US said ready to dissolve 'core group' on aid effort
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UNITED NATIONS -- A week after pledging to lead a four-nation effort to coordinate the Asian tsunami relief effort, the United States will dismantle the group and let the United Nations be the chief aid coordinator, diplomats in New York and Washington said yesterday.
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The government will announce later whether it has agreed to a US request to send hundreds of its troops to relieve American forces in Iraq, Prime Minister Tony Blair's spokesman said, a move widely expected to go ahead.
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By STEPHEN GRAHAM Associated Press Writer KABUL, Afghanistan . The purported leader of Taliban-linked militants holding three UN hostages in Afghanistan said his group is split over whether to &quot;get rid&quot; of
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Embattled president to outline what US officials have described as his 'post-surge' strategy.
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US officials held a conference call yesterday to discuss ways to aid the south Asian countries inundated by the Indian Ocean tsunami.
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The United States is set to offer  "all appropriate assistance" to Asian countries hit on Sunday  by a powerful earthquake and the giant waves it generated, a  White House spokesman said.
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US allies broadly welcome the announcement of plans for a major shake-up of US forces around the world.
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- Canada's prime minister urged rival groups yesterday to disarm and political factions to settle differences so the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere may make use of international aid.
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The United States says it is preparing a new United Nations resolution to deal with the crisis in the troubled Darfur region of Sudan.
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The US is set to take control of a local agency amid charges that millions in public money were wasted or stolen.
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The Bush Administration has said that it is ready to offer amnesty to &quot;non-criminal&quot; remnants of the Taliban holed up in different pockets across Afghanistan.
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The United States is leaving open the option of pushing for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan to step down, amid calls from US lawmakers for his resignation.
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The admiral in charge of the U.S. effort said today he will begin handing work over to local governments and aid groups.
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The United States, Israel and European states are prepared to ease a ban on aid to the Palestinian government that President Mahmoud Abbas is forming in the West Bank after sacking Hamas, officials said on Friday.
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell said Friday the United States would provide financial assistance to African Union troops on a proposed mission to end the looting and killing in western Sudan.
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Top News News, New Delhi,India made it clear Thursday that it was ready to join a US-proposed coordination group to tackle the tsunami disaster in South and Southeast Asia.
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It&#039;s a coalition of the dwindling. The U.S.-led multinational force in Iraq is losing two of its most important allies &amp;#151; Italy and South Korea &amp;#151; and up to half a dozen other members could draw down their forces or pull out entirely by the end of the year.