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Fresh claim of prisoner abuse in Afghanistan
KABUL, July 3: The US military said on Saturday it was investigating a new allegation of prisoner abuse, the third to be examined in Afghanistan following revelations of detainee abuse in Iraq. ... 
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US plays down delay in Afghan elections
WASHINGTON, July 3: The United States on Friday downplayed reports that Afghanistan may further delay its first elections due in September. ...
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US general says she met Israeli official in Iraqi jail: Abu Ghraib scandal
LONDON, July 3: The US general who was in charge of Baghdad's notorious Abu Ghraib prison said on Saturday she had met an Israeli interrogator in Iraq, a controversial allegation likely to irritate many in the Arab world. ...
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Saddam's appearance before tribunal: a transcript
BAGHDAD, July 3: The following is the second part of the transcript of Saddam Hussein's first appearance before a special tribunal on Thursday. (The first part was published in Saturday's Dawn). ...
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US marine beheaded, says group
DUBAI, July 3: A militant group considered close to Al Qaeda, the Ansar al Sunna, said it had decapitated a US marine corporal in Iraq, in a statement posted on an Islamic website on Saturday. ...
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3 US soldiers charged with drowning Iraqi
WASHINGTON, July 3: The US Army has charged three soldiers with manslaughter and a fourth with assault for forcing two Iraqi detainees to jump into the Tigris River, reports said on Saturday. ...
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Six guards die in attack on pipeline
MAHMUDIYAH, July 3: Six Iraqi national guard soldiers were killed and four wounded as they guarded an oil pipeline in an area south of Baghdad on Saturday, security and medical sources said. ...
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3 killed as Israelis fire on Palestinians
BEIT HANUN, July 3: Three Palestinians, one a nine-year-old boy, were shot dead in the Gaza Strip and West Bank on Saturday when Israeli troops opened fire towards stonethrowers. ...
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Saudi prince slams US for backing Israel
BERLIN, July 3: In a new, stinging critique of US Middle East policy, Saudi Prince Al Walid bin Talal accused Washington in an interview made available on Saturday of being unhelpful in the cause against terrorism because of its support of Israel. ...
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Italy 'looking forward' to Kasuri's visit
ROME, July 3: Italian undersecretary of Foreign Affairs Margherita Boniver says Rome is "looking forward" to receiving Foreign Minister Khursheed Kasuri next week. Mr Kasuri will travel to Italy on Tuesday for a two-day official visit. ...
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12th strike in 6 months shuts down Bangladesh
DHAKA, July 3: Shops were closed and private vehicles off the roads Saturday as Bangladesh was shut down by its 12th anti-government strike by the opposition in six months. ...
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US, BD hold joint exercise
DHAKA, July 3: A joint combat engineering exercise between the US Marine Force and the Bangladesh Army's corps of engineers began at Natore on Saturday. ...
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Afghan boy to have surgery in Canada
TORONTO, July 3: A dying Afghan boy has been flown to Canada for an urgent delicate heart surgery in Ottawa. Accompanied by his father and a Canadian military doctor, the nine-year-old Jamshid Jan 'Popal' arrived in Toronto early Tuesday morning. ...
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118 killed in Yemen fighting
SANAA, July 3: More than two weeks of heavy clashes between supporters of an extremist preacher and the Yemeni army in the country's north have killed 118 people on both sides, the interior minister said on Saturday. ...
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Saddam could call CIA in his defence
LONDON: Evidence offered by a top CIA man could confirm the testimony given by Saddam Hussein at the opening of his trial in Baghdad on Thursday that he knew of the Halabja massacre only from the newspapers. ...
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Saddam keeping himself fit for trial
THE thinned-out face of Saddam Hussein broadcast from his first courtroom hearing may not have been entirely due to the stress of his impending trial. ...
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Evangelicals come out for Bush
NO matter what happens in Iraq, and no matter what the American economy does between now and the presidential election, Randy Bernsen will be voting for George Bush. It will be an act of faith. ...
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World's poor more vulnerable now than ever
UNITED NATIONS: The meeting was billed as a major gathering of political and economic leaders - mostly trade and foreign ministers - from the world's 50 poorest nations. ...
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