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NGOs decry ‘bribes’ & ‘threats’ at UN
UNITED NATIONS: A coalition of over 150 peace groups and global non-governmental organizations (NGOs) is lashing out at the UN Security Council for adopting a resolution that virtually legitimizes the US-led... 
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US-Europe duel likely at G8 summit over Africa
LONDON: President Bush is preparing to bury a radical French plan which would help some of the world’s poorest farmers by ending the dumping of subsidized western food in Africa. ...
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Ireland most expensive country in euro zone
LONDON: Ireland is about to overtake Finland and become the most expensive country in the 12-nation euro zone, a government report warned on Thursday....
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Extraordinary security steps
PARIS: With the recent terrorist attacks on Riyadh and Casablanca, French authorities say are going to exceptional lengths with regard to the security arrangements they are preparing for the G8 summit...
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Cannes may reward anti-US films
CANNES: As the Cannes film festival gets set to hold its glamorous closing ceremony on Sunday, a handful of movies taking a sceptical view of the United States have emerged as...
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LTTE hints it’s ready to resume negotiations
COLOMBO: The Tamil Tigers’ renewal on Thursday of their demand of a rebel-led interim administration in Sri Lanka’s north-east, in return for resuming peace talks, is a welcome move that keeps...
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Invasion of Iraq: the truth will emerge
“Truth, crushed to earth, shall rise again, — The eternal years of God are hers; But Error, wounded, writhes in pain, And dies among his worshippers.”...
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Firms begin meeting to cash in on windfall: Protesters chant ‘vultures, vultures’
LONDON, May 23: European and Asian firms turned out in force on Friday to press their case for Iraq rebuilding work at a meeting organized by US construction giant Bechtel....
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Baghdad far from normal: official
LONDON, May 23: Six weeks after the overthrow of Saddam Hussein, security in Baghdad is lagging well behind the rest of Iraq, hampering reconstruction and humanitarian work, a senior British diplomat...
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US ready for IAEA mission next week
WASHINGTON, May 23: The United States and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) are putting the finishing touches on plans for agency officials to head to Iraq next week, the State...
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Uday considering surrender: paper
WASHINGTON, May 23: Uday Hussein, the feared elder son of deposed Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, is considering surrendering to US forces but is hesitant because of the way US officials are...
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De Mello named UN envoy
UNITED NATIONS, May 23: The UN Human rights chief Sergio Vieira de Mello, favoured by the United States, was named the UN’s special representative to Iraq on Friday....
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Afghan held on terrorism charges
NEW YORK, May 23: The FBI arrested a New York City cab driver on Tuesday after he allegedly tried to buy explosives enough to blow up a mountain....
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US agrees to address Israel’s ‘concerns’: Sharon to submit ‘roadmap’ to cabinet
WASHINGTON, May 23: The White House said on Friday that it appreciated Israel’s “real concerns” about the so-called Middle East roadmap and promised to “address them fully and seriously”....
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BJP govt rocked by bribery scandal
NEW DELHI, May 23: India’s Hindu-nationalist coalition government was rocked by the resignation of two ministers on Friday evening, a day before a planned cabinet reshuffle....
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US House okays $350bn tax cut plan
WASHINGTON, May 23: The US House of Representatives passed a 350 billion dollar tax cut plan on Friday that was less than half the size of President George Bush’s original proposal,...
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Indian claims to be oldest living man
JAIPUR, May 23: An Indian man who claims to be 125 years old said on Friday he was vying for a place in the Guinness Book of World records....
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Everest record smashed; Hillary returns to Nepal in wheelchair
KATHMANDU, May 23: A Nepalese Sherpa climbed Everest on Friday in a record 12 hours 45 minutes, as Sir Edmund Hillary, who took weeks of painstaking toil with Tenzing Norgay Sherpa...
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