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Fuel shortage in Baghdad
BAGHDAD, Dec 10: Fuel and electricity shortages in the Baghdad area are getting worse and could threaten confidence in Iraq's interim administration, a US-led coalition document said on Friday. ... 
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UK army blames media for troop deaths in Iraq
LONDON, Dec 10: A row brewed on Friday over who was to blame for deaths of British troops in Iraq last month after Britain's top military officer accused the news media of making it easier for militants to stage attacks. ...
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Al Qaeda plans to hit ships: experts
LONDON, Dec 10: Al Qaeda will attempt an attack on a key maritime target in the next 12 months with potentially devastating economic consequences, British security experts said on Friday. ...
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Russia 'has right' to hit terror bases
MOSCOW, Dec 10: Russia reserves the right to carry out preventive strikes with conventional weapons on terror bases anywhere they are found in the world, Russian Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov was quoted as saying on Friday. ...
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US relents after attacks on Annan
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 10: The Bush administration gave unambiguous support on Thursday to UN Secretary General Kofi Annan after several days of attacks on him by a US senator and sections of the US news media ...
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US vehicles vulnerable to attacks, says Pentagon
WASHINGTON, Dec 10: The Pentagon acknowledged on Friday that even fortified armour cannot protect US troops from improvised explosive devices Iraqi guerillas are using against them. ...
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Rumsfeld and reporter
WASHINGTON, Dec 10: A US journalist travelling with a Tennessee National Guard unit worked with soldiers to develop remarks about troop safety made to Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld ...
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US eying nuclear mission to Neptune
LONDON: A team of American engineers is studying the feasibility of a nuclear-powered mission to Neptune and its icy moons, on the outer edges of the solar system. ...
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US flight to Vietnam after 30 years
HO CHI MINH CITY, Dec 10: A United Airlines plane landed in Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City on Friday _ the first commercial American airliner to fly to the country since the Vietnam war. ...
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Turkey rejects plea to recognize Cyprus
BRUSSELS, Dec 10: Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan rejected on Friday an EU appeal to recognize Cyprus, ahead of a summit next week due to decide whether Ankara can start EU entry talks, a Turkish diplomat said. ...
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Japan terms China potential threat: Report angers Beijing
TOKYO, Dec 10: Japan took another step away from its post-World War II pacifism on Friday by ending its decades-old ban on military exports and telling defence planners to regard China and North Korea as potential threats. ...
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Japan shifts to high gear in military fast lane
TOKYO: Despite public unease and questions of legitimacy under Japan's constitution, the Japanese cabinet agreed on Thursday the country's troops will stay in Iraq for another year. ...
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