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Hekmatyar's men support Karzai
WASHINGTON, May 6: Afghan President Hamid Karzai made a major political gain this week when key members of a rebel group switched loyalties to back him. The Hizb-i-Islami Party was responsible for the collapse of the first post-Soviet government in Afghanistan ... 
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Afghanistan starting to look like Iraq
UNITED NATIONS: The growing instability in Afghanistan - a country under virtual military occupation by US and other western forces - has been overshadowed by news of the escalating violence, torture and killings in US-administered Iraq. ...
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US was asked to take 'corrective action': ICRC - Jail abuses
GENEVA, May 6: The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Thursday it had repeatedly urged the United States to take "corrective action" at the Abu Ghraib jail. ...
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Democrats seek Rumsfeld's ouster
WASHINGTON, May 6: The top Democrat in the US House of Representatives on Thursday accused Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld of a cover-up in the scandal over abused Iraqi prisoners and said he should resign. ...
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UN body voices concern
UNITED NATIONS, MAY 6: Voicing 'serious concern' following reports of torture of Iraqi detainees by United States and British military officers, a United Nations human rights group on Wednesday called on the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) ...
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India won't cut its army, says Fernandes
NEW DELHI, May 6: Defence Minister George Fernandes has ruled out any move to downsize India's army in the wake of nuclear neighbour Pakistan's plans to reduce 50,000 troops, a report said on Thursday. ...
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Powell aides go public on rift with Bush
NEW YORK: The US secretary of state Colin Powell's key aide has described US sanctions policy against countries such as Pakistan and Cuba as "the dumbest policy on the face of the Earth". ...
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Israel warns EU against 'supporting' Palestinians
DUBLIN, May 6: Israel told the European Union on Thursday it would lose its role as a mediator if it "takes the side of the Palestinians" in Middle East peace talks, officials and diplomats said. ...
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Jordanian monarch meets Bush
WASHINGTON, May 6: Under pressure from Jordan's King Abdullah, US President George Bush said on Thursday he would reassure the Palestinians in writing of his commitment to ensuring a "just peace" with Israel despite his recent pledges favoring the Jewish state. ...
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India to build Iran-Afghan road link
NEW DELHI, May 6: India's military on Thursday unveiled the blueprint of a new road it will build in Afghanistan as part of reconstruction efforts. ...
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The US has created a new gulag
WASHINGTON: It was "unacceptable" and "un-American", but was it torture? "My impression is that what has been charged thus far is abuse, which I believe technically is different from torture," said Donald Rumsfeld, the US secretary of defence on Tuesday. ...
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Bush urged to disclose 'hard truth'
WASHINGTON, May 6: The opposition leader in the US Congress accused President Bush on Thursday of hiding the true cost of war in Iraq from the American people. She urged Mr Bush to also tell the nation "the hard truth about how much longer our troops will remain in Iraq. ...
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Libya sentences six Bulgarians, Palestinian to death
TRIPOLI, May 6: A Libyan court on Thursday condemned six Bulgarians and a Palestinian doctor to death by firing squad after convicting them of deliberately spreading Aids in a children's hospital ...
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Moore's film on Bush hits snags
NEW YORK: The Walt Disney Company is blocking the distribution of a new documentary by Michael Moore that harshly criticizes President Bush, executives at both Disney and its Miramax film division told the New York Times. ...
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