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Iraq's legislature takes shape even before vote
Most members of Iraq's national council were chosen long before a scheduled vote yesterday that is supposed to appoint the interim legislative body during a conference billed as a first step towards democracy.
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Sharon approves 1,000 settlements in WB
US to monitor activity, Palestinians say Tel Aviv killing roadmap
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has approved building tenders for 1,000 more homes in Jewish settlements in the West Bank frozen earlier to avoid upsetting the United States, political sources said
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Maldivian opposition for Indian intervention
A Maldivian opposition leader urged India to intervene to "restore some sanity" in his country following the imposition of emergency by the government to quell unprecedented protest demonstrations onMonday.
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Bush announces plan for troop realignment
Democrats blast redeployment, 2 divisions to leave Germany while 70,000 soldiers will back home
Two US Army divisions will leave Cold War-era bases in Germany over the next decade, and the US military will increase it presence in former Warsaw Pact countries under President Bush's reorganisation
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Musharraf Says
Pak crackdown sends al-Qaeda scattering
Top al-Qaeda operatives have fled sanctuaries near Pakistan's border with Afghanistan to cities and other countries after army raids, President Pervez Musharraf was reported saying Tuesday.
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Reaction to Tutsi Massacre
Burundi army threatens to enter Congo
The Burundi army said yesterday it might cross into neighbouring Congo to pursue rebels and militia it blames for massacring 160 Congolese Tutsi refugees at a camp in western Burundi.
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NAM Meet Opens
S Africa slams US 'anti-terror campaign'
South Africa yesterday implicitly criticised the United States and its allies for "mounting global campaigns" against perceived threats and called for a concrete response from the Non-Aligned Movement.
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3 missing as floods wreak havoc in UK
Three people were missing early yesterday after flash floods tore through a popular coastal tourist area in southwest England, sweeping dozens of cars into the sea and leaving hundreds feared trapped.
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