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| US official vows to build new Iraq |
| US administrator Jay Garner made his first visit to Baghdad today, pledging to build a new Iraq from the ashes of war, but opposition stiffened to American domination of Iraq’s reconstruction.
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| China fears virus epidemic |
| China, where the government has admitted the number of SARS cases in Beijing is far higher than disclosed previously, may be facing a very big outbreak in its provinces, the
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| Miffed Tigers pull out of talks |
| Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tiger rebels pulled out of talks to end two decades of civil war today, the biggest threat yet to the island’s best chance of permanently ending the fightin
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| Maoists postpone peace meeting |
| Maoist rebels postponed peace talks with the Nepali government today, saying they wanted their first meeting in nearly 18 months to tackle substantive issues rather than form
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US Captain Tom Roughneen with newly-baptised, three-month-old Maria Saad at the Catholic cathedral in Kirkuk. (AP) |
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