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Militants asked to be wary of trap]
AL DHULUIYAH, Oct 7: Rebels in Fallujah have been warned against being duped by the promise of a deal with the government, in a statement on Thursday attributed to the Islamic Army in Iraq. ... 
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Annan urged to withdraw staff from Iraq
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 7: The unions representing over 60,000 United Nations workers called on Secretary General Kofi Annan on Wednesday to withdraw all UN staff from Iraq because of "unprecedented" risk to their safety and security. ...
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Sadr - the face of Iraq's nationalism
My first run-in with Moqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi army came on March 31 in Baghdad. The US occupation chief Paul Bremer had just sent armed men to shut down the young cleric's newspaper, al- Hawza ...
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US charges irk Russia, France : 'Bribes' by Saddam govt
MOSCOW, Oct 7: Russia and France on Thursday protested to the United States over accusations contained in a US report on Iraq that officials of the two countries received bribes from Saddam Hussein's government. ...
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Pentagon blamed for aid disaster
PARIS, Oct 7: Interference by the Pentagon delivered a massive blow to efforts to provide humanitarian relief for Iraq after last year's invasion, according to two US aid experts who struggled with the conflict's chaotic aftermath. ...
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US asks Israel to clarify statement: Shelving of statehood plan
WASHINGTON, Oct 7: The United States has asked Israel for further clarification of comments made by a top aide to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon who said this week that the premier wants to sabotage the roadmap for peace, US officials said on Thursday. ...
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FBI agents questioning Muslims in mosques
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 7: FBI agents in Northern California and across the United States have started a campaign to visit mosques and question Muslims who might have information related to a possible pre-election terrorist attack. ...
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US navy shifts Europe HQ to Italy from UK
NAPLES, Oct 7: The US Navy is moving its European operational headquarters from London to Naples as part of a post-Cold War shift in priorities and to meet the growing threat of international terrorism ...
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Author says she suffers from 'social phobia'
VIENNA, Oct 7: Nobel literature laureate Elfriede Jelinek said on Thursday that she would not be able to travel to Stockholm to receive her prize because she suffers from what she called a "social phobia." ...
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Time not ripe to sign NPT, says Manmohan
NEW DELHI, Oct 7: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Wednesday that the time was not ripe for New Delhi to sign the Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty (NPT). ...
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Nobel laureate has love-hate relationship with Austria
VIENNA, Oct 7: Nobel prize winner Elfriede Jelinek shares with other Austrian literary luminaries a love-hate relationship with her country, reflected on Thursday in her warning that the award should not be seen as a "feather in Austria's cap". ...
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Bush's case for war crumbles
WASHINGTON: Is there anything at all left of the Bush administration's case for going to war in Iraq or, for that matter, the way it has been fought? ...
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Waking up to dangers of oil addiction
LONDON: Controlling growth in fuel consumption may become a strategic imperative for the West, as explosive demand growth in Asia threatens a damaging tussle for world supplies. ...
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Writers who never won the Nobel Prize
PARIS: The Nobel Prize for Literature is considered the highest accolade to which a writer can aspire, but there is a long list of justly-deserving authors who have died without winning the award. ...
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