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Palestinian FM disowns statement: Recognition of Israel
GAZA, April 5: Palestinian Foreign Minister Mahmoud al Zahar on Wednesday denied referring to a two-state solution to the Middle East conflict, wording that might have hinted Hamas was recognising Israel’s right to exist.... 
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Israel reacts skeptically
JERUSALEM, April 5: Israel reacted sceptically on Wednesday to an unprecedented Middle East peace overture from Hamas foreign minister Mahmud Al-Zahar to UN chief Kofi Annan, seeing no change in Hamas’s...
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Saddam pours scorn on evidence
BAGHDAD, April 5: Former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein on Wednesday dismissed evidence linking him to the mass killing of Shia villagers as he launched a new tirade of abuse against his tumultuous trial....
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US intelligence on Iran termed inadequate
WASHINGTON, April 5: The US intelligence information on Iran is inadequate and may contain misinformation that spy agencies are confusing for solid intelligence, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee said on Tuesday....
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Internet will be tomorrow’s TV screen: executive
CANNES (France), April 5: Forget the TV, tomorrow’s screen of preference will probably be the Internet, AOL chief Jonathan Miller predicted at the influential “MIPTV featuring MILIA” trade show here....
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ME states hold secret talks on Iraq
CAIRO, April 5: Top intelligence officers from several Arab countries and Turkey have been meeting secretly to coordinate their governments’ strategies in case civil war erupts in Iraq and in an...
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Analysts fear attacks on oil shipping lanes
LONDON, April 5: Amid concern over Iran’s nuclear ambitions, analysts are worried it could resort to a wide range of weapons and tactics to disrupt the world’s busiest oil shipping lanes if armed conflict erupts with the United States....
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Missing: a dog with diamond
VIENNA, April 5: A millionaire in Vienna is offering a lucrative reward for the return of this man’s best friend: a little white dog with an unmistakable adornment — a diamond stud in its left ear....
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Indian Muslims struggle to escape the past
MUMBAI: On the sprung floor of a Mumbai dance studio standing amid a huddle of male and female dancers is a young woman, dressed in tight sequinned clothes, sucking on a cigarette....
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Tigers ask Norway to disarm rivals
COLOMBO: Tamil Tiger rebels on Wednesday asked Norway’s new peace envoy to make sure Sri Lanka government disarms paramilitary groups ahead of a new round of truce negotiations in Switzerland....
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Colombo move evokes mixed response : Muslim regiment in army
COLOMBO: A mixed response greeted the government’s move last week to form an exclusive Muslim military regiment aimed at protecting Muslims living in the east from LTTE attacks....
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Nepal govt launches crackdown on the eve of strike
KATHMANDU: Nepal’s royalist government detained dozens of activists and politicians in Kathmandu on Wednesday in a crackdown ahead of a general strike and protests planned against King Gyanendra’s seizure of power last year....
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