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Sadr, Sunni leaders call for end to US presence
KUFA, Feb 4: Radical Shia leader Moqtada Sadr and Sunni religious figures in Baghdad called on Friday on all political forces that took part in the Jan 30 election to push now for an end to the US troop presence in Iraq. ... 
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Annan to censure oil-for-food chief
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 4: UN Secretary General Kofi Annan on Thursday vowed to discipline the director of the former UN oil-for-food programme for Iraq after an investigation said he had violated the United Nations Charter ...
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Rumsfeld says he offered to resign over Abu Ghraib
WASHINGTON, Feb 4: Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said on Thursday he twice offered his resignation to US President George Bush over the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal, but both times was asked to stay in the job. ...
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Rumsfeld consideringavoiding Germany:Arrest feared on war crimes complaint
WASHINGTON, Feb 4: US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said on Thursday he has not decided whether to attend an international security conference next week in Germany, where he might be subject to arrest on a war-crimes complaint. ...
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US attack on Iran 'not on agenda' now: Rice
BERLIN, Feb 4: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice began her first foreign tour as America's top diplomat by saying on Friday that Washington had no immediate plans to attack Iran and was pursuing a diplomatic approach. ...
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Flag flap: Azeri daily seeks Iran apology
BAKU, Feb 4: Iran calls it a mistake, but a fiesty daily newspaper in Azerbaijan says the flying of an Azeri flag upside-down in Tehran during a visit last week by the Azeri leader was a national insult ...
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Saudi press deplores Bush's remarks on democracy
RIYADH, Feb 4: The Middle East does not appear to be receptive yet to the "words of wisdom" President Bush offered to the region in his State of the Union address. ...
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Subhash Bose death in Taiwan ruled out
TAIPEI, Feb 4: The Taiwanes authorities have said Indian independence fighter Subhash Chandra Bose could not have died in a plane crash in the country. ...
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India's boom must benefit all: economists
NEW DELHI, Feb 4: Leading economists warned on Friday that India's dream economic march forwards may not be sustainable unless the benefits of globalisation reach all sectors of its billion-plus population. ...
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Warning on growing acidity of oceans
LONDON: Scientists have given warning of a newly discovered threat to mankind, which will wipe out coral and many species of fish and other sea life. ...
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China remains unfazed by Bush's rhetoric
BEIJING: There is a reason why China reacted calmly to US President George W. Bush's pledges to "oppose tyranny" and "spread freedom" around the world. ...
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Sudan issue could divide EU, US
BRUSSELS: United Nations recommendations that violence in the Darfur region of Sudan should be referred to the International Criminal Court is threatening to bring tensions between the European Union and the United States over the issue to a head. ...
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