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Tehran ready for direct talks with Washington: Larijani’s interview
WASHINGTON, Feb 28: Iran’s top nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani said in an interview with Time magazine’s online edition that Tehran would consider direct talks over its nuclear program with the Bush administration.... 
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IAEA unsure about N-arms programme
VIENNA, Feb 28: The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) reported on Monday that questions remained about Iran’s nuclear programme, but it stopped short of saying Tehran was secretly making nuclear weapons....
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Iran has right to N-power: Chirac
PARIS, Feb 28: Iran has the right to civil nuclear power as long as it respects its commitments to the cause of non-proliferation, French President Jacques Chirac said on Tuesday....
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Iran to provide funds, says Hamas
GAZA, Feb 28: Iran has agreed to provide a Hamas-led Palestinian Authority with enough money to make up for any cuts in foreign aid, a senior Hamas official said on Tuesday....
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Delhi turned into a fortress for Bush
NEW DELHI, Feb 28: When US President George W. Bush addresses India from Delhi’s rundown 16th century Purana Qila, a fortress that celebrates the only Afghan chieftain to vanquish a Mughal...
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Communists, Muslims protest visit
MUMBAI, Feb 28: More than 1,000 Muslim demonstrators shouted slogans while communist party supporters burned effigies of US President George Bush on Tuesday, saying he not be allowed to enter India....
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Bush likely to visit Kabul
LONDON, Feb 28: US President George Bush is planning a visit to Afghanistan this weekend, his first to the country since the US-led invasion in 2001....
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China in sight of superpower status: Negroponte tells US Senate
WASHINGTON, Feb 28: The US Director of National Intell-igence, John Negroponte, warned on Tuesday that China’s steady military and economic expansion may ultimately lead to Beijing attaining superpower status on a par with the United States....
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China warns Taiwan over ‘dangerous’ decision BEIJING, Feb 28: Chinese President Hu Jintao said on Tuesday a decision by Taiwan abolishing guidelines for unification with China marked a ‘dangerous step’ towards independence....
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Dead cat found with bird flu in Germany
BERLIN, Feb 28: Germany has found a dead cat infected with a form of the H5N1 bird flu virus, officials said on Tuesday, the first such case in the country and one which may fuel public fears over the disease....
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London mayor
LONDON, Feb 28: Britain’s High Court has blocked the four-week suspension of London’s Mayor Ken Livingstone, pending his appeal. The mayor was ordered suspended for a month beginning March 1 by...
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Indians have mixed feelings about ties: Bush visit
NEW DELHI: With India and the United States struggling to work out a nuclear pact before US President George Bush’s arrival, India’s prime minister pledged on Monday not to compromise the country’s security to seal the deal....
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ME conflict comes to Hollywood
WASHINGTON: “Munich” and “Paradise Now” — two of the hottest Oscar contenders this year — have brought the Middle East conflict, and controversy, to Hollywood....
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Iraq’s shrine crisis plays into Zarqawi’s hands
BAGHDAD: Iraqi leaders are now saying exactly what their deadliest enemy, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, may want to hear — Iraq faces a real threat of civil war....
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Study says half of Europe fat
BRUSSELS: Half of Europeans are obese or overweight, but citizens do not see obesity as a major health threat, a food industry report said on Tuesday....
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Nursing is no longer a rewarding job
NAIROBI: In a dimly lit ward at Nairobi’s Kenyatta Hospital, Florence explains why she has lost heart in what was once a revered profession. Shutting the door on fretting relatives who...
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Situation in Iraq ‘very tenuous’: US general
WASHINGTON: Iraq has not been plunged into civil war yet but the situation is ‘very tenuous’ and further attacks would have ‘a very significant impact’, the chief of US military intelligence said on Tuesday....
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Blair backs minister in bribe case
LONDON: British Prime Minister Tony Blair expressed confidence on Tuesday in Culture Minister Tessa Jowell as she fights allegations she helped her husband bring a bribe from Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi into the country....
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