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Nigeria denies Pakistan offer included n-power
ABUJA (NIGERIA), MARCH 4. Nigeria's Defence Ministry said a top Pakistan military official offered unspecified assistance to the Nigeria's armed forces, but a defence spokesman later retracted the statement that the offer included "nuclear ...

50 U.S. lawmakers back move to curb outsourcing
WASHINGTON, MARCH 4. At least 50 lawmakers in the United States House of Representatives have introduced legislation denying American companies federal financing and loan guarantees if they shift jobs overseas. The Defending American Jobs Act, ...

LTTE admits internal rift
COLOMBO, MARCH 4. For the first time in its decades of existence as a guerrilla organisation where dissent is fatal, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) today admitted to an internal rift, but termed it a "temporary crisis'' that would be ...

German court overturns conviction
KARLSRUHE (GERMANY), MARCH 4.A German court today overturned the world's only conviction for the Sept. 11 attacks and ordered a retrial for a Moroccan found guilty last year of aiding the Hamburg cell of suicide hijackers. Mounir el ...

China slams Taiwan move for referendum
SINGAPORE, MARCH 4.On the eve of a crucial meeting of China's National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing, a spokesman for Parliament's session today condemned the move for a "defensive referendum'' in Taiwan. This reflected the NPC's serious ...

Bush-Cheney poll campaign launched
WASHINGTON, MARCH 4.Senator John Edwards formally called it quits ending the race for the Party's nomination after his more senior colleague in the Senate, John Kerry made a political killing of sorts on Super Tuesday. With only the State of ...

Bomb threats prompt inspection of railways
PARIS, MARCH 4.Nearly 10,000 rail workers fanned out across France's train network on Wednesday searching for bombs after a previously unknown group threatened attacks unless it is paid millions of dollars. Information from the group led to ...

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  • Venezuela's Opposition seeks help
  • Haiti rebel leader bows to U.S. pressure
  • Israeli forces raid Gaza town in search for tunnels
  • The Patak food feud
  • Sri Lankan Government, Norway mum
  • `Computer chips helped nab terrorists'
  • French House adopts law banning headscarves
  • Schroeder unfazed by poll reverse
  • `Pakistan eligible for re-admission into C'wealth'
  • EPDP candidate hurt



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