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India accused of meddling in Lankan affairs
COLOMBO, Sept 8: Anura Bandaranaike, a minister in the Sri Lankan government and brother of former president Chandrika Kumaratunge, has accused the Indian High Commissioner of dabbling in Sri Lankan politics.... 
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Saddam had no link with Al Qaeda, says US Senate panel
WASHINGTON, Sept 8: Saddam Hussein provided no material support for Al Qaeda and had no relationship with Al Qaeda in Iraq leader Abu Musab al Zarqawi, despite claims by administration officials...
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Figures belie US claim on killings
BAGHDAD, Sept 8: More than 1,500 people were killed in Baghdad last month, down by only 14 per cent from July, the health ministry said on Friday, despite US claims that a security operation had cut murders by half....
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Israel lifts naval blockade
BEIRUT, Sept 8: Israel lifted its eight-week sea blockade of Lebanon on Friday after an interim maritime task force led by an Italian admiral deployed off the Lebanese coast, the commander of UN peacekeepers said....
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‘Hostage affairs office’ in Baghdad
WASHINGTON, Sept 8: The White House on Thursday revealed what may be a United States diplomatic first: the US embassy in Baghdad houses a formal ‘Office of Hostage Affairs’ to handle abductions of American citizens and other nationals....
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Armitage says he was source in CIA leak
WASHINGTON, Sept 8: Former deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage confirmed in newspaper interviews published on Friday that he unwittingly outed a secret CIA agent three years ago and expressed remorse for doing so....
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US-Iran dialogue needed: Khatami
WASHINGTON, Sept 8: Former Iranian president Mohammed Khatami has urged the United States to resolve its differences with Iran through dialogue, not threats. In the first public address by a senior...
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US Muslims reluctant to fund charities
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 8: Attracting charities to help rebuild Lebanon in the aftermath of Israeli invasion has once again highlighted the problems faced by Muslim charities in post-9/11 America....
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US seeks UN draft on Iran next week
BERLIN, Sept 8: The United States wants a UN Security Council resolution on imposing sanctions on Iran over its contested nuclear program drafted as early as next week, US Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns said on Friday....
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CIA’s Osama unit revived
WASHINGTON, Sept 8: The US Senate voted on Thursday to reinstate a special CIA unit hunting for Osama bin Laden as it passed a $469 billion Pentagon funding bill....
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China, India for joint research
BEIJING, Sept 8: India and China plan to set up a cabinet-level body to pursue joint technology development amid rapid growth in trade between the former Asian adversaries, the Indian science minister said on Friday....
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Has anti-terror war made US safer?
WASHINGTON: Five years after 9/11, the Bush administration has run out of troops, ideas and political capital. But there’s still plenty of Kool-Aid in the White House fridge....
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Children ask about missing dads
NEW YORK: Gabriel Jacobs inherited his dad’s sandy hair, long nose and blue eyes. The day they buried what was left of his father — a piece of rib, part of...
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Danger remains for Brown and party
LONDON: So much for so little? The prime minister’s vague acknowledgment that, well, you know, by this time next year ... had been dragged out of him after the most damaging...
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How to punish Rumsfeld
LOS ANGELES: Very few cabinet secretaries have done what Donald Rumsfeld has done. He is both the youngest and oldest person to serve as secretary of defence (having served previously in...
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Will China reassess Mao’s legacy?
JINGGANGSHAN (China): In the fog-shrouded mountains of China’s Jiangxi province, where eight decades ago a motley band of communist rebels took refuge among the cypress trees and bamboo, Mao Zedong is undisputed number one....
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