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Former Iraqi VP hanged
BAGHDAD, March 20: Iraq hanged Saddam Hussein''s former deputy Taha Yassin Ramadan on Tuesday as the nation entered the fifth year of the US-led war still battling a raging insurgency and sectarian conflict.... 
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Iraqi troops kill 39 in clashes
BAGHDAD, March 20: Iraqi security forces killed 39 “terrorists” in a fierce battle in the western Sunni province of Al-Anbar on Tuesday, a top Iraqi official said....
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Indian energy deals with Iran not a problem: US
NEW DELHI, March 20: The United States energy secretary said on Tuesday India''s warming ties with Washington would not be hurt by its proposed oil and gas deals with Iran....
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Bush to veto bill seeking troop pullout: White House
WASHINGTON, March 20: President George W. Bush will veto a congressional move to link war-funding to the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq by September 2008, the White House said...
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S. Arabia aims to ease regional tensions
RIYADH, March 20: Saudi Arabia hopes its active diplomacy ahead of next week''s Arab summit will yield a breakthrough in Lebanon, Arab support for the new Palestinian government and agreement to promote stability in Iraq, a Saudi official said on Tuesday....
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S. Korean film wins Asian awards
HONG KONG, March 20: South Korean smash hit monster movie “The Host” topped Hong Kong''s inaugural Asian film awards on Tuesday, winning four prizes out of five nominations, including the best film and best actor gongs....
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Russia denies threat to Iran for N-plant
UNITED NATIONS, March 20: Russia denied on Tuesday that it had threatened to withhold nuclear fuel for Iran’s Bushehr nuclear plant if Tehran did not suspend uranium enrichment as demanded by the Security Council....
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‘Somalia a dangerous state for minorities’
LONDON, March 20: Somalia has overtaken Iraq as the world''s most dangerous country for minority groups, a report from a leading human rights group said on Tuesday....
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Iraq has changed US concept of foreign policy
WASHINGTON: To understand how much the Iraq war has transformed the way most Americans think about foreign policy, consider what passed for shrewd analysis four years ago....
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Israel finds itself at odds with allies
JERUSALEM: Three days after the formation of a new Palestinian unity government, Israel finds itself at odds with its US and European allies who are signalling a more flexible approach to the Hamas-Fatah coalition....
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Conflicting views on Gandhi’s life & death
NEW DELHI: One paints a dispassionate view of the man better known as Mahatma Gandhi, the other stirs controversy about his murder. Both are fuelling renewed interest in the humble father of modern India....
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Democrats have betrayed their constituency
LOS ANGELES: It’s ironic. Republicans by most accounts got trounced in the last election because they “lost their way”. The latest cover of Time magazine even has a picture of Ronald...
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10 major rivers are in danger, says WWF
NEW DELHI: Climate change, pollution, over extraction of water and development are killing some of the world’s most famous rivers including China’s Yangtze, India’s Ganges and Africa’s Nile, conservation group WWF said on Tuesday....
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Global warming misleads flora, fauna
OSLO: Early flowers, migrating swallows and sleepless bears are among signs that spring has arrived long ago in the northern hemisphere even as a record mild winter formally ends on Tuesday with a rare chill....
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UK issued 10,000 bogus passports
LONDON: An estimated 10,000 British passports were issued to fraudsters in the year to September 2006, the government admitted on Tuesday....
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India drops demand for Bahadur Shah’s remains
NEW DELHI: India has decided not to pursue a half-century-old request for Myanmar to return the remains of the last Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar, the government said on Tuesday....
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Afghan govt admits it exchanged prisoners
KABUL: The Afghan government admitted on Tuesday to exchanging Taliban prisoners for an Italian hostage as the United Nations and United States led criticism of any negotiations with “terrorists”....
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Uma Thurman splits with boyfriend
NEW YORK: Hollywood actress Uma Thurman has split up with New York hotelier Andre Balazs after more than three years together, the star''s publicist confirmed Tuesday....
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New York women smokers
NEW YORK: The number of female smokers in New York has fallen by more than 120,000 since five years ago, when the city first put forward a tough new ban on the use of tobacco, according to health officials....
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Probe against Israeli minister
JERUSALEM: Israeli police said they had questioned Finance Minister Avraham Hirshson for seven hours on Tuesday as part of a probe into corruption in a labour union that he once headed....
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