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21 Mar 2005 11:27 AM
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Rumsfeld: Iraqi economy back to recovery:
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The US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said that the Iraqi economy cannot be derailed by the insurgents and that the US helped to free about 25 million of Iraqi people.
"We have 25 million Iraqis that are free. The economy is coming back. The dinar is strong. The schools are open
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21 Mar 2005 11:05 AM
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Bush allows to move Schiavo case to federal courts:
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The US President George W. Bush and Congress ruled out today that the case of Terry Schiavo, a brain-damaged woman from Florida, will be moved to the federal courts jurisdiction.
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21 Mar 2005 10:43 AM
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USA try carrot-and-stick approach to the East:
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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Monday once again forced North Korea to restart talks on ending its nuclear program.
North Korea which declared possessing at least one nuclear weapon announced in February its reluctance to take
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21 Mar 2005 09:24 AM
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New space leader brings new lobbies for NASA budget:
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Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison is assigned to lead control over the future of the U.S. space program. The assignment of a new leader of the Senate’s space subcommittee brings new projects for resolving NASA’s dramatic issues.
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21 Mar 2005 08:53 AM
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King of pop music prosecuted by teens:
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Michael Jackson is charged with regaling the boy with alcohol in 2003 when the boy was 13, molesting him four times and conspiring to abduct and extort the boy and his family. Jackson has pleaded innocent. He has said the teenagers and their mother are lying to gain money from him in a potential civil lawsuit.
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21 Mar 2005 08:30 AM
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Zoellick - Mandelson talks bore no fruit:
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The US and European Union held talks on the long-lasting issue linked to Boeing-Airbus matter. The results are not quite optimistic: both sides tried to accuse each other.
Robert Zoellick, an outgoing US trade representative, and Peter Mandelson, EU trade commissioner, accused each
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18 Mar 2005 11:07 AM
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Update 1: Bush names new trade representative:
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The US President George W. Bush named Rob Portman, an Ohio Republican, as US trade representative. He will replace Robert Zoellick named trade representative in January.
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18 Mar 2005 11:01 AM
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Political prisoner released in China: a goodwill move ahead of Rice visit?:
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The release of Rebiya Kadeer, a prominent businesswoman arrested in 1999 on charges of "revealing state information to foreigners," signals about the preparations of China to meet the US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
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18 Mar 2005 10:59 AM
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No hope looms in Northern Ireland issue, US says:
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The US officials say there is unlikely to be any hope for resolving the problem with Northern Ireland till the IRA continues to be involved in criminal cases like December bank robbery and killing of a Catholic in Belfast.
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18 Mar 2005 10:56 AM
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Update 1: Hopes to save Alaska Refuge dwindled down to nothing:
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The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge faces rough times after the 51-49 bill rejection that may definitely lead to the oil drilling in the little north coast town of Kaktovik.
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18 Mar 2005 10:53 AM
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Hoon: Waiting for right conditions to withdraw troops from Iraq:
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Italy’s decision to withdraw its troops from Iraq by September is only possible within the right conditions, Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon said today.
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18 Mar 2005 10:49 AM
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Dutch businessmen charged with Kurd 1988 genocide:
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Today a pre-trial heareing was held in a Rotterdam court accusing a Dutch businessman Frans van Anraat, 62, for been related to the Kurd genocide in a 1988 attack on Hallabja.
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18 Mar 2005 10:35 AM
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Tsunami-hit countries lack $5bn for restoration:
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Governments all round the world agreed to addopt a new strategy line in order to lead the tsunami-hit countries from the relief phase of the disaster to longer-term rebuilding.
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18 Mar 2005 10:30 AM
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Europe cautious to Wolfowitz as World Bank chief:
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Europe may oppose the nomination of Paul D. Wolfowitz as the World Bank’s president. Bush’s nomination is considered to be the most controversial nominations ever regarding Wolfowitz’s backing of the war in Iraq.
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18 Mar 2005 08:32 AM
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Cold War diplomat Kennan dies at 101:
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Cold War leading diplomat George Kennan has died at age 101, the leading media said Thursday. His contribution to the post-Cold War policy was enormous.
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