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Repolling ordered in 4,164 seats so far
The Election Commission (EC) on Tuesday ordered re-poll in 60 polling stations in Bihar's Hajipur Lok Sabha constituency, from where Union Railway Minister and Janata Dal candidate Ram Vilas Paswan is contesting, following reports of booth capturing and poll irregularities. Re-polling will be held on Wednesday in polling booths in six assembly segments.
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US fears UN may have given away too much
US officials are suspicious that UN Secretary General Kofi Annan may have given away a little too much to Baghdad in brokering a deal which has averted American military action on Iraq. While cautiously welcoming the agreement, the Americans are particularly suspicious of some parts of the new accord which they feel could give Iraq wiggle room and create problems in the future.
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Assam govt ready for cease-fire with ULFA
The Assam Government seems all set to draw up a Nagaland-type cease-fire with the outlawed United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA). This was evident from a press release issued by the Government.
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Vote for unity, Sonia exhorts Keralites
Congress star campaigner Sonia Gandhi on Monday spared the CPM-led LDF Government and instead appealed to the nearly four-lakh crowd that thronged her public meetings to vote Congress for stability and secularism. Sonia, accompanied by son Rahul Gandhi, CWC member AK Antony, K Karunakaran and KPCC president Vayalar Ravi, addressed eight meetings, spent nearly nine hours on a heli-hop tour of the State.
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