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Troops comb W Baghdad to rescue Egypt envoy
Iraq may start taking charge of its security within a year: Britain
Iraqi and US troops combed suspected insurgent hideouts in west Baghdad yesterday after Egypt's ambassador designate became the first foreign head of mission kidnapped in the 15-month-old hostage crisis.
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Syrian forces clash with ex-Saddam bodyguards
Syrian forces captured two "terrorists" and a security officer was killed yesterday in a dawn clash with extremists who included former bodyguards of Saddam Hussein, official media said.
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US air strike kills 12 Afghans civilians
Missing GI rescued
A US air strike in eastern Afghani-stan last week killed 17 civilians, including women and children, a governor said yesterday as the search continued for the missing comrades of a rescued US soldier.
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Climate Deal
Bush offers Blair no favours
President Bush has told Britain's Tony Blair to expect no favours at this week's Group of Eight summit in return for backing the US-led war in Iraq despite reports of a breakthrough deal on climate change.
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Russian, US FMs Warn
Massive deaths if WMD falls into wrong hands
Russia and the United States warned of apocalyptic consequences yesterday if weapons of mass destruction (WMD) fall into the wrong hands and encouraged more countries to join an anti-proliferation initiative
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Australia's most famous sight crumbles
One of Australia's most famous sights, a set of 12 peaks which sit in the sea off the Victorian coast and are known as the Twelve Apostles, has been irrevocably damaged with the collapse of one of its
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2 Kashmiri ministers escape attack
Two senior state ministers in Indian Kashmir narrowly escaped a landmine blast, which injured six policemen while 11 people died in militant violence in the revolt-wracked state, police said Sunday.
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Israeli president fears Sharon assassination
Israeli President Moshe Katsav said yesterday the vocal opposition of pro-settler rabbis to Israel's Gaza pullout could incite ultranationalists to try to assassinate Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.
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