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Briton, 2 Americans kidnapped in Iraq
BAGHDAD, Sept 16: Two Americans and a Briton were kidnapped at gunpoint from their smart Baghdad home on Thursday, as the two main powers behind last year's controversial invasion became the latest victims in a five-month hostage crisis. ... 
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Kerry catching up with Bush: poll
WASHINGTON, Sept 16: As the convention-time boost enjoyed by President George Bush began to wane, he and rival John Kerry were again running neck and neck less than two months before the Nov 2 election. ...
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Hawks pressing Bush for action against Iran
BEIRUT: When George Bush first identified the two Middle East members of his "axis of evil", Iran clearly ranked as a far more formidable adversary than Saddam Hussein's Iraq. ...
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Iraq is far graver than Vietnam
"BRING them on!" President Bush challenged the early Iraqi insurgency in July of last year. Since then, 812 American soldiers have been killed and 6,290 wounded, according to the Pentagon. ...
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Latin America has had enough of Bush
MEXICO CITY: "No More Bush": it has become a slogan echoed with increasing frequency, on signs and banners carried by protesters and painted on walls throughout Latin America. ...
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Storming of UK House: probe begins
LONDON, Sept 16: Britain launched an inquiry on Thursday into the first storming of its parliament since 1674 after a protest stunt revealed shambolic security at the heart of Prime Minister Tony Blair's government. ...
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Hurricane claims nine lives in US
MIAMI, Sept 16: Tornadoes and rough conditions linked to the fury of Hurricane Ivan claimed at least nine lives in the United States, most in Florida and one in Louisiana, local authorities and media said on Thursday. ...
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US accuses Iran of working on N-bomb
VIENNA, Sept 16: A senior US official said on Thursday that satellite photographs of a suspected nuclear industrial site in Iran demonstrated its intention to develop atomic weapons ...
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Jews campaigning against Arab moot
BERLIN, Sept 16: Organizers of a Muslim conference on resisting "American and Zionist terror" pledged on Thursday to press ahead with the meeting as Germany sought to stop it ...
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Moscow rules out talks with Chechens: Georgia slams Russia's stand
ASTANA, Sept 16: Russia's President Vladimir Putin on Thursday rejected the idea of negotiations with Chechen separatists blamed for the Beslan school siege at a regional summit focused on anti- terrorism. ...
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EU to launch force for trouble spots
NOORDWIJK, Sept 16: The European Union will launch a new force on Friday, designed to tackle post-conflict tensions that plague countries in the Balkans and other regions. ...
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Two-thirds of S.Asians are poor, says ADB
NEW DELHI, Sept 16: Two-thirds of South Asians are living in poverty and only a redistribution of the benefits of economic growth will lift them out of the rut, an Asian Development Bank (ADB) official said on Thursday. ...
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It's time to engage North Korea
PYONGYANG: This week I became the first British government minister to visit North Korea. It is a country more cut off than any other, one that harbours nuclear ambitions, and one that, arguably, has the worst human rights record. ...
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Asia taking a hard look at green power
SINGAPORE: Rising oil prices and pollution are fuelling interest in green power in Asia but experts see no prospect of a rapid switch from the region's growing dependence on oil, coal and gas. ...
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