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Saddam's men may go on trial this month
BAGHDAD, Feb 9: The first trials of former members of ousted president Saddam Hussein's regime could kick off as early as the end of this month, a western legal expert said on Wednesday. ... 
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Sharon snubs referendum idea on Gaza pullout
TEL AVIV, Feb 9: Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon slapped down his rebellious Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom on Tuesday, insisting that there was no question of his Gaza Strip pullout plan being subjected to a referendum. ...
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Abbas deputes top aide for talks with Hezbollah
RAMALLAH, Feb 9: Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas has dispatched a top aide to Lebanon for talks with Hezbollah leaders in a bid to stop them trying to wreck a Middle East ceasefire, political and security sources said on Wednesday. ...
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'Israel may free 300 Palestinians'
RAMALLAH, Feb 9: Israeli prison authorities in the military jail of Ketziot, in the Negev desert, have informed 344 Palestinian prisoners they are to be released early next week, an inmate said on Wednesday. ...
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European response pleases Bush: Iran nuclear programme
WASHINGTON, Feb 9: US President George W.Bush said on Wednesday he was "very pleased" with European leaders' response to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's call for a harder line on Iran's nuclear programmes. ...
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Annan decries distortion of Islam
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 9: Decrying distortion of Islam by a 'wicked few' , UN Secretary General Kofi Annan stressed that "basic human freedoms must be respected by those combating terrorism and people must see movement towards better and fairer societies" ...
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Deployment in Somalia may derail peace move
NAIROBI, Feb 9: Plans to deploy a regional force in Somalia risk "jeopardizing the peace process" in the Horn of Africa nation that has been wracked by interclan fighting for the last 14 years, the International Crisis Group (ICG) warned on Wednesday. ...
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Ukraine says no plan to export revolution
KIEV, Feb 9: Ukraine will not encourage anti-government movements in other former Soviet republics like the "orange revolution" that forced out the old regime here late last year, the foreign ministry said on Wednesday. ...
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EU comes under fire over new post-Kyoto strategy
BRUSSELS, Feb 9: The European Union executive came under fire on Wednesday for unveiling a new strategy against climate change for the post-Kyoto era that fails to spell out targets to cut greenhouse gases. ...
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21 killed in Siberia blast
MOSCOW, Feb 9: A methane blast in a coal mine in southern Siberia killed 21 people on Wednesday with four others missing, presumed to be still trapped underground, the Russian emergencies ministry said. ...
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Cycle-rickshaw operators to get new jobs in BD
DHAKA, Feb 9: A World Bank-funded project will help 20,000 cycle-rickshaw operators find new jobs to reduce chronic traffic congestion in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka, officials said on Wednesday. ...
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Strikes culture irks Bangladeshis
DHAKA, Feb 9: The people of Bangladesh in general and the business community in particular seem to have been quite disappointed with the spate of countrywide general strikes that they are undergoing these days ...
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Jinx continues on regional summit
NEW DELHI: When India backed out of Sunday's summit of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) citing 'developments' in Nepal and the host country Bangladesh ...
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Gyanendra counts on army's muscles
NEW DELHI: Nepal's King Gyanendra is counting on a highly loyal army to keep his hold on the throne after seizing power, suspending civil rights and enforcing emergency rule in the Himalayan state, analysts say. ...
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