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Qorei links calm to statehood talks
RAMALLAH, Jan 1: Prime Minister Ahmed Qorei said on Saturday Palestinians should halt armed violence only if there was a credible peace process with Israel leading toward a viable Palestinian state. ... 
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Militants vow to target Iraq polls
BAGHDAD, Jan 1: Militants vowed to target Iraq's elections, just weeks away, as Prime Minister Iyad Allawi declared that Iraq's future lay with democracy. ...
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Wanted man among Saudi suicide bombers
RIYADH, Jan 1: One of Saudi Arabia's most wanted militants, Abdullah Saud al-Subaiei, was among three suicide bombers who attacked the interior ministry in Riyadh this week, the ministry said on Saturday. ...
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N-talks with EU on track: Iran
TEHRAN, Jan 1: Iran's top nuclear negotiator Hassan Rowhani said on Saturday that negotiations with the Europeans aimed at easing international concerns over the country's nuclear programme were on the right track. ...
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Disaster defies comprehension, says Bush
WASHINGTON, Jan 1: US President George W. Bush said on Saturday the carnage inflicted by the tsunami disaster in South Asia defied comprehension, and that flags would fly at half-mast in the United States next week. ...
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Tsunami disaster shadows New Year celebrations
WASHINGTON, Jan 1: Asia's tsunami cast a shadow over New Year's celebrations throughout the world, with several major cities cancelling their festivities and others calling for moments of silence to mourn the dead. ...
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No 'bidding war' in tsunami relief: US
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 1: US Secretary of State Colin Powell said on Friday that a 10-fold increase in American aid to $350 million from $35 million was made after reassessment of the situation in tsunami-affected areas. ...
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Yanukovich resigns as Ukraine PM
KIEV, Jan 1: Ukraine's Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich resigned from his post on Friday and admitted his appeals over a presidential rerun vote were unlikely to be granted, but stopped short of conceding the poll to opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko. ...
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Uganda's war resumes
GULU, Jan 1: Fighting resumed between Ugandan troops and northern rebels of the Lords Resistance Army (LRA) on Saturday after a temporary truce to facilitate peace talks ran out, the army said. ...
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Hierarchy even in death
LONDON: The number of fishing boats from Sumatra, Sri Lanka and Tamil Nadu at sea when the Boxing Day tsunami hit will never be known. There is scarcely any population tally of the crowded coasts. ...
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US neocons gain total control
WASHINGTON: The transition to President Bush's second term, filled with backstage betrayals, plots and pathologies, would make for an excellent chapter of I, Claudius. ...
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North Korea: a regime that defies predictions
SEOUL: A decade ago, it was taken as a matter of faith that it soon would be relegated to the same historical dustbin as the Soviet Union. ...
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