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Intelligence ‘concocted’ to justify war: expert
SYDNEY, June 16: A former Australian government defence analyst said “false” intelligence that Iraq possessed large stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction was used to justify the March 20 invasion, a... 
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Protests continue as Iran flays US: 30 arrested
TEHRAN, June 16: At least 30 people were arrested by police early on Monday in downtown Tehran, the state-run news agency IRNA reported....
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At least 11 wounded in attacks in Iraq
BAGHDAD, June 16: A blast rocked a Baghdad underpass on Monday injuring four Iraqis as the US military announced that seven soldiers had been wounded in two separate ambushes on military...
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US signs secret ICC immunity deals
WASHINGTON, June 16: The United States has secretly signed deals with at least five countries giving US citizens in those nations immunity from prosecution by the International Criminal Court (ICC), diplomatic...
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HRW asks ASEAN to protect rights
NEW YORK, June 16: Asian regional security talks taking place in Cambodia this week may encourage human rights abuses in the name of fighting terrorism, Human Rights Watch warned on Monday...
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4 hurt in Makkah raid
RIYADH, June 16: Security forces wounded four suspected Saudi terrorists in a shootout in the holy city of Makkah, the second armed clash in 24 hours, a newspaper reported on Monday....
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Floods leave 300,000 homeless
GUWAHATI, June 16: Villagers scrambled to higher ground or crowded into government buildings after floods in northeast India left about 300,000 people homeless, officials said on Monday....
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Navy should shoot illegals, says Italian minister
ROME, June 16: Umberto Bossi, an outspoken cabinet minister whose right-wing party once advocated the north’s affluent regions break away from the rest of Italy, caused a new political storm on...
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BD parliament walks out after student killed
DHAKA, June 16: A student leader of Bangladesh’s main opposition party was gunned down on Monday, sparking a parliamentary walkout and a call for a general strike here for June 19....
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Three killed by own bomb in Afghanistan
KABUL, June 16: Three suspected terrorists were presumed killed when a bomb they were planting exploded late on Sunday night on a major road south of the Afghan capital, the official...
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LTTE, govt talk security
COLOMBO June 16: Sri Lanka Army commanders and Commanders of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam met Vavunathivu, Batticaloa secretariat on Sunday to discuss security issues in the eastern Batticaloa-Amparai district,...
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Labour website defaced
LONDON, June 16: Hackers broke into the website of Britain’s ruling Labour Party on Monday to insert a picture of President George Bush carrying his dog with Prime Minister Tony Blair’s...
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Ras al-Khaimah succession row
ABU DHABI-CAIRO, June 16: The succession to the throne of the Arab emirate of Ras al-Khaimah appeared on Monday to be an open dispute within the ruling family....
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EU draft wins applause for cohesion, clarity
Few can deny that these are historic times for the European Union. While international attention has focused on persistent transatlantic acrimony over Iraq, the 15 nation-bloc has been celebrating two key...
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Sharon giving Bush the chihuahua deal
WASHINGTON: As beloved New York Yankee catcher and phrase- maker Yogi Berra once said, it seems like “deja vu all over again”....
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Germany’s special day
BERLIN: Germany marks the 50th anniversary on Tuesday of the 1953 uprising in former East Germany, an event widely accepted as the first major people’s revolt in communist eastern Europe....
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South Korea in a fix as US plans to pull back troops
SEOUL: The two Koreas have reason to worry about the US decision to pull its troops back from Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) that divides them — the South must now bear more...
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Bush to ‘ride herd’ on roadmap
LONDON: Midday last week in the Egyptian coastal resort of Sharm El Sheikh — and crisis in the press room of George Bush’s travelling White House. “This is absurd, the president...
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