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Shia alliance heading for victory in Iraq polls: Kurdish group in 2nd place
BAGHDAD, Feb 7: Iraq's main Shia alliance remained on course on Monday for a major victory in the country's election as new results from the agonizingly slow count showed the main Kurdish coalition now in second place. ... 
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US seeks Canadian troops for Iraq
OTTAWA, Feb 7: President George Bush is expected to ask Prime Minister Paul Martin to send Canadian troops Iraq when they meet later this month, according to a newspaper report. ...
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PA, Israel to announce ceasefire today
RAMALLAH, Feb 7: Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas will announce a ceasefire at a summit in Egypt on Tuesday, a Palestinian minister said. ...
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Iran sees crucial phase ahead in nuclear talks with EU
TEHRAN, Feb 7: Negotiations with the European Union on Iran's nuclear programme are entering a crucial phase but Tehran will continue to reject calls for it to abandon sensitive fuel cycle work, Iranian officials said on Monday. ...
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US scientists designing new N-arms, says NYT
NEW YORK, Feb 7: US scientists are quietly starting work on a new generation of nuclear arms meant to be more rugged and reliable than warheads in the existing arsenal, The New York Times reported on Monday. ...
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Maoists urged not to hold talks with Gyanendra: Six Nepal politicians flee to India
DEHRADUN, Feb 7: Two senior Nepalese politicians sheltering in India on Monday asked Maoist insurgents not to hold talks with King Gyanendra and urged New Delhi to help reinstall the ousted government in Kathmandu. ...
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Oil-for-food probe: Annan suspends Sevan
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 7: Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Monday suspended the head of the UN oil-for-food program in Iraq and another senior UN official after a report of an independent investigation commission accused them of misconduct ...
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Russian PM to face vote of no confidence
MOSCOW, Feb 7: Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov has been summoned before parliament on Wednesday to defend the performance of his government, which is to face a motion of no confidence, a senior lawmaker said. ...
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The 'theory of three dustbins'
The thinkers and managers of world hegemony met amid the snow in Davos, Switzerland, at the end of last month while the anti-globalization forces convened in the tropical summer of Porto Alegre, Brazil. ...
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Mandela exhorts G-7 to act against poverty
LONDON: Nelson Mandela, 86, needed no support when he walked up to address thousands at Trafalgar Square in London last week. He had the support of a cheering crowd, and of one of the most powerful movements ever to gather against world poverty. ...
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A nuclear Iran is not the problem
LONDON: Winston Churchill, as usual, gave the policy a floridly eloquent gloss. Britain, he said, almost 50 years ago to the day, must reach that happy condition "where safety will be the sturdy child of terror ...
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Art thefts rob Africa of history
DAKAR: The recent seizure of a huge collection of stolen west African art is a bright spot in the sad story of antiquities protection on the world's poorest continent, which has robbed Africans of chapters of their history. ...
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