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Refugees begin returning to Fallujah
FALLUJAH, Dec 23: Iraqis who fled last month's US-led offensive on Fallujah began trickling back on Thursday to check if homes they left behind were still standing, but most said they would not stay amid continued fighting. ... 
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Blast appears to be suicide attack: Myers
WASHINGTON, Dec 23: The attack on a US Army canteen in Mosul, northern Iraq, that killed 13 American soldiers appears to have been the work of a suicide bomber, the chairman of US Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Richard Myers, said on Wednesday. ...
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US medic in Mosul had foreseen attack
BOSTON, Dec 23: A US medic wounded in Tuesday's suicide bomb attack in Iraq had only months earlier helped draft an eerily prescient plan on how to cope with a major attack on the exact same dining facility, a Maine newspaper reported on Thursday. ...
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Rumsfeld expects Iraq violence after polls
WASHINGTON, Dec 23: US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld warned on Wednesday that it would be "a mistake" to think that deadly chaos in Iraq will subside after elections scheduled for January 30. ...
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Israeli legislators vow to disrupt Gaza pullout
AL QUDS, Dec 23: Opposition to Israel's withdrawal from the Gaza Strip gathered steam on Thursday as 12 nationalist MPs signed a petition promising to physically obstruct the "immoral" uprooting of settlers from their homes. ...
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Qorei flays Blair's remarks
RAMALLAH, Dec 23: Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qorei attacked British Prime Minister Tony Blair's planned London meeting on Palestinian reform on Thursday, saying what was really needed was a peace conference. ...
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British govt accused of file shredding
LONDON, Dec 23: Whitehall officials have stepped up the shredding of documents before January when a law giving Britons access to more information takes effect, the opposition Conservative Party said on Thursday. ...
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US deplores Russian move on Yukos
WASHINGTON, Dec 23: The United States on Thursday criticized Moscow's move to take over the main asset of oil giant Yukos, saying the lack of transparency in the process could hurt Russia's standing in the world economy. ...
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Putin slams West's stance on Iraq, Ukraine
MOSCOW, Dec 23: Russian President Vladimir Putin hit out on Thursday at the West's "double-standards" amid a Cold-War-style dispute over Ukrainian elections, accusing it of fomenting "permanent revolutions" in Moscow's backyard. ...
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Commercially-cloned pet
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 23: The world's first commercially-cloned pet, a nine-week-old kitten, has been delivered to a US woman who paid 50,000 dollars for a copy of her beloved dead cat, the cloner said on Thursday. ...
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20 die in Nigerian oil pipeline blast
LAGOS, Dec 23: At least 20 people were killed in an explosion as they stole fuel from a damaged pipeline in a fishing community near here, police said Thursday. ...
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US opens door to Ebadi's 'enemy' ideas
NEW YORK: From Washington comes proof that high-profile individuals can sometimes force the Bush administration to reverse policies that violate human rights. ...
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China's rise: a threat or an opportunity?
BEIJING: As a year of subtle but significant geopolitical shifts draws to an end, China looms ever larger in a world unable to decide whether its rise is an opportunity or a threat. ...
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Japan ponders over its new security role
TOKYO: Japan is securely poised to enter 2005 as a decisive power in global politics but analysts say the new path poses a lingering dilemma for the Japanese public. ...
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