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Iraqi govt hopeful of capturing Zarqawi: Arrest of two aides claimed
WASHINGTON, Jan 28: The arrests of two top lieutenants of Abu Musab Al Zarqawi have put Iraqi security forces closer to capturing the Jordanian militant and eradicating his Al Qaeda-affiliated group, Iraq's deputy prime minister said on Friday. ... 
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Iraqi exiles first to cast vote
AMMAN, Jan 28: Jubilant Iraqi exiles cast their ballots in a "vote for freedom" on Friday and urged their compatriots in Iraq to defy militants and do the same. ...
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Elections to go ahead, say UN officials
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 28: Despite continued violence and the fear that some Iraqi groups will boycott Sunday's elections, senior UN officials say that the election in Iraq will be carried out as scheduled. ...
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Iraq: elections unlikely to make a big difference
BASRA: Stroll, if you dare, along the Shatt al Arab, the fast-flowing waterway which connects this city to the Persian Gulf, and you come across a sad looking park. ...
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Israeli army 'reducing operations' in W. Bank, Gaza
JERUSALEM, Jan 28: Israel announced on Friday it was sharply reducing its military operations in the West Bank and Gaza Strip in response to efforts by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to end attacks on Israelis. ...
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Suicide bombers: death is their life writ large
LONDON: While insurgents have been blowing themselves apart in Israel and Iraq, a silence has prevailed about what suicide bombing actually involves. Like hunger strikers, suicide bombers are not necessarily in love with death. ...
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US presses Europeans not to trade with Iran
VIENNA, Jan 28: The United States, determined to prevent Iran from building nuclear weapons, is piling pressure on European firms to stop them doing business with Tehran, diplomats say. ...
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Can Straw tread softly while US eyes Iran?
LONDON: When the foreign secretary, Jack Straw, met Condoleezza Rice in Washington this week, he did not ask whether the US had plans to use military force against Iran. ...
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US should help EU on Iran: IAEA
DAVOS, Jan 28: The head of the UN nuclear watchdog urged the United States on Friday to join forces with the EU to persuade Iran to give up atomic processes that could be used to make weapons. ...
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70 Nobel laureates back Annan
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 28: The beleaguered UN Secretary General Kofi Annan received endorsement of his leadership by seventy Nobel Prize laureates including former US President Jimmy Carter on Thursday. ...
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Tsunami relief effort effective: UN
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 28: A top United Nations emergency official on Wednesday drew up a positive balance sheet of a "remarkably, singularly effective, swift and muscular" international response that saved tens of thousands of lives ...
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First goat catches mad cow disease
BRUSSELS, Jan 28: A goat slaughtered in France in 2002 has tested positive for "mad cow" disease, officials said Friday, the first time in the world that the disease has crossed the species barrier from bovines. ...
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Social Forum session begins in Brazil
PORTO ALEGRE (Brazil), Jan 28: The fifth session of the World Social Forum with the slogan "another world is possible" started amidst carnival-like festivities here in this scenic Brazilian coastal city of around 1.5 million inhabitants on Thursday. ...
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Ukraine's old elite change loyalties
KIEV: Amid vows by Ukraine's new President Viktor Yushchenko to clean house after years of corruption, members of yesterday's elite in Kiev are scrambling to distance themselves from the outgoing regime. ...
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