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All options against Iran open: Cheney
WASHINGTON, Feb 23: US Vice President Dick Cheney vowed the United States would “do everything” it can to deprive Iran of nuclear weapons, and refused to rule out military action in a US television interview on Friday.... 
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13 women gang-raped in Indian village
ISLAMABAD, Feb 23: As many as 13 women were gang-raped by armed bandits at a brick kiln, reportedly owned by ruling Samajwadi Party leader OP Singh, in eastern Uttar Pradesh India, police said....
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Attack may not destroy N-sites, say analysts
WASHINGTON, Feb 23: Any US attack against Iran could involve thousands of sorties and missile launches lasting weeks, but it still would not eliminate the country''s nuclear program, US military officials and analysts say....
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Another resolution under study
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 23: Five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council -- China, Russia, France, Britain and the United States -- have begun consultations over Iranian nuclear programme issue...
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US, India to finalise N-deal by year-end: Burns
WASHINGTON, Feb 23: The United States and India could finalise their nuclear deal by the end of this year, says US Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns....
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Senators aim to rewrite Bush’s war power
WASHINGTON, Feb 23: Key US Senate Democrats are preparing a proposal to start bringing combat troops home from Iraq by rewriting Congress’s 2002 authorisation for the war, which many now view as a mistake, aides said on Thursday....
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UK, US in talks over missile defence system
LONDON, Feb 23: Britain has officially confirmed that it is in talks with the US over the possibility of locating part of the controversial “Son of Star Wars” missile defence system on UK soil....
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Fund squeeze is no way to end a war
WASHINGTON: The United States has fought many wars since 1941 but has never again declared one. No one abroad declares war anymore either, perhaps because it has the anachronistic feel of an aristocratic challenge....
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US army forcing Iraqi journalists to keep their mouths shut
BAGHDAD: Iraqi journalists are outraged over yet another US military raid on the media. US soldiers raided and ransacked the offices of the Iraq Syndicate of Journalists (ISJ) in central Baghdad on Tuesday....
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Civil war: a real threat in Iraq
BAGHDAD: A US-backed security clampdown in Baghdad might bring short-term successes in combating violence, but the spectre of all-out civil war in Iraq will remain a real threat until its leaders make tough compromises....
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Hillary, Obama star in Hollywood-style feud
NEW YORK: A Hollywood-style brawl with the campaign of rival Barack Obama is the latest in a series of speed bumps tripping up Hillary Rodham Clinton’s early presidential moves....
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Darfur rebels making peace impossible
KHARTOUM: Two groups that launched a rebellion against the Sudanese government in the western region of Darfur four years ago have now morphed into dozens of warring gangs, complicating the search for peace amid a profound humanitarian crisis....
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Rice faces opposition over ME plan from her aide
In that capacity, he forged close ties to Dov Weisglass and Shalom Turgeman, two of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s top aides. Together,...
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