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Iraqi leaders shelve talks on govt formation
BAGHDAD, April 4: Iraqi leaders shelved talks on Tuesday on forming a government despite a warning from the United States and Britain against any further delay.... 
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Attacks kill 21
BAGHDAD, April 4: At least 21 people were killed across Iraq on Tuesday, including 10 in a car bombing in eastern Baghdad, security officials said. Another 25 people were wounded in...
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12 sentenced to death over killings in Kurd area
ARBIL (Iraq), April 4: A court in Iraq’s northern Kurdistan region on Tuesday sentenced to death 12 members of Ansar Al-Islam for numerous killings and explosions, an Arbil judiciary official said....
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Germany proposes US-Iran negotiations
WASHINGTON, April 4: German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier urged the US government on Tuesday to address Iran’s disputed nuclear program in groundbreaking bilateral talks with Tehran on Iraq....
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Moussaoui declared fit for death penalty
WASHINGTON, April 4: A jury in the US is to decide whether Zacarias Moussaoui will be executed after ruling on Monday the convicted 9/11 conspirator is eligible for the death penalty....
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Strike again disrupts life in France: Over 200 arrested
PARIS, April 4: Hundreds of thousands of protesters demanded the scrapping of a new hire-and-fire youth job contract on Tuesday in giant rallies across France as unions rebuffed concessions by President Jacques Chirac....
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Hamas says it’s ready to live with neighbours
RAMALLAH, April 4: The Hamas-led Palestinian government is ready to live ‘side by side’ with its neighbours, the foreign minister said in a letter to the UN Secretary General, seen by...
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Venezuela to buy Russian fighters
CARACAS, April 4: President Hugo Chavez said Venezuela is ready to buy Russian fighter jets because Washington refuses to sell it spare parts for a fleet of F-16 fighters that is slowly being grounded for lack of upgrades....
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Thaksin — from policeman to prime minister
BANGKOK, April 4: Thaksin Shinawatra, who announced tearfully on Tuesday he would step down as Thailand’s prime minister, is a self-made billionaire whose autocratic style of leadership sowed deep divisions....
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463bn km-long alcohol cloud spotted
PARIS, April 4: Astronomers say they have spotted a cloud of alcohol in deep space that measures 463 billion kilometres (288 billion miles) across, a finding that could shed light on how giant stars are formed from primordial gas....
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2,650-year-old skeleton yields its secrets
BERLIN, April 4: German scientists said on Tuesday a girl whose 2,650-year-old skeleton was found in a swamp in the east of the country had lived a short life marked by famine....
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CIA used firms to transfer suspects: AI
LONDON, April 4: The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has used private aircraft firms and front companies secretly to transfer terror suspects in violation of international law, Amnesty International charged on Wednesday....
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UN envoy barred from Darfur
KHARTOUM, April 4: Sudan and the United Nations were at loggerheads on Tuesday over Darfur after a top UN envoy accused Khartoum of trying to cover up ongoing violence in the troubled region of western Sudan....
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Rice sleeps on Boeing floor
LONDON, April 4: Britain’s Foreign Secretary Jack Straw was rapped for ungentlemanly conduct on Tuesday after reportedly commandeering US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s private quarters on her official jet....
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Israel fires missiles
GAZA CITY, April 4: Israeli aircraft on Tuesday fired two missiles into the compound of the Palestinian Authority headquarters in Gaza City, wounding two people. A military spokeswoman said Israel launched...
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Row over dam in India reignited
NEW DELHI, April 4: A week-long hunger strike by India’s most famous environmental activist has helped reignite a two-decades-old row over a controversial hydroelectric dam. Indian authorities began work last month...
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Briton, US national detained in Russia
MOSCOW, April 4: A Briton attempting to complete an unbroken walk around the world has been detained by Russian border guards after crossing the frozen Bering Strait, his father said on Tuesday....
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Saudis seek release of man held in Israel
RIYADH, April 4: Saudi Arabia said on Tuesday it was seeking the release of a Saudi man held in Israel but Israel said he was seeking asylum after entering the Jewish state illegally....
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A donkey is like a housewife: book
NEW DELHI, April 4: Housewives and donkeys are much the same except that the beasts of burden are better companions, complain less and are more loyal, according to a school textbook used in India’s western state of Rajasthan....
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Tom DeLay to leave Congress
WASHINGTON, April 4: Republican Rep. Tom DeLay of Texas, the House of Representatives’ fallen majority leader, withdrew on Tuesday from a re-election race he was in danger of losing due to scandals and said he would quit the U.S....
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