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Indonesia pours troops into Aceh: Offensive expected
BANDA ACEH (Indonesia) May 11: International mediators made last-ditch efforts on Sunday to avert a return to all-out war in Indonesia’s Aceh province as bloodshed continued.... 
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Main points of ME ‘roadmap’
JERICHO, May 11: The “roadmap” plan, drafted by top EU, Russian, UN and US officials, was handed to the two sides on April 30. Following are the main points:...
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US in major overhaul of its Iraq leadership
BAGHDAD, May 11: The US administrator for Baghdad vacated her post on Sunday as Washington prepared a major overhaul of its leadership team in Iraq following sharp criticism of the sluggish...
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India had N-delivery system in ’94: report
NEW DELHI, May 11: India had become a functional nuclear power with a capability to deliver nuclear weapons four years before the May 1998 tests, the Outlook magazine said on Sunday....
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Australia’s G-G steps aside temporarily
MELBOURNE, May 11: Australia’s titular head of state has temporarily given up office while rape claims he firmly denies are resolved, but his long-term future is uncertain, Prime Minister John Howard...
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Bruguiere to again probe blast at Karachi
PARIS, May 11: Jean-Louis Bruguiere, France’s leading anti-terrorist magistrate, says that he plans shortly to go to Pakistan to continue the investigation he’s been undertaking on his own of the May...
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RSF concerned over abduction of BD newsmen
PARIS, May 11: International journalists’ rights organization Reporters Sans Frontieres (RSF) says it’s decided to voice its “deep concern” over the kidnapping and arrest of journalists in Bangladesh....
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HK doctors change Sars treatment
HONG KONG, May 11: The cocktail of drugs being used to treat SARS patients in Hong Kong has been changed after a study revealed part of the current treatment had no...
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Iranian rebels submit to US control
NEAR MUQDADIYAH (Iraq) May 11: The Iraq-based armed Iranian opposition, a US-listed terrorist organisation, began submitting heavy weapons and thousands of fighters to US control in Iraq on Sunday, US officers...
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China hawk settles in neo-cons’ nest
WASHINGTON: Neo-conservative hawks have scored a new victory in the administration of President George W. Bush with the hiring by Vice President Richard Cheney of a prominent hawk on China policy....
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Arafat retains influence despite US boycott
RAMALLAH: Yasser Arafat lives behind mounds of debris in half-demolished quarters, ignored by US diplomats pushing a new Middle East peace plan. But while down, the longtime icon of Palestinian nationalism...
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US trade plan worries Arabs
CAIRO: Many Arabs are deeply suspicious about Washington’s new free-trade plan for the Middle East and fear it is a Trojan horse for economic imperialism....
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There is no reason to fear Iraq’s Shia resurgence
LONDON: The sight of millions of Iraqi pilgrims flocking to Karbala has caused disquiet in Washington. Since Shias comprise about 60 per cent of the population of Iraq, it is not...
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No respite for Aussies at Camp Delta
SYDNEY: When he awakes each morning in a Camp Delta prison cell, Mamdouh Habib kisses a photograph of the wife and four children who have not seen or spoken to him...
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EU icons debate constitution
BRUSSELS: Just weeks away from the presentation of a draft EU constitution, the fireworks are beginning to fly as debate intensifies on who will wield power in the new-look Union....
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Pollution blots out stars over Britain
LONDON: One by one the stars over Britain are going out. US military satellite data released the other day suggests that light pollution has increased 24 per cent in just seven...
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