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Raw wounds behind Shias drive for power
BAGHDAD: Driven by historical grievances, Iraq's majority Shias see Sunday's election as their path to power in the land where Shiaism was born 13 centuries ago. ... 
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A day of hope and a vote for future
It is not quite right to say that Sunday is the first time that Iraq's people have had the opportunity to go to the polls. ...
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US to spend $1.5bn on new Iraq embassy
WASHINGTON, Jan 30: The United States has selected a spot in Baghdad's top security Green zone and will spend more than $1.5 billion to build a new, fortress like embassy in the Iraqi capital, the State Department said. ...
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West Bank pullback possible soon: Israel
AL QUDS, Jan 30: Israel is likely to pull back its troops from several West Bank cities within days, Defence Minister Shaul Mofaz said on Sunday, in a further sign of cooperation with a new Palestinian leadership. ...
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Annan calls for sanctions on Sudan
ABUJA, Jan 30: The United Nations should consider sanctions against Sudan for gross violations of human rights in Darfur, Secretary General Kofi Annan said on Sunday. ...
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Violence in Darfur was not genocide: UN report
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 30: The UN Commission on Sudan has concluded that the government-supported violence in the western region of Darfur was not genocide, media reports here said on Sunday, quoting diplomats familiar with the report. ...
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IAEA chief for US-Iran dialogue: Nuclear dispute
WASHINGTON, Jan 30: The chief UN nuclear inspector on Sunday urged the United States to engage in dialogue with Iran over its nuclear programme as he implicitly rebuked US leaders for discussing military options against the Islamic republic, saying such talk was "very unhelpful." ...
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Qadhafi not happy with US, UK on WMDs
WASHINGTON, Jan 30: Libyan leader Moamer Qadhafi has complained that he has not been sufficiently rewarded by the United States and Britain for agreeing to dismantle his weapons of mass destruction programme. ...
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My life is a nightmare, says Michael Jackson
SANTA MARIA, Jan 30: Pop superstar Michael Jackson expressed certainty he would be found innocent of child molestation at his trial that starts on Monday, but said he is now going through "a nightmare". ...
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UN concerned over Ivory Coast
ABUJA, Jan 30: UN Secretary General Kofi Annan said on Sunday he was "extremely concerned" about the stalemate in Ivory Coast that has prevented the start of a disarmament campaign and the reunification of the west African powerhouse divided by two years of civil war. ...
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Pope's doves of peace fly, at last
VATICAN CITY, Jan 30: Two doves released by children from the windows of the Vatican on Sunday to symbolize peace initially refused to take flight, causing the Pope to take the matter literally into his own hands. ...
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Spanish hotel bomb blast
MADRID, Jan 30: A bomb exploded on Sunday in a hotel in a Spanish Mediterranean resort, leaving one person slightly injured, in an attack claimed by the armed Basque separatist organization ETA, the interior ministry said. ...
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No strategy at hand to tackle poverty
LONDON: At a special United Nations Millennium Summit in 2000, all 189 of its member-governments set the bold target of halving world poverty by 2015 as one of its Millennium Development Goals - and campaigners believe 2005 could be a breakthrough year: ...
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Bush may stall UK's plan for Africa
LONDON: George W. Bush will emerge as the major obstacle to Britain's ambitious proposals for a new 'Marshall Plan' for Africa this week as the world's finance ministers converge on London for the G7 summit. ...
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