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Bush says US wanted full probe before hanging: Egypt criticises timing
BAGHDAD, Jan 5: US President George W. Bush said Saddam Hussein could have been hanged in a “more dignified way” and one his closest Arab allies said on Friday a video of Shia officials taunting him on the gallows was “barbaric”.... 
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Washington misusing execution: cleric
TEHRAN, Jan 5: An influential Iranian cleric said on Friday the United States wanted to use Saddam Hussein’s execution to stoke tensions between Shias and Sunnis....
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Washington to give Abbas forces $86m
JERUSALEM, Jan 5: The Bush administration will provide $86 million to strengthen security forces loyal to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, expanding US involvement in his struggle with Hamas, according to documents seen on Friday....
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US obstructing Israel-Syria peace: Mubarak
CAIRO, Jan 5: Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak accused the United States in an interview published on Friday of obstructing peace between Israel and Syria. “I believe America is preventing (Israeli Prime...
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Bus blast leaves five dead in Sri Lanka
COLOMBO, Jan 5: Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels set off a powerful explosion aboard a bus, killing at least five people and wounding 50 others near Sri Lankan capital Colombo, defence ministry said....
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India sends food to Jaffna
COLOMBO, Jan 5: In what analysts describe as a politically significant move, a shipload of essential food items from India was heading towards the north of Sri Lanka on Friday to relieve the food shortage there, Sri Lankan government officials confirmed....
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Peacekeepers and funds sought for Somalia
NAIROBI, Jan 5: An international meeting on Friday called for urgent funding for a peacekeeping mission in Somalia which the strife-torn African country’s president said was desperately needed, but failed to set a deployment timeline....
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Al Qaeda for guerilla tactics in Somalia
DUBAI, Jan 5: Al Qaeda number two Ayman al-Zawahiri called for Muslim fighters to head to Somalia and deploy guerilla tactics used in Iraq following the rout of the Islamic courts, in an audio message released on Friday....
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Activity spotted at N. Korea N-test site
SEOUL, Jan 5: South Korean officials said on Friday activity had been spotted near a suspected nuclear test site in North Korea but there was no evidence to suggest Pyongyang was about to test another atomic device....
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Abdullah meets Hezbollah leader
RIYADH, Jan 5: In the background of growing suspicion between Saudi Arabia and Hezbollah, King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia met a senior Hezbollah delegation last week in Jeddah....
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Revival of Doha round urged
BRUSSELS, Jan 5: The European Union urged US President George W. Bush and the new Democrat-dominated Congress on Friday to show leadership in reviving the Doha trade round, saying that there were now the makings of a deal....
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US troop build-up in Iraq would mean new risks: analysts
WASHINGTON, Jan 5: If President George W. Bush should order thousands more troops to Iraq, it could mean greater dependence on American force and more US casualties with no assurance that Iraqis themselves would avoid all-out civil war....
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Taiwan launches first bullet train
TAIPEI, Jan 5: A bullet train service as fast as Japan’s Shinkansen opened in Taiwan on Friday after a decade of planning and doubts about whether it would fly -- plus an embarrassing last-minute ticketing glitch....
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US govt flooded with disability claims: Injured soldiers in Iraq
LOS ANGELES: The new year brought with it the 3,000th American death in Iraq. But what’s equally alarming — and far less well known — is that for every fatality in Iraq, there are 16 injuries....
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Pelosi’s plan will lead to confrontation
WASHINGTON: An unusual number of the people wandering through the tunnels that crisscross Capitol Hill on Wednesday had no earthly idea where they were going. “I think the Rayburn building is...
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China upsets ecologists by making Mekong oil-shipping route
BANGKOK: The concern by green groups followed a path-breaking journey by two ships up the Mekong River underscoring Beijing’s determination to find cheaper, alternative routes of transporting oil to China....
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Govt’s mishandling turns Saddam into victim
WASHINGTON: Of the six billion people on this earth, not one killed more people than Saddam Hussein. And not just killed but tortured and mutilated -- doing so often with his own hands and for pleasure....
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Palestinian leaders want peace in Gaza
LONDON: The Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, and the prime minister, Ismail Haniyeh, today agreed to urge fighters from their rival factions to leave the streets of Gaza....
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China urges Iran to consider N-resolution
BEIJING: China told Iran on Friday to deliver a “serious response” to a United Nations resolution on its nuclear programme, as a top Tehran envoy vowed to adhere to a key non-proliferation pact....
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Learning algebra for life
LOS ANGELES: Every year, as many California high school seniors struggle with basic algebra, which is required for graduation, Times readers complain, “Who needs it? How many students will ever use...
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