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Report on abuses: excerpts
WASHINGTON, May 4: Following are excerpts from a report of a military investigation of abuses of Iraqi prisoners at the Abu Ghraib prison. It was headed by US Maj Gen Antonio Taguba, named on Jan 31 ... 
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US army accused of protecting superiors: Maltreatment of Iraqi prisoners
WASHINGTON, May 4: US soldiers accused of abusing Iraqi prisoners were following orders and are being used as scapegoats to protect their superiors ...
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Bush's ME policy condemned:58 ex-diplomats' letter
WASHINGTON, May 4: A group of 58 former US ambassadors and diplomats on Tuesday condemned US policy in the Middle East saying that President George W.Bush had cost the United States "credibility, prestige and friends". ...
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Democrats propose amnesty for aliens
WASHINGTON, May 4: Three Capitol Hill legislators on Tuesday proposed a sweeping amnesty for between eight million and 12 million undocumented immigrants who live, work and pay taxes in the United States. ...
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US forces take a cue from Saddam
NAJAF: Dozens of followers of Shia leader Muqtada al-Sadr sing rhymes of martyrdom as they carry the coffins of two of their slain comrades into the shrine of the revered Imam Ali in the Iraqi holy city, Najaf. ...
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Annan expects UNSC to okay force for Iraq
UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has said that he expects the Security Council to authorize a multinational force to remain in Iraq as part of a resolution that will cover the period after the return of sovereignty on 30 June ...
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From Fallujah to photos, one fiasco after another
WASHINGTON: When in 1970 'Life' magazine published photos taken by Senator Tom Harkin, then a lowly congressional aide, of the infamous "tiger cages" in which suspected Viet Cong men ...
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Quartet for full Gaza pullout
UNITED NATIONS, May 4: The quartet of Middle East mediators called on Tuesday for a full Israeli withdrawal from Gaza and said the plan presented a "rare moment of opportunity" despite its rejection by Israeli conservatives. ...
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Palestinian town withers as Israeli barrier nears
SHEIKH SAAD: Even garbage cannot enter Jerusalem freely from the withering Palestinian village of Sheikh Saad, whose stone houses straddle the city's boundary with the West Bank. ...
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What's next for Sharon
TEL AVIV: Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's gamble to seek party support for his unilateral "disengagement plan" backfired spectacularly and humiliatingly on Sunday ...
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Indian rhetoric increased threat of N-war with Pakistan: study
WASHINGTON, May 4: India blocked official channels of communication with Pakistan during the 2001-02 border crisis, increasing the possibility of a nuclear conflict in one of the world's most populous regions ...
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US troops using Indians as 'slaves'
NEW DELHI, May 4: India on Tuesday expressed concern over the alleged abuse of Indian workers by the US Army in Iraq, after some of the men escaped to narrate their harrowing tales of slavery. ...
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Left may ironically hold the key in Indian polls
KANPUR, May 4: Wherever rightwing Hindu revivalism has spread over the years across India, leftist trade unions in those areas have borne the brunt - some would say even more than the country's minority Muslims have evidently suffered. ...
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US general's remarks: inquiry drags on
WASHINGTON: Muslim-Americans, especially those of Arab origin, are increasingly frustrated by the Pentagon's failure to discipline a top US general who said Muslims do not worship "a real God", and say it raises questions about whether the so-called war on terrorism is not a war on Islam. ...
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