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US military report draws Vietnam-Iraq parallel
WASHINGTON, May 20: US action in Iraq could prove a foreign policy debacle if the Bush administration ignores Washington's painful failure at nation-building in South Vietnam a generation ago, a new Army report warns. ... 
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Home is where army should be
WASHINGTON: Decades before the prison photos from Abu Ghraib gave evidence that American soldiers can behave so much more badly than American civilians like to think, even the United States Army worried about the way the troops were acting. ...
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Religious warrior of Abu Ghraib
WASHINGTON: Saving General Boykin seemed like a strange sideshow last October. After it was revealed that the deputy under secretary of defence for intelligence ...
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Israel expands Gaza offensive
RAFAH, May 20: Defying international fury and a rare US rebuke, Israel expanded its bloodiest Gaza Strip raid in years on Thursday after killing 39 Palestinians in three days of fighting in the Rafah refugee camp. ...
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Israeli missiles may rebound politically
RAFAH: The killing of at least 10 Palestinian demonstrators and the wounding of many others by Israeli forces in Rafah in the southern Gaza strip on Wednesday increased domestic ...
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New Arab summit holds little hope
CAIRO: Arab League member states are set to reconvene this weekend in the Tunisian capital Tunis for the summit called off at the last moment in late March by the host Tunisia. ...
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Pakistan recalls positive interaction with Singh
ISLAMABAD, May 20: He is a man of integrity as well as great intelligence and a moderate who favours promotion of cooperation between Pakistan and India. ...
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US fails to win Russian support on Iran, WMD
MOSCOW, May 20: A top US official on Thursday failed to win a firm commitment from Russia to halt its controversial nuclear cooperation with Iran or to sign up to a Washington-sponsored non-proliferation agreement. ...
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White rhinos on the critical list
LONDON, May 20: The northern white rhino, one of the world's most endangered animals, could be extinct in the wild within months unless poaching by Sudanese rebels stops, conservationists said on Thursday as they launched an urgent appeal for funds. ...
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Aga Khan underscores need for democracy
OTTAWA, May 20: Prince Karim Aga Khan, the spiritual leader of the Ismaili community and founder of the Aga Khan Development Network, has outlined the need to recognize the fragility of democracy as a form of governance ...
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Nepal king bids to end political stalemate
KATHMANDU, May 20: Nepal's king met the main opposition leader on Thursday in another of a series of meetings aimed at trying to end a political impasse marked by massive anti-monarchy protests and calls for democracy. ...
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Racism of India's Hindu right
LONDON: India's general election saw the first major reversal in 20 years for the Bharatiya Janata party and the forces of the Hindu right. But no sooner had the advocates of "Hindu rashtra" lost at the polls than they launched a strident campaign to alter the result. ...
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