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Saddam allowed to meet lawyer: Trial preparations stepped up
BAGHDAD, Dec 16: Preparations to put Saddam Hussein on trial intensified on Thursday with a first meeting between the ousted Iraqi president and a member of the defence team appointed by his family. ... 
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UN plans to stage comeback in Iraq
UNITED NATIONS: After long refusing to risk the lives of its workers in Iraq, the United Nations has reversed its stance and is planning to expand its international staff in the violence-ridden country in time for upcoming elections in late January. ...
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Israel-China arms deal worries US
JERUSALEM, Dec 16: Israeli arms deals with China have provoked tensions between Israel and the United States, the head of Israel's parliamentary defence committee, acknowledged on Thursday. ...
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Sharon willing to coordinate pullout
HERZLIYA, Dec 16: Israel is ready to coordinate next year's plan to pull troops and settlers out of the Gaza Strip with a new Palestinian leadership, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said on Thursday. ...
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Detention without trial illegal: UK court
LONDON, Dec 16: Britain's top court delivered a severe jolt to Prime Minister Tony Blair's post-Sept 11 security policies on Thursday by ruling against the detention of nine foreign terrorism suspects without trial. ...
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Wearable solar panels coming
PARIS, Dec 16: Wearable solar panels that can be stuck to clothing, helping to charge mobile phones, music players or light batteries, are likely to come on sale within three years, the British weekly New Scientist says. ...
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When, how and where should West promote democracy
LONDON: Would you rather have democracies next door, or dictatorships? Democracies, right? If they are genuine liberal democracies, they are better for the people who live in them and for their neighbours. ...
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Different targets, same tactics: Bush's new campaign
WASHINGTON: Though it is early days since Bush's re-election, the way in which he will handle the difficulties of imperial management which so vex him is already apparent. ...
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Hostage drama ends peacefully
ATHENS, Dec 16: A Greek bus hostage siege ended peacefully on Thursday when all 23 passengers were freed and police revealed the two armed Albanian hijackers had been bluffing when they threatened to blow up the bus. ...
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Manmohan says no change in N-policy: Natwar's remarks clarified
NEW DELHI, Dec 16: Foreign Minister Kunwar Natwar Singh's remarks in Seoul that the Korean rivals should not emulate India to acquire atomic arms prompted Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday ...
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EU meets to take decision on Turkey's membership
BRUSSELS, Dec 16: EU leaders opened a long-awaited summit on Thursday expected to clear the way for Turkey to start membership talks, as last-minute haggling intensified over stumbling blocks including Cyprus. ...
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Kurds see a ray of hope in Turkey's EU entry
DIYARBAKIR: For 13 million plus Kurds living in Turkey's southeast, EU membership means a golden opportunity for more democracy in their conflict-weary region ...
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Norwegian embassy in Lanka closed
COLOMBO, Dec 16: Following an anthrax scare on Thursday at the Norwegian embassy, President Chandrika Kumaratunga issued a special directive for high-level investigations ...
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BD working on Rohingya refugees' repatriation
DHAKA: The government has started working on the resumption of the repatriation process of the Rohingya refugees, after Myanmar's recent agreement to accept more than six thousand of the refugees. ...
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