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US troops using scrap as armour: Angry soldiers confront Rumsfeld
CAMP BUEHRING, Dec 8: Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld came under friendly fire on Wednesday from US soldiers who took up his invitation to ask tough questions about Iraq. ... 
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US House okays revamp of intelligence agencies
WASHINGTON, Dec 8: The House of Representatives on Tuesday approved a sweeping overhaul of US intelligence agencies, ending weeks of wrangling over the Pentagon's power under the reforms demanded after the Sept 11, 2001, attacks. ...
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Annan calls for steps to combat Islamophobia
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 8: Calling for efforts to combat spread of "Islamophobia", UN Secretary General Kofi Annan said on Tuesday that "the weight of history and the fallout of recent events had left many Muslims around the world feeling aggrieved ...
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Annan says he will stay in office
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 8: UN Secretary General Kofi Annan rejected calls for his resignation from several American lawmakers, and declared on Tuesday he would continue to be at the helm of the United Nations for the next two years. ...
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Julia Roberts tops list of best-paid actresses
NEW YORK, Dec 8: She may be busy nursing twins, but "Pretty Woman" Julia Roberts is still the biggest draw in Hollywood, earning 20 million dollars a film. ...
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Palestinian leaders in landmark Beirut visit
BEIRUT, Dec 8: Palestinian leaders arrived in Beirut on Wednesday on the first such visit to Lebanon in more than two decades, following a similar fence-mending trip to Syria. ...
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UN urged to open debate on SC reform
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 8: The envoys from Japan, Germany, India and Brazil on Tuesday stepped up the campaign to secure permanent seats in the proposed expansion of the UN security Council, albeit without a veto. ...
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Ukraine MPs vote for plan to weaken president
KIEV, Dec 8: Ukraine's parliament passed a controversial plan to weaken the presidency on Wednesday, breaking a tense stand off between outgoing President Leonid Kuchma and the opposition ...
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US to 'stay engaged' in ex-Soviet states
MOSCOW, Dec 8: The United States will continue to advance its own interests in the former Soviet Union despite Russian objections, but will also encourage the future leadership in Ukraine to sustain traditionally close bonds with Moscow ...
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Moscow blamed for Chechnya's missing
MOSCOW, Dec 8: The pro-Moscow president of breakaway Chechnya on Tuesday made a landmark admission that Russian forces were to blame for a number of civilian disappearances in the war-torn republic. ...
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'Real' Indiana Jones dismisses experts' wrath
LOS ANGELES, Dec 8: The 79-year-old swashbuckling adventurer regarded as the model for the movie hero, Indiana Jones, pledged to continue his exploits ...
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US wants India to join new security bloc
WASHINGTON, Dec 8: US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is likely to consult Indian leaders on the possibility of India joining a new US-led security bloc when he arrives in New Delhi on Thursday, diplomatic sources told Dawn. ...
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Woman to run for Egypt's presidency
CAIRO, Dec 8: Feminist Egyptian author Nawal Saadawi said on Wednesday she plans to run in next year's presidential race, even though she does not expect to win. ...
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Sweden remints India's stolen Nobel Prize
NEW DELHI, Dec 8: Sweden on Wednesday handed over two reminted replicas of Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore's Nobel Prize for Literature, which was stolen in March. ...
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EU likely to lift China embargo
THE HAGUE, Dec 8: The European Union said on Wednesday it is working towards lifting a 15-year-old arms embargo on China, but rebuffed pressure for a quick end to the ban from China's prime minister, who slammed it as a Cold War relic. ...
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Fluorescent light to help in farming
HIKARI, Dec 8: When Japan's worst typhoon season in recent times ripped up crops and sent vegetable prices soaring this summer, Yugo Nomura's lettuce rolled safely along a conveyor belt. ...
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LTTE leader disappointed with India's attitude
COLOMBO: With the 20-year-old ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka failing to reach a workable solution, LTTE political adviser, Anton Balasingham is a worried man. ...
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Bangladesh opposition's new alliance may be a non-starter
DHAKA: As meteorologists predict a constant drop in surface temperature in the coming days and weeks, so have political analysts come forth with a view ...
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