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| US House blocks dues to UN |
| The House disregarded strong White House objections and voted yesterday to withhold up to half of the country’s dues from the UN if the world body does not cut its bureaucracy, redirect its budget and tighten its accountability.
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| US envoy says Omar is in Pak |
| The outgoing US ambassador to Afghanistan has suggested that Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar has been hiding in Pakistan and sharply criticised Islamabad’s failure t
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| Bush rejects troop return |
| President
George W. Bush today rejected calls for a withdrawal
of US troops from Iraq and tried to counter growing
impatience with the war by calling it a “vital
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| Narrow Rafsanjani win forces run-off |
| Centrist cleric Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani narrowly clinched top spot today in Iran’s nail-biting presidential election, but now faces a run-off with his closest rival, ha
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Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bundchen at a fashion show in Rio de Janeiro. (Reuters) |
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