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Berlin moots Iraqi security body
UNITED NATIONS, May 19: Germany wants Iraq to set up a national security council to resolve disputes about military action between US-led forces, the Iraqi army and the new interim government, its diplomats said on Wednesday. ... 
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More US soldiers may face trials: Sanchez
WASHINGTON, May 19: More prosecutions could be added to the seven soldiers facing courts martial over the Abu Ghraib prison abuse, a top US general said on Wednesday admitting that widespread problems existed at the jail. ...
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Bush to lay out Iraq handover strategy
WASHINGTON, May 19: US President George Bush plans to lay out a strategy next week for transferring sovereignty to Iraqis in a bid to stem eroding support at home and abroad for his Iraq policies, officials said on Wednesday. ...
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It's time for US, UK troops to quit Iraq
LONDON: When you are in a hole, stop digging. That is the maxim that should now be applied to the war in Iraq. All of my life I have watched as Britain and America have become embroiled in conflicts ...
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US imperial dreams sink in Iraqi quagmire
WASHINGTON: The coalition of Bush administration hawks that was empowered by the Sept 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on New York and the Pentagon agreed on three main strategic objectives. ...
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Al Jazeera's Iraq coverage hits US raw nerve
DOHA: Dogged by scandal, insurgency and rising anti-US sentiment in the Middle East, the United States has lashed out at the popular Arabic network Al Jazeera whose graphic coverage of Iraq seems to have hit a nerve. ...
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US seeks answers from Israel over raid
WASHINGTON, May 19: The United States is "very concerned" about the number of Palestinians killed in Israel's major military raid in the Gaza Strip and has sought answers from Israel, the White House said on Wednesday. ...
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Kasuri meets Saarc officials
NEW YORK, May 19: Foreign Minister Khurshid Mahmood Kasuri met ambassadors/representatives of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) member states on Tuesday and exchanged views with them for exploring further avenues to expand cooperation. ...
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Manmohan: architect of India's reforms
NEW DELHI, May 19: Soft-spoken Sikh Manmohan Singh, who was named on Wednesday as India's next prime minister, is hailed at home and abroad as the liberator of his nation's once inward-looking economy. ...
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BJP called Rajiv a thief: Rahul
NEW DELHI, May 19: Congress party scion Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday denied that his mother Sonia Gandhi had refused to become prime minister of India for fear of life ...
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Sonia's decision stuns supporters
NEW DELHI: Congress supporters regard the Gandhi family as India's monarchy. They had expected a coronation, not an abdication. But the fairytale of Sonia Gandhi ended before it had even begun. ...
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Protesters penetrate security at UK House: Flour thrown at Blair
LONDON, May 19: Protesters penetrated Britain's parliament on Wednesday and threw flour-filled condoms at Prime Minister Tony Blair ...
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Police official shot dead in Lanka
BATTICALOA, May 19: A Sri Lankan police intelligence operative was shot dead on Wednesday at a post office in the eastern Batticaloa town. Police officials said they suspected the Tamil Tigers' hand in the killing. ...
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Ex-Russian agent jailed
MOSCOW, May 19: A former Russian intelligence officer who accused the Federal Security Service of staging apartment bombings in 1999 that killed some 300 people and led to the war in Chechnya was jailed on Wednesday for four years. ...
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