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Lord Of The Rings over: Peter Jackson returns to homelessness
[Edition 79] WELLINGTON, Thursday: The world premiere of Lord of The Rings: The Return Of The King last week signalled the end of an epic five-year journey for film-maker Peter Jackson, and the official opening of his slump back into bedraggled penury.
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SADDAM CAUGHT: US promises fair show trial
[Edition 79] BAGHDAD, Thursday: US President George W. Bush has assured the world that the newly captured Saddam Hussein will be afforded “all the illusory protections and empty platitudes we offer our own cowardly monsters like Timothy McVeigh.”
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War to guarantee regime change in Iraq, Britain
[Edition 70] LONDON, Monday: Prime Minister Blair has sought to bolster support for the war against Iraq by guaranteeing regime change. “If we go to war this arrogant megalomaniac will definitely lose his position as leader,” said Blair. “But enough about me, Saddam may also lose his job.”
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Saddam double fears typecasting
[Edition 70] BAGHDAD, Wednesday: With all the talk of civilian casualties and the possible ecological disaster were Iraq’s oil fields to be set alight during the imminent armed conflict, it is easy to forget the impact that a war will have on the Iraqi entertainment industry. Take, for example, the leading Iraqi actor Yasin Ibrahim.…
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Columnist backs Whitehouse
[Edition 68] MIAMI, Sunday: A syndicated columnist has added credibility to the Whitehouse’s pro-war stance by drawing on his own experiences as a ex-leftie.
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IRAQ ATTACKS US: Pre-empts Pre-emptive strike
[Edition 63] BAGHDAD, Thursday: Saddam Hussein has launched a pre-emptive strike on the United States to prevent it from pre-emptively striking Iraq first. Hussein said he has intelligence that the US had developed weapons of mass destruction and planned to use them to attack Iraq.
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Colonel Gaddafi promotes himself to General
[Edition 62] TRIPOLI, Thursday: After years of ribbing by his Axis of Evil peers, General Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan, Ayatollah Khamenei of Iran and General Than Shwe of Burma, Colonel Muammar al-Gaddafi has finally promoted himself to General.
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‘War against terror’ episode of Friends helps New York to finally heal
[Edition 47] NEW YORK, Tuesday: Former Mayor of New York Rudolph Giuliani has thanked the writers and actors of Friends for their decision to deal with the issue of the war on terrorism in a special episode of the glib US sitcom.
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Patriot strikes back against terrorists with witty email
[Edition 46] SEATTLE, Monday: Local computer aficionado Jeremy Williams sent all of his friends an amusing photo today as part of his effort to defeat terrorism against the United States.
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Aussie republicans plan “study tour” to Nepal
[Edition 40] KATHMANDU, Sunday: The head of the Australian Republican Movement Greg Barnes has arrived in Nepal, where he’s scheduled to meet Crown Prince Dipendra to discuss new strategies for removing royal families. Mr Barnes believes the republican movement has a lot to learn from Prince Dipendra, whose recent massacre of his family demonstrated a…