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EU ‘deplores’ end to UN Jenin probe
MADRID, May 4: The European Union said on Saturday it deplored the fact that the United Nations had been forced to call off a fact-finding mission into Israel’s assault on the... 
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Nepal govt claims killing 396 rebels
KATHMANDU, May 4: Nepal’s defence ministry said on Saturday its troops killed an estimated total of 396 Maoist rebels, fighting to topple the monarchy and establish communist rule, in major military...
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13 hostages seized in Turkish hotel
ISTANBUL, May 4: A lone ethnic Chechen gunman burst into a busy five-star hotel in Istanbul on Saturday, fired a Kalashnikov rifle and briefly took 13 hostages before surrendering to police,...
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US mailbox bombs hurt 5; FBI fears ‘domestic terror’
CHICAGO, May 4: Five people were injured on Friday when seven pipe bombs exploded in mailboxes in rural Illinois and Iowa in what the FBI called an act of domestic terrorism....
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India’s ‘supercop’ to advise Modi
AHMEDABAD, May 4: India’s most celebrated police official, K.P.S. Gill, on Saturday met top officials in Gujarat ahead of accepting a job to tone up the police force of the western...
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Chirac expected to retain presidency
PARIS, May 4: After two weeks of political mayhem, French voters across the political spectrum were urged on Saturday to rally behind Jacques Chirac in Sunday’s presidential vote and deny far-right...
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Establishment of ‘durable state’ vital: Commander’s views on Afghan mission
BAGRAM AIR BASE (Afghanistan), May 4: Winning the war in Afghanistan is not just about eliminating Taliban and Al Qaeda guerillas but must include the establishment of a durable state, the...
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Japan asks US, Iran to repair relations: Tehran seeks help in job creation
TEHRAN, May 4: Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi, visiting Tehran on Saturday, urged Iran and the United States to work towards repairing their relations in the interests of regional peace and...
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Aid worker jailed in India to appeal
LONDON, May 4: Lawyers working for a deaf British charity worker given a 10-year jail sentence in India for possession of cannabis will take his case to India’s Supreme Court on...
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Saudi envoy eases Canada’s fears about citizen’s fate
TORONTO, May 4: A top Saudi diplomat on Friday quashed rumours that a Canadian citizen had been handed a death sentence in Riyadh....
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Fingers still crossed for Suu Kyi’s release
YANGON, May 4: The world’s most famous political prisoner, Aung San Suu Kyi, is set to be freed from 19 months in house arrest within days despite fears a last-minute hitch...
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Ban sought on violent videos
BERLIN, May 4: Germany’s conservative opposition, reacting to the country’s worst mass murder since World War Two, called on Saturday for a ban on the distribution of violent films, video and...
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Roadblocks litter path to ME peace
DUBAI: The beginning of the end to the current phase of the Arab-Israeli stalemate appears bright that now the siege on Palestinian President Yasser Arafat has been lifted, but the way...
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BJP on back foot over Gujarat massacres
NEW DELHI: The Rajya Sabha unanimously approved a motion under article 355 moved by the Congress member, Arjun Singh, calling upon the government to intervene in Gujarat under article 356 of...
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Clear evidence of war crimes found in Jenin
WASHINGTON: Israeli forces committed serious violations of international humanitarian law, probably including war crimes, during their 10-day invasion of Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank, a leading rights watchdog reported...
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Final French vote: a referendum on racism
PARIS: The final round of the presidential election on Sunday is becoming in effect a referendum on the racist views of Jean Marie Le Pen....
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Israel a ‘predator of press freedom’
PARIS: International journalists’ rights association Reporters Sans Frontieres (RSF), which today issued its annual report to coincide with the 12th annual International Press Freedom Day, reports with regard to Israel, that...
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Inmates at Camp X-ray write letters home
SARAJEVO: “We are in a country unknown to us and you can probably see on TV how they are treating us,” an inmate of the US Guantanamo Bay detention camp for...
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AI’s ‘shareholder activism’ to make US more socially responsible
WASHINGTON: Frustrated by what it sees as foot-dragging by US companies that say they will commit to international human rights standards, Amnesty International USA has decided to explore a new form...
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Tunisia refuses to sit beside Israel in UN
UNITED NATIONS, May 4: With tensions in the Middle East at a new high, even normally unruffled diplomats worry about who they are seen with and where they sit....
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