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Shia leader killed in Iraq
BAGHDAD, DEC. 18. Iraqi resistance fighters have killed a prominent member of a major Shia organisation that is participating in the U.S. appointed Governing Council of Iraq while Mosul and Samarra, north of Iraqi capital, continued to simmer ...
Putin to run for second term
MOSCOW, DEC. 18.The Russian President, Vladimir Putin, today confirmed that he would stand for re-election in next March's presidential poll, but dismissed suggestions that he serve more than two terms that are allowed by the Constitution. ...
Chirac for law against headscarves in schools
Paris 18. In a major policy speech, the French President, Jacques Chirac, has said he was in favour of a law banning the wearing of conspicuous religious symbols in French schools and Government offices. France has been mired in controversy ...
British MPs want law on detention scrapped
LONDON, DEC. 18.The British Government's tough anti-terror law, rushed through Parliament in the wake of the September 11 attacks in America, was dealt a blow today when a high-power committee of cross-party MPs and peers called for radical ...
Consensus likely on E.U. voting rights
BRUSSELS, DEC.18.The perception in the 15 European Union capitals suggests that the E.U. is passing through a phase of political and constitutional crises. The E.U. summit collapsed last weekend when the leaders failed to agree on the ...
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  • Singapore detains two terror suspects with Karachi `links'
  • Bangladesh, Nepal to start FTA talks
  • Spurt in anti-U.S. sentiments
  • Japan, Russia to bolster ties
  • U.S. forces Europe into waiving Iraq debt



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