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Washington’s Al Qaeda strategy fatally flawed: analysts
PARIS: In its ideological struggle against Al Qaeda, American anti-terrorist strategy too often overlooks the basic tenets of the infamous Chinese warlord Sun Tzu, namely: know your enemy.... 
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Lankan bus blast kills 20 civilians
COLOMBO, Feb 2: Twenty civilians were killed and over 50 injured on Saturday morning as suspected Tiger rebels bombed a public bus in central Sri Lanka amid island-wide preparations to commemorate the 60th Independence Day celebrations on Monday....
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Another internet cable damaged
NEW DELHI, Feb 2: Another Middle East undersea internet cable has been damaged, adding to disruption in Indian online services caused when several lines were cut earlier this week, a cable operating firm said on Saturday....
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Indian navy says sailors died of gas inhalation
NEW DELHI, Feb 2: Indian Navy said on Saturday that five sailors who were widely reported to have been killed in a mystery blast aboard a warship on Friday had in fact died after accidentally inhaling a poison gas....
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Nato chief slates public calls for more troops
BRUSSELS, Feb 2: Nato Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer has called for an end to the “very public calls” for more troops for Afghanistan and a return to the normal “quiet channels”....
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Chinese brave storms without power, water
GUANGZHOU (China), Feb 2: China warned on Saturday the worst was not over in its national weather crisis as desperate holiday travellers jammed transport hubs and others endured bitter winter storms without power or water....
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125,000 Turks protest against headscarf
ANKARA, Feb 2: Some 125,000 flag-waving Turks, mostly women, denounced the Islamic-rooted government on Saturday over its plans to lift a decades-old ban on Islamic headscarves in universities a move the foreign minister said would expand Turkish freedoms....
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Bishop gets death threats over article
LONDON, Feb 2: A Church of England bishop has sought police assistance after receiving death threats over an article which alleged Islamist radicals had turned some parts of the country into hostile “no-go areas” for non-Muslims....
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Hamas agrees to help control Gaza border
RAFAH, Feb 2: Hardline senior Hamas leader Mahmud al-Zahar said on Saturday his movement will work with Cairo to gradually bring order to the breached border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt....
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Taiwan leader visits island claimed by China
TAIPEI, Feb 2: Taiwan Presi-dent Chen Shui-bian made a landmark visit to the disputed Spratly Islands on Saturday to assert a territorial claim in a move likely to upset China, Vietnam and other nations....
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Fresh bloodshed in Iraq sharpens discord over pullout
WASHINGTON: A new burst of violence in Iraq sharpens the differences among US military leaders over how to balance the risk of pulling US troops out too quickly and the danger of waiting too long....
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Google steals Yahoo’s show in the web race
NEW YORK: Holed up in a rickety construction trailer on the campus of Stanford University, two graduate students were supposed to be finishing their doctoral studies....
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Campaign heats up ahead of ‘Super Tuesday’
SAN JOSE: White House hopefuls launched a frantic blitz for votes heading into “Super Tuesday” and the home stretch of the costliest US election campaign in history....
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500,000 attend Brazil’s carnival
RIO DE JANEIRO: Hundreds of thousands of revelers flocked to Rio’s elegant city centre on Saturday for the second day of carnival revelry....
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Elderly enjoy video games
MARYLAND: Amid rousing applause and cheers, seniors in a retirement complex in the Washington suburbs have hopped onto the videogame craze, belatedly but with a vengeance, swinging their arms in a virtual game of bowling....
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Kenyan leaders talk peace, but violence goes on
KERICHO (Kenya): Youths burned hundreds of homes in a town in Kenya’s Rift Valley on Saturday, sending residents fleeing with all they could carry, despite an agreement between feuding politicians to end weeks of bloodshed....
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