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Baghdad blasts kill 15
BAGHDAD, Feb 4: At least 15 people died in bombings that rocked Baghdad on Sunday a day after a massive blast tore through a market, killing 130 people in the second deadliest attack in Iraq since the March 2003 invasion.... 
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Fragile Gaza ceasefire takes hold
GAZA CITY, Feb 4: A shaky ceasefire between warring Palestinian factions in Gaza teetered on Sunday but then appeared to take hold as the guns, mortars and grenades fell silent for the first time in days....
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Iran vows to defy UN nuclear resolution
TEHRAN, Feb 4: Iran on Sunday vowed to defy a UN resolution calling for a freeze to its controversial nuclear work but promised to open up its disputed uranium enrichment facility in Natanz to the media....
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2 protesters killed in Nepal clashes
KATHMANDU, Feb 4: Two people died on Sunday when police opened fire on a crowd protesting for political rights in southeast Nepal in continued violence that has claimed 17 lives, police said....
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US policy in Iraq naive: Japan
TOKYO, Feb 4: Japan''s foreign minister has criticised the United States policy in Iraq as “very naive” and blamed it for spiralling unrest there, in another swipe at US tactics by the key Washington ally....
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Iraq-Syria relations worsen
BAGHDAD, Feb 4: Relations between Baghdad and Damascus that were restored just three months ago are already under strain amid allegations Syria is sheltering Iraqi fugitives but being “hostile” to genuine refugees....
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Jakarta on high alert as downpour continues
JAKARTA, Feb 4: Rescuers and volunteers on Sunday struggled to help nearly 340,000 Indonesians left homeless by devastating floods, triggered by heavy rains in and around Jakarta, which have killed 20 people....
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Merkel meets Saudi king
RIYADH, Feb 4: German Chancellor Angela Merkel met Saudi Arabia''s King Abdullah on Sunday on the second leg of a Middle East tour aimed at coordinating efforts to resume Israeli-Palestinian peace talks....
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Police teargas protesters in Kolkata
KOLKATA, Feb 4: Police arrested more than a dozen people and used batons and teargas on Sunday to disperse protesters who attacked the building site for a Tata Motors car factory, officials said....
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False sense of security on bird flu
GENEVA, Feb 4: The World Health Organisation on Sunday warned that European nations must not be lulled into a false sense of security about bird flu, following an outbreak among poultry at a British farm....
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Bush pressurising Iran for its role in Iraq violence
WASHINGTON: President George W. Bush’s heightened rhetoric against Iran’s alleged role in Iraq violence is aimed at ratcheting up pressure over Tehran’s political activities more widely, Stephen Hadley, a top White House advisor, confirmed....
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US ‘science wars’ have reached alarming stage
LOS ANGELES: By beginning to investigate the Bush administration’s interference with scientists’ work on global warming, the Democratic Congress has embarked on a key task: restoring respect for science — and...
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Poverty, bane of floating villages
CHHONG KNEAS, Cambodia: Life ebbs and flows with hardships and vulnerability for the residents of this floating village at the northern end of Cambodia’s great lake, the Tonle Sap....
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Points to ponder before next war
WASHINGTON: Imagine that the famously flawed intelligence judgments about Iraq’s programmes to develop unconventional weapons had been correct. What difference would that have made to the American effort in Iraq?...
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Chad’s army fights at eastern border
ADRE, Chad: Some fighters cover themselves in lucky charms while others load rockets onto pick-up trucks in preparation for another clash with rebels in the desolate scrubland along Chad’s eastern border with Sudan....
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