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Blair offers only partial apology for Iraq war
BRIGHTON, Sept 28: British Prime Minister Tony Blair offered his Labour party on Tuesday a partial apology for waging war in Iraq - a desperate attempt to pull supporters back behind him ahead of an election next year. ... 
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Iraq resistance is homegrown
WASHINGTON: The insistence by interim Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi and many US officials that foreign fighters are streaming into Iraq to battle American troops runs counter to the US military's own assessment ...
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S. Arabia to hold moot on terrorism
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 28: Saudi Arabia announced on Monday that it would host an international Conference on terrorism in Riyadh in February next year. ...
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Qorei urges tactical rethink on conflict
RAMALLAH, Sept 28: Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qorei marked the anniversary of an uprising on Tuesday by urging Israel and his own people to rethink tactics that have brought four years of bloodshed. ...
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WHO probes Thai bird flu case
GENEVA, Sept 28: The World Health Organization on Tuesday confirmed that it was examining a 'probable' first full case of human-to-human transmission of bird flu in Thailand, raising fears of a deadly global flu pandemic. ...
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Pakistan anthem rules cell phones in Kashmir
NEW DELHI, Sept 28: If mobile phone ring tones are any indication of sentiment, people in occupied Kashmir have plumped for Pakistan over India. ...
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Renowned novelist Mulk Raj is dead
NEW DELHI, Sept 28: Celebrated Indian novelist Mulk Raj Anand, who chronicled the anguish of the lowest of the low in India's rigid social hierarchy, died on Tuesday at age 98, his family said. ...
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Italian fashion designer backs burqa
MILAN, Sept 28: For Italian fashion guru Giorgio Armani, it's no crime for a woman to wear a burqa. "It's a question of respect for the convictions and culture of others. ...
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'Marriage' ring busted
SAINT-ETIENNE, Sept 28: French police have dismantled a ring that arranged dozens of marriages of convenience aimed at providing illegal immigrants in Britain with European Union residency papers, officials said on Tuesday. ...
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A nation stands chastened by war
WASHINGTON: Three years of the Bush administration's "war on terrorism" appear to have reduced the appetite of the US public and its leaders for unilateral military engagements, according to a major survey ...
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EU poised to give Turkey a vague 'yes'
BRUSSELS: A divided European Union is poised to give Turkey an ambiguous "yes" to starting entry talks next year, with some governments and many voters hoping Ankara will never achieve membership. ...
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Florida will not play fair
After the debacle in Florida four years ago, former president Gerald Ford and I were asked to lead a blue-ribbon commission to recommend changes in the American electoral process. ...
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