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Rwanda uses ancient system to clear genocide caseload
KIGALI, June 16: An ancient system of traditional justice will be resurrected in Rwanda this week, when 11,000 village tribunals begin trying some of the 100,000 people detained in overcrowded jails... 
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Beijing bans cyber cafes after 24 die in fire
BEIJING, June 16: A fire in a cyber cafe in Beijing’s university district on Sunday killed 24 mostly teenaged students, triggering an immediate ban on the city’s 2,400 Internet bars....
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Iraq accuses US of sabotaging deal
BAGHDAD, June 16: Iraq on Sunday accused the United States of trying to sabotage its “oil-for-food” lifeline, warning that crude exports could drop below one million barrels per day due to...
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French Academy gets its first Asian member
PARIS, June 16: The Academie Francaise, the quasi-official arbiter of the French language for France, but also a good part of the French-speaking world, has a new member, but he’s not...
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Soweto museum opens 26 years after killings
SOWETO (South Africa) June 16: A museum honouring children slain by apartheid police in the 1976 Soweto uprising opened its doors on Sunday, exactly 26 years after a massacre which changed...
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Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon agree to gas pipeline mechanism
AMMAN, June 16: Oil and energy ministers from Egypt, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon took steps here on Sunday to push ahead with the construction of a one-billion-dollar natural gas pipeline for...
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Andersen convicted in Enron case
HOUSTON, June 16: The former Big Five accounting firm Arthur Andersen LLP was convicted of obstructing justice on Saturday for destroying tons of documents related to its former client, Enron Corporation....
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CIA given powers to topple Saddam: WP
WASHINGTON, June 16: US President George W. Bush early this year signed an intelligence order directing the CIA to conduct covert operations to topple Saddam Hussein, The Washington Post reported on...
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Kuwait slams US charge on laundering cash
KUWAIT CITY, June 16: A statement issued by the United States financial official accusing some Kuwaiti financial institutions of money-laundering has caused dissatisfaction among the Kuwaiti bankers, who denied any relation...
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Pope canonizes Padre Pio
VATICAN CITY, June 16: Before one of the largest crowds ever to fill the Vatican area, Pope John Paul on Sunday made a saint of Padre Pio, a 20th century mystic...
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France asked to tell truth about Jenin killings
PARIS, June 16: The figures speak louder than words, says a spokesman for the Organization of Young Arab Lawyers, who has revealed during a Paris press conference that 106 people were...
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Al-Qaeda has reorganized: NYT report
WASHINGTON, June 16: The al-Qaeda terrorist network has not been broken by the military campaign in Afghanistan but instead has reorganized itself into a force that is just as deadly, senior...
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India to train Sri Lankan special forces
COLOMBO, June 16: Sri Lankan special forces will soon get training from India after the latest in a series of deals that will also see closer military cooperation with the United...
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Israel fears rise in Arab population
AL QUDS: Israel is introducing stringent new measures to reduce dramatically immigration by Palestinians from the occupied territories who marry Israeli Arabs....
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Violence erupts as Loya Jirga debates future
KABUL: As delegates to this country’s grand assembly, or loya jirga, spent Saturday brainstorming ways to solidify the peace that has taken hold in most areas, a new outbreak of lawlessness...
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Disharmony rife in US govt
LONDON: In its foreign policy, the United States has lost its way. The administration is clear-minded when it comes to pulling out of international obligations such as the Kyoto accords on...
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Abdul Kalam triumphs as consensus candidate
NEW DELHI: With the wide spectrum of political opinion supporting Dr Abdul Kalam, it almost seems certain that the ‘Missile Man’ will be elected as the President of India on July...
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Killer bug unmasked
PARIS: Gene researchers have unmasked a strain of hospital superbug that is becoming resistant to all but the toughest antibiotics....
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Eastern Europe moves left as West shifts right
PRAGUE: Uneasy about immigration and crime, Western Europe is shifting to the political right....
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Star Wars arrives in Alaska
FORT GREELY (Alaska, USA): The sun barely sets at this time of year in northern Alaska, but on Saturday it rose on a ceremony that will take its place in the...
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