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‘Good news’ on N-plan soon: Iran president
TEHRAN, April 10: Iran’s president on Monday promised ‘good news’ within days about the country’s nuclear programme and a newspaper said he might declare Tehran had enriched uranium to a level used in power plants.... 
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UN inspectors visit nuclear plants
TEHRAN, April 10: United Nations inspectors on Monday visited ran’s nuclear facilities ahead of a trip to the country by International Atomic Energy Agency chief Mohamed ElBaradei, a senior official said....
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Bush admits declassifying Iraq intelligence
WASHINGTON, April 10: President George Bush acknowledged on Monday he ordered the declassification of parts of a pre-war intelligence report on Iraq to respond to critics who alleged he manipulated intelligence to justify the invasion....
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Big rallies in 100 US cities back bill: Immigration reform
NEW YORK, April 10: Millions of Hispanics and their supporters marched in 100 US cities on Monday to press US lawmakers to pass an immigration reform bill that would legalise an estimated 11 million undocumented workers....
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UK accuses Israel of ‘unlawfully killing’ activist LONDON, April 10: A British peace activist who was shot in the Gaza Strip by an Israeli army marksman was unlawfully killed, a coroner’s inquest jury said on Monday....
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Chirac scraps job law
PARIS, April 10: French President Jacques Chirac scrapped his government’s hotly contested youth jobs scheme on Monday, handing a major victory to unions and students after one of the country’s biggest political crises in decades....
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EU starts review of options
LUXEMBOURG, April 10: European foreign ministers reviewed options for steps against Iran for the first time on Monday, including possible visa bans and financial sanctions if Tehran presses on with sensitive nuclear activity....
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Venezuela’s president threatens to expel US envoy
CARACAS, April 10: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Sunday threatened to expel the US ambassador and blamed him for triggering protests in which his car was pelted with tomatoes and eggs....
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Sunnis, Kurds ask Iraqi PM to step down
BAGHDAD, April 10: Sunni, Kurdish and secularist leaders on Monday emphatically rejected Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari staying on in his post, possibly sealing the embattled premier’s political fate....
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S. Arabia must act to contain Iraq strife: study
RIYADH, April 10: Saudi Arabia should try to avert Iraq’s fragmentation by lobbying against any premature withdrawal of US forces and by pressing Iran to stop meddling, a report by a security adviser to the Saudi government says....
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Mystery China hospital blast kills 27
BEIJING, April 10: An explosion at a hospital in China’s northern province of Shanxi on Monday destroyed several buildings and killed 27 people, mostly staff and relatives, Xinhua news agency said, adding some were still missing....
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14 killed as military plane crashes in Kenya
NAIROBI, April 10: A military plane carrying Kenyan government officials and lawmakers to peace talks crashed in thick fog on Monday in northern Kenya, killing 14 people on board, authorities said....
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Globalisation’s second death?
LOS ANGELES: Are we witnessing the beginning of the end of globalization? And should we be cheering or chafing at the prospect of its demise? It’s one thing for the French...
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Democrats: get loud, get angry
LOS ANGELES: Ever since the Bush administration embarked upon its Iraq venture, it has taken a strict, inflexible line on the past: forget about it. Given the unending string of catastrophic...
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Locking up the vote in Venezuela
CARACAS: Hugo Chavez, who is up for re-election as Venezuelan president this year, kicked off his new campaign with an old tactic: criminal trials of his leading opponents....
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Dropping nukes may not be the best way
LONDON: First the good news. Britain is unlikely to participate in the nuclear bombing of Iranian atomic weapons research facilities. Instead, our role in any forthcoming nuclear blitz will be to fill the blogosphere with sarcastic posts and make tut-tutting noises....
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Criticising, exposing those in power
BANGKOK: With Thaksin Shinawatra stepping down as Thailand’s leader, the country’s media is rediscovering traits that it had earned a reputation for in the region — criticising and exposing those in power....
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Fall of Baghdad: the shock lingers
BAGHDAD: We were all gathered in my aunt’s living room when my uncle rushed in, shouting, “Saddam’s statue is falling.” My aunt hurried to turn on the generator so we could look at the TV to see if it was true....
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