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US plans to give India bigger role in Asia
WASHINGTON, June 10: The United States and India are discussing a plan that will give New Delhi a greater role in Asia and bring about a major geo-political change in the... 
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Resistance could prolong: Rumsfeld
BAGHDAD, June 10: US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld on Monday warned that occupying forces in Iraq would need many more months to eliminate armed resistance from fighters loyal to former Iraqi...
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UK, US disagree over Iran: Straw
LONDON, June 10: Britain and the United States disagree on their stance towards Iran, Foreign Secretary Jack Straw indicated on Tuesday....
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Chinese are biggest newspaper buyers
 DUBLIN, June 10: The Japanese are the world’s leading newspaper buyers and China holds the world daily circulation record of 82 million, followed by Japan, India and the United States, a...
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Belgian court totry Israeli general
BRUSSELS, June 10: A Belgian court on Tuesday said it can try former Israeli General Amos Yaron on charges of crimes against humanity for his alleged role in the 1982 massacre...
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Annan fears attack will complicate matters
 UNITED NATIONS, June 10: UN Secretary General Kofi Annan expressed concern at Tuesday’s bid by the Israeli army to kill a senior leader of the Hamas, saying it would complicate efforts...
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Anti-Advani protests planned
WASHINGTON, June 10: A group of Indian citizens living in Washington were planning a silent vigil on Tuesday afternoon outside their embassy where India’s Deputy Prime Minister Lal Kishan Advani will...
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Suu Kyi to be freed soon, says Myanmar govt
YANGON, June 10: Myanmar’s ruling military said on Tuesday that pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi would soon be freed and a UN envoy who saw her in custody said the...
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US reduced to printing Saddam banknotes
BAGHDAD, June 10: The US-led administration in Iraq admitted on Tuesday it was printing hundreds of thousands of Saddam Hussein banknotes in defiance of its own ban on his image as...
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Afghans want Islamic republic: paper
PARIS, June 10: A former adviser to Ahmad Shah Masoud who is currently working on the drafting of a new constitution for Afghanistan, Abdul Hai Elahi has revealed that according to...
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370 Iraqis detained
BAGHDAD, June 10: Four US soldiers were wounded by hostile fire in eastern Iraq as an infantry division launched massive search operations in which 370 people were detained, a coalition spokesman...
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News being censored, says Fisk
DUBLIN, June 10: British journalist Robert Fisk of the London newspaper, The Independent, on Tuesday accused the United States and Britain of lying about Iraq....
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US shifting troops to far-flung bases
WASHINGTON: In the most extensive global realignment of US military forces since the end of the Cold War, the Bush administration is creating a network of far-flung military bases designed for...
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Palestinians: modern Red Indians
LONDON: The Palestinians have long been the Native Americans of the contemporary world. In the 19th century, Americans showed little regard for America’s indigenous inhabitants, taking their land and harrying them...
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US looks to renew exemption from Criminal Court
WASHINGTON: Civil society groups are urging member states of the UN Security Council to reject Washington’s upcoming request to exempt all its soldiers and officials from the jurisdiction of the new...
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Foreigners plagued by US travel rules
WASHINGTON: Shahid Mahmood is about to come home, none too soon for his poor and elderly patients....
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