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Probe sought into govt response to warning: Attack on Iraqi shrine
BAGHDAD, March 1: Iraqi politicians called for an inquiry on Wednesday into why the government did not act on a warning about a plan to bomb a shrine, an attack that has brought the country to the brink of civil war.... 
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29 die in Baghdad car bomb explosions: 16 policemen kidnapped
BAGHDAD, March 1: Twenty-nine people were killed in Baghdad on Wednesday, most of them in a car bomb attack, a day after multiple bombings in Iraq left 64 dead and revived fears of civil war....
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Saddam makes first admission
BAGHDAD, March 1: Saddam Hussein admitted in court on Wednesday that he gave orders that led to the execution of villagers in the 1980s, but justified the punishment as his right...
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No progress at Russia, Iran talks
MOSCOW, March 1: Iran and Russia failed on Wednesday to secure a breakthrough in high-stakes negotiations aimed at easing global fears over Tehran’s nuclear programme....
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UN says food stocks dwindling in Gaza
JERUSALEM, March 1: Stocks of wheat, sugar and cooking oil are dwindling in Gaza and could begin to run out within days unless Israel reopens the strip’s main crossing point for goods, UN officials said on Wednesday....
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UK minister linked to Berlusconi case
LONDON, March 1: The British government denied on Wednesday it had botched a case against the husband of Culture Minister Tessa Jowell after Italian prosecutors wrote to the government to complain about its handling of the affair....
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Legislators oppose US-India deal
WASHINGTON, March 1: A US Congressman has raised serious doubts over the Indo-US nuclear agreement, saying a special concession to India could trigger similar demands from other countries....
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Blair refuses to meet families of dead soldiers
LONDON, March 1: The families of British soldiers killed in Iraq have branded Prime Minister Tony Blair a ‘coward’ for refusing to meet them and discuss their concerns about the conflict....
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Snake charmers scout fort for Bush visit
NEW DELHI, March 1: Snake charmers have given the all clear for US President George W. Bush to go ahead with plans to deliver a speech from a medieval fort here during his three day India visit, officials said on Wednesday....
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Sudan minister calls journalists ‘terrorists’
KHARTOUM, March 1: Sudan’s defence minister expelled foreign media from a news conference on Wednesday and compared them to ‘terrorists’, saying that they had fabricated the conflict in Darfur....
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Wide gaps in Indian, US positions on N-deal
NEW DELHI: The United States and India have failed to reach a final agreement on the separation of civilian and military nuclear facilities. US President George W....
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War preventing Sri Lanka DPs’ return
KARAKADAICHANI: Residents of this thin strip of rebel territory look across to government-held land, just a few hundred metres away across a no-man’s land of mined scrub and lagoons, and regard it with a mixture of envy and fear....
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Ignorance main cause of Aids spread in Afghanistan
KABUL: Afghan men, women and children returning home after years of living in the squalor of refugee camps in Pakistan and Iran may be coming back with more than just their belongings....
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Tax relief for Indian pensioners
NEW DELHI: Now, you can save up for your old age and save on tax as well. With the finance minister removing the restriction of Rs10,000 on investment in pension funds...
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Maoists blamed for mine deaths
DANTEWADA: Grieving villagers whose relatives were killed by a Maoist landmine attack in remote central India hit out on Wednesday at local officials they say have brought them into the frontline of a worsening conflict....
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Church teams up with Bollywood to fight Aids
NEW DELHI: At first glance the movie seems like just another Bollywood film: It has the disco-beat songs, the hip-swiveling dance number and the hero and heroine cavorting in the rain in drenched revealing clothes....
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Bhopal gas leak survivors hold protest
BHOPAL: Survivors of the deadly 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy marched through this central Indian town Wednesday afternoon protesting the visit of US President George W. Bush....
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BD troops hunt for militant leader
SYLHET: Bangladeshi security forces laid siege overnight to a house in a northeastern town, where the leader of a militant Islamist group was believed to be hiding up, officials and witnesses said on Wednesday....
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Indian PM faces test in state polls
NEW DELHI: Five Indian states go to polls from next month in an exercise seen as the first real test of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s coalition and its left allies....
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29 killed in Nepal
KATHMANDU: At least 29 Maoist rebels, police and soldiers have been killed a clash in western Nepal, the army said on Wednesday. “Security personnel have so far recovered at least 18 bodies of Maoists from the clash....
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