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Blair seeks Muslims’ help over ‘extremism’
LONDON, July 4: Prime Minister Tony Blair said on Tuesday he was trying to engage with Britain’s Muslim community but ‘Islamic extremism’ could not be defeated by government alone.... 
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US is losing ‘war on terror’: experts
PARIS, July 4: Despite high-profile arrests, security operations and upbeat assessments from the White House, the United States is losing its global ‘war on terror’, experts warn....
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CIA closes unit hunting Osama
NEW YORK, July 4: The CIA has closed a unit that for a decade had the mission of hunting Osama Bin Laden and his top aides, intelligence officials told the New York Times....
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Osama ‘helped’ Bush win polls: CIA
NEW YORK, July 4: CIA analysts have surmised that Osama Bin Laden’s taped message on the eve of the 2004 presidential elections helped incumbent George W....
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Withdrawal date to dishonour troops: Bush’s independence day speech
WASHINGTON, July 4: US President George Bush said on Tuesday that setting a timetable for troop withdrawal from Iraq would dishonour the deaths of American soldiers there and give new strength to terrorists....
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Most UK troops to be back in 18 months: PM
LONDON, July 4: Prime Minister Tony Blair said on Tuesday that ‘significant numbers’ of British troops could be withdrawn from Iraq within 18 months. British forces would remain in the war-shattered...
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Time running out for Iran, say EU officials
BRUSSELS, July 4: The European Union will tell Iran on Wednesday that time is running short for it to agree to enter negotiations on incentives to curb its nuclear activities or face possible penalties....
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Saddam’s sayings in US embassy
BAGHDAD, July 4: The US embassy in Iraq celebrated on Tuesday American Indepen-dence Day in a ballroom of Saddam Hussein’s former Republican palace, where the ousted leader’s sayings remain engraved in marble....
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Discovery blasts off
CAPE CANAVERAL, July 4: The US space shuttle Discovery roared off its Florida launch pad on Tuesday on a voyage to the International Space Station, a mission whose failure would likely ground the shuttle fleet permanently....
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US has $80m plan for regime change in Cuba
WASHINGTON: America should be prepared to move quickly to pour aid and advisers into Cuba in the event of Fidel Castro’s death, to turn the island away from communist rule, a government report due for release this week will recommend....
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Visa-free Norwegian islands a haven for migrants
LONGYEARBYEN (Norway): Thais may not have a distinguished polar history but they are among the biggest ethnic groups in Norway’s snowy Arctic archipelago of Svalbard. This group of islands roughly the...
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German move shows West’s split on Iran N-issue
WASHINGTON: German Defence Minister Franz Josef Jung’s suggestion that Iran should be allowed to carry out a limited enrichment programme under the supervision of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has...
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Israel and militants face off for high stakes
GAZA: When quizzed about the taking into custody of an Israeli soldier by Palestinian militants, many residents of Gaza say they think he should be freed, but only, of course, if Israel gives up something in return....
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Russia delays West’s date for Kosovo independence
PRISTINA (Serbia): Russia is frustrating the West’s plan for Kosovo independence this year, resisting US pressure and raising a risk of fresh Albanian violence in the breakaway Serbian province, senior Western officials say....
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UK military commander baulking at Afghan mission
LONDON: British commanders raised concerns about the deployment of 3,300 troops to the hostile, opium poppy-growing area of Helmand in southern Afghanistan even before the force had touched ground....
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Pomegranates: more than just a fruit in Afghanistan
ARGHANDAB (Afghanistan): President Hamid Karzai boasts that Kandahar’s pomegranates are the best in the world; others say they contain the Almighty’s miracle cures. Desperate poets liken their shape to the breasts of their veiled lovers....
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