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Taliban down but not out, says British general
KABUL, March 5: The Taliban are "down but not out" after failing to mount any significant attacks in recent months, the acting head of the US-led coalition said. ... 
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Freed Italian journalist injured in US firing: PM seeks Washington's explanation
BAGHDAD, March 5: Italian journalist Giuliana Sgrena was freed by her captors on Friday but suffered severe wounds when US forces opened fire on the convoy taking her to Baghdad airport for the flight to Rome. ...
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Iran to make N-fuel if referred to UNSC: Rowhani's warning
TEHRAN, March 5: Iran said on Saturday it would return to making nuclear fuel and that the Middle East would become even more unstable if it was sent to the UN Security Council over its atomic programme. ...
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Chavez says US plotting to kill him
NEW DELHI, March 5: Venezuela President Hugo Chavez renewed charges Saturday that Washington was trying to kill him as he sought to distance his oil-rich nation from US markets by signing a major oil deal with fuel-hungry India ...
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China sends strong message to Taiwan
BEIJING, March 5: Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said on Saturday that his government would never allow Taiwan's independence, but stressed that an "anti-secession law" to be passed by parliament ...
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Shooting termed intentional
ROME, March 5: The companion of freed Italian journalist Giuliana Sgrena on Saturday levelled serious accusations at US troops who fired at her convoy, saying the shooting had been deliberate. ...
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UN probe sought
PARIS, March 5: An international journalists' rights panel called on the United Nations on Saturday to conduct an urgent probe into how it came about that US soldiers opened fire in Baghdad on the car carrying the Italian correspondent. ...
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Democratization or disintegration?
WASHINGTON: Feeling vindicated by dramatic events in the Middle East since the Iraq elections, especially the growing international clamour for Syria to withdraw from Lebanon ...
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EU fails to find plan to end Darfur killings
BERLIN: The European Union has failed to find a firm action plan that could help prevent killings in the Darfur region of Sudan. ...
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Palestinian conflict could be resolved without ceasefire
MONTEVIDEO: The Israeli-Palestinian conflict could be resolved even without a ceasefire, despite the demands set forth by the governments of Ariel Sharon and George W. Bush, says Marwan Tahbub ...
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