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Iran, US joined hands for smooth Iraq vote: Tehran envoy's revelation
LONDON, Feb 17: Iran cooperated closely with the United States to win support among the Iraqi population for the elections there last month and a "calm" atmosphere for the poll, Iran's ambassador to Britain said on Wednesday. ... 
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Kurds oppose 'Islamic state'
ARBIL, Feb 17: Kurds rejected the idea of an Islamic republic in Iraq following the victory of the Shia-dominated United Iraqi Alliance (UIA) in last month's elections. ...
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Iraq is facing biggest cultural disaster since Mongol invasion
CARACAS: One million books, 10 million documents and 14,000 archaeological artefacts have been lost in the US-led invasion and subsequent occupation of Iraq - ...
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Bush's shocking record of indifference
WOULD George W. Bush have been re-elected president if the public understood how much responsibility his administration bears for allowing the 9/11 attacks to succeed? ...
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UN rejects US plea on oil-for-food probe
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 17: The United Nations on Wednesday rejected a US congress demand to allow UN officials to testify before a Congress committee investigating the UN's oil-for-food programme. ...
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Negroponte to head new US spy agency
WASHINGTON, Feb 17: President George Bush on Thursday named John Negroponte, the US ambassador to Iraq, to the new post of director of national intelligence ...
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Israeli settlers to resist evacuation
JERUSALEM, Feb 17: The Jewish settler movement defiantly rejected on Thursday the outcome of a vote that overcame the last major parliamentary hurdle to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's plan for Israel to withdraw from Gaza. ...
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Iran calls blast scare US 'psychological warfare'
TEHRAN, Feb 17: Iran said on Thursday a brief world wide scare over a blast near its only nuclear reactor was engineered by Washington as part of "psychological warfare" against Tehran and its nuclear programme. ...
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US Muslims complain of loss of freedom
NEW YORK: Muslim organizations in the United States are of a consensus that Muslims face constant threats to the kind of everyday existence that other Americans take for granted. ...
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UN council seeks report on Hariri's killing
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 17: The UN Security Council has called for an urgent report from the secretary-general on the 'circumstances, causes and consequences' of the assassination of Lebanon's former prime minister Rafik Hariri. ...
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Car bomb kills 5 in Thai town: PM's threat angers Muslims
SUNGAI KOLOK, Feb 17: A car bomb killed five people and injured 40 in a tourist town in southern Thailand on Thursday shortly after the Thai prime minister left the region following a visit to discuss security. ...
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Former hostage admits he paid ransom
ISTANBUL, Feb 17: A Turkish businessman who was kidnapped in Iraq in December and released this week, has admitted that he paid a ransom of 500,000 dollars to his abductors. ...
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Saudi reformists call for open trial
RIYADH, Feb 17: A Saudi court has adjourned the hearing for three weeks in a case in which three jailed Saudi reformists are facing the charge of calling for political reforms and constitutional monarchy. ...
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Guilty or not, Syria will pay the price
LONDON: In the Middle East, perceptions can be as important as realities. Whether or not Syria was responsible for Monday's murder of former Lebanese premier Rafik Hariri ...
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