sri Lankan government has communicated to the international truce monitoring group that it suspects the Tamil Tigers was behind last week's attack on two Indian fishing trawlers. ...
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