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UN rights chief backs calls for massacre probe
GENEVA, Dec 7: United Nations human rights chief Mary Robinson on Friday backed calls by human rights groups for an international inquiry into the killing of 600 prisoners at the Qila-i-Jangi... 
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US custody not must for trial: Rumsfeld: Safe conduct for Omar opposed
WASHINGTON, Dec 7: The United States is to insist that senior Al-Qaeda and Taliban leaders be punished, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said on Thursday, but they will not necessarily have to...
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Clashes in Kandahar after Taliban exit
QUETTA, Dec 7: Former Kandahar governor Gul Agha took control of his former official residence in the city on Friday following clashes with an embittered anti-Taliban commander, a tribal elder said....
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Al-Qaeda puts up fierce resistance
MELAWA, Dec 7: Al-Qaeda fighters put up fierce resistance in the rugged mountains of eastern Afghanistan on Friday against anti-Taliban forces convinced they were hot on the trail of Osama bin...
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US wants others to pay bulk of rebuilding
WASHINGTON, Dec 7: The United States said on Thursday the rest of the world should pay “the bulk” of the billions of dollars needed to rebuild war-ravaged Afghanistan, but promised it...
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US forces suspension of germ war agreement
GENEVA, Dec 7: The United States on Friday forced the breakup of a germ warfare conference without new measures to toughen an international ban, angering its European allies....
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US approved of Indonesia’s E.Timor invasion: documents
WASHINGTON, Dec 7: US President Gerald Ford and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger gave late Indonesian strongman Suharto the green light for the 1975 invasion of East Timor that left perhaps...
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Chandrika asks opposition to form govt
COLOMBO, Dec 7: Sri Lanka’s main opposition leader was invited Friday to form a new government as a curfew was imposed to tackle post-election violence that claimed at least another three...
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West knew of ‘Osama plan’ since ’95: daily
BERLIN, Dec 7: Western secret services knew as far back as 1995 that Osama bin Laden planned to attack civilian sites using commercial passenger planes, German newspaper Die Welt said on...
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Marines kill 7 ‘enemy forces’
CAMP RHINO, Dec 7: US Marine patrols killed seven “enemy forces” on Thursday night in the first ground attack since they seized a base in southern Afghanistan almost two weeks ago,...
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Libya seeks Pakistan’s help over Arabs
NEW DELHI, Dec 7: Libyan leader Moamer Qadhafi’s son said on Friday that the Qadhafi International Foundation, which he heads, had contacted the Pakistan government to facilitate the passage of Arab...
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Tehran protests Blair’s remarks on terrorism
TEHRAN, Dec 7: Iran officially protested on Friday British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s remarks that London and Tehran cannot have new relations because of what tBlair called Iranian support for terrorist...
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Israelis contemplate life after Arafat
TEL AVIV: Yasser Arafat has always been the bane of Israel’s existence. But more than ever before, Israelis are wondering out loud what would happen if Arafat ceased to exist, or...
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US asks India to witness NMD exercises
NEW DELHI: India and the US agreed to a series of steps towards forging a new relationship which would promote their “strategic interest in Asia and beyond.”...
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Anti-terror laws vindictive
UNITED NATIONS: New anti-terrorism laws in Britain, Canada, and the United States risk “negative repercussions” for innocent refugees and asylum-seekers, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) warned...
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Afghanistan: start of robotic warfare
LONDON: In 1941 science fiction writer Isaac Asimov set the ground rules for robots when he penned the commandment: “A robot may not injure a human being, or, through inaction, allow...
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What’s next for Bush?
WASHINGTON: The alarming prospect that, post-Afghanistan, George Bush will again resort to military means in prosecuting a wider “war on terrorism” against other countries is receding, at least for now. The...
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A wake-up call for US, Muslims
CAMBRIDGE: When the last Taliban fighter retreats into the mountains of Afghanistan and a new government is established in Kabul, the United States and its supporters in the war on terrorism...
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No veto for Russia in Nato body
BRUSSELS: The Nato alliance has decided to bring Russia more deeply into some of its planning and decision-making, but stressed that Moscow would hold no policy veto....
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American liberty vs Muslim dignity
NEW YORK: The United States is a civilization of liberty at home. But ever since President James Monroe laid down the cornerstones of American foreign policy in 1823 this love for...
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