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US troops may quit Iraq this year: Powell
WASHINGTON, Jan 13: US troops will begin leaving Iraq this year, Secretary of State Colin Powell said in an interview released by the State Department on Thursday. ... 
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Hard liners want Bush to attack Syria: media
WASHINGTON, Jan 13: Hard liners in the Bush administration are considering plans to launch selected military strikes at militant training camps in Syria in an effort to bolster security for the upcoming elections in Iraq, the US media reported on Wednesday. ...
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Why Fallujah refugees will not return
BAGHDAD: They live beneath old fly-blown tents in the car park of the Mustafa Mosque and their canvas-roofed kitchen stands next to a pool of raw sewage, but the refugees from Fallujah will not return home. ...
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Iraq killings highlight Sistani's crucial role
BAGHDAD: As sectarian killings rise in Iraq, calls by Iraq's leading Shia cleric Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani to avoid a cycle of revenge may start being ignored even by those who revere him. ...
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Israel breaks silence on EU's deal with Iran
JERUSALEM, Jan 13: Israeli officials voiced serious doubts in public for the first time this week over European Union efforts to persuade Iran to abandon what Israel and the United States allege is a covert quest for a nuclear bomb. ...
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US expects Abbas to fight 'terrorists'
WASHINGTON, Jan 13: US Secretary of State Colin Powell has said he expects Palestinian president-elect Mahmoud Abbas to fight terrorist groups opposed to peace with Israel. ...
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Palestinian elections: a lesson for neighbours
CAIRO: Palestinians gave their Arab neighbours a lesson in democracy with their free and fair election of Mahmud Abbas last weekend - a poll held in marked contrast to the sham coronations of most of the region's leaders. ...
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White House says it fought torture curbs
WASHINGTON, Jan 13: The Bush administration urged Congress to drop a legislative proposal that would have curbed the ability of US intelligence to use extreme interrogation tactics, the White House acknowledged on Thursday. ...
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Harry's Nazi suit sparks uproar
LONDON, Jan 13: Prince Harry, 20-year-old grandson of the queen, apologized on Thursday after a photo of him wearing a Nazi uniform at a costume party provoked outrage and embarrassed the British royal family. ...
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Haj pilgrims advised to carry sun block
LONDON, Jan 13: Pilgrims should stock up on sun block and shoes before starting the Haj, a British Muslim doctor said on Friday. "A lot of people are prepared spiritually when they go, but physically they're just not," professor Abdul Rashid Gatrad said. ...
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Shirts to charge cell phones?
TORONTO, Jan 13: It may only be a matter of time before we will be using our shirts to charge our cell phones. Researchers at the University of Toronto have invented a flexible plastic solar cell ...
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Comet-crasher to probe solar system's origin
CAPE CANAVERAL, Jan 13: A Nasa spacecraft lifted off on Wednesday on the first leg of a six-month journey to blast a hole in a comet and study what lies beneath. ...
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Thatcher's son admits role in coup plot
CAPE TOWN, Jan 13: The son of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher pleaded guilty on Thursday to a role in a foiled mercenary plot in west Africa under a plea bargain to avoid prison. ...
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'Terror war' diverting attention from roots of insecurity WASHINGTON: The Bush administration's "war on terrorism" has diverted the world's attention from the deeper roots of global insecurity, according to the latest edition of World watch Institute's annual 'State of the World' report ...
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Suicide is Europe's 'unseen killer'
BRUSSELS: Mental illness has become Europe's "unseen killer", contributing to some 58,000 suicides a year, and requires broad research into its treatment, the European Union's health chief said on Wednesday. ...
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UAE for unification through causeways
DUBAI: The move towards integration among the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) nations received further impetus with leaders calling for the six member states to be linked by causeways and rail-lines. ...
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