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At the altar of tradition
KABUL: Habib Zada is a photographer but his two children, one year-old Zaki and six-year-old Harez, will never see his pictures. Born from an arranged marriage between blood relatives ... 
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US forces face more than 200,000 Iraqi fighters
BAGHDAD, Jan 3: Iraqi uprising counts more than 200,000 active fighters and sympathisers, the country's national intelligence chief said in the bleakest assessment to date of the armed revolt waged by the Iraqi people. ...
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Annan appoints new chief of staff
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 3: UN Secretary General Kofi Annan on Monday announced appointment of his new chief of staff, Mark Malloch Brown, currently administrator of the United Nations Development Programme. ...
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Abbas says he won't confront militants
GAZA, Jan 3: Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas said in a presidential campaign speech on Monday he would never take up arms against militant groups whose dismantlement is part of a US-sponsored peace "road map". ...
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Former US presidents to raise funds: Relief for tsunami victims
WASHINGTON, Jan 3: US President George W. Bush on Monday nominated two former American presidents, his father George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton, to lead a nation wide fund-raising effort for victims of the Asian tsunamis. ...
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Lanka takes measures against tsunami
COLOMBO, Jan 3: The Sri Lankan government has decided to ban the construction of hotels or houses within one hundred metres from the coast as a precaution against another tsunami attack. ...
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India not to cut troops on Nathu La pass
NEW DELHI, Jan 3: India will maintain the number of troops it has at the Nathu La pass on the country's border with China despite a decision by the two Asian giants to open the route for trade, a report said on Monday. ...
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Thai police ask relatives to stay off morgues
PHUKET, Jan 3: Thai police ordered foreign families and friends on Monday to stay away from tsunami-hit areas, including temporary morgues in Buddhist temples where they have searched for missing loved ones. ...
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Will tsunami aid materialize?
LONDON: The United Nations warned the other day that huge promises of aid from rich countries to the Asia tsunami crisis might not be fulfilled as some countries use dubious methods to appear more generous than they really are. ...
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Turkey eyes better ties with US, Israel
ANKARA, Jan 3: Turkey kicked off the new year on Monday with a drive to mend diplomatic fences with two key allies, welcoming the US deputy secretary of state to Ankara and sending Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul to Israel. ...
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Riyadh says tons of explosives used in bombings
RIYADH, Jan 3: Tons of explosive materials were used in last week's twin suicide bombings in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia's interior ministry said on Monday. ...
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Yaltans hope for Ukraine unity
YALTA: In the city where Stalin, Roosevelt and Churchill met to draw up a plan that would split up Europe and the world for the next four and half decades, citizens hope an election that has divided their country won't break it in half. ...
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