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U.S.-Syria tensions ease, for now MANAMA, APRIL 22.While there has been a perceptible drop of tensions between the United States and Syria, there are indications that the chill in their relationship may resurface. The drop in the tough rhetoric from Washington towards Damascus ... 'U.S. not planning bases in Iraq' WASHINGTON, APRIL 22.The United States Defence Secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, has argued that Iraq should be a democracy and not a theocracy; and has flat out rejected media reports that the U.S. is seeking bases in that country in the context of a ... Fernandes opposes 'selective interpretation' of terrorism SINGAPORE, APRIL 22.The Defence Minister, George Fernandes, today suggested that India and China `discuss (their) differences with candour and eliminate problems extraneous to (their) relationship''. Delivering a speech at the National Defence ... 
Labour MP on Iraq pay list?LONDON, APRIL 22.After plunging the country into an unpopular conflict, which he is still hard put to justify, the British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, has emerged as an unlikely war `hero' even as scenes of anarchy and civil unrest continue to ... Worldwide SARS fatalities rise to 217 SINGAPORE, APRIL 22.With both China and its Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong registering nearly 100 deaths each, the upsurge in the international menace of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) stayed at an alarming level on ... Speculation over Blackwill decision 'totally misplaced' WASHINGTON, APRIL 22.The State Department is willing to go no farther than asserting that its Ambassador to India, Robert Blackwill, is quitting his post only to spend more time with his family and return to an academic life at the Harvard ... LTTE's move an act of brinkmanship? COLOMBO, APRIL 22. Regaining Jaffna and seeking greater international legitimacy are behind the latest brinkmanship by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), Sri Lankan analysts said today. But would rule out a possible return to war. ... Other Stories
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