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US army probing fresh allegations: Abuse of Iraqi prisoners
WASHINGTON, Dec 4: The US military is investigating photographs of apparent Iraqi prisoner abuse snapped earlier than those showing abuse by US troops of inmates at Abu Ghraib prison which sparked a major scandal ... 
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Congress asked to pass intel reform
WASHINGTON, Dec 4: President George Bush on Saturday stepped up pressure on Congress to approve an overhaul of the nation's intelligence operations, just two days before lawmakers return to try again to pass the reforms. ...
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US pleased with strength of Pakistan ties: Powell
WASHINGTON, Dec 4: US Secretary of State Colin Powell said on Saturday the United States was 'very pleased' with the strength of its relationship with Pakistan. ...
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Ukraine govt calls EU officials back for talks
KIEV, Dec 4: Ukraine's outgoing President Leonid Kuchma on Saturday called European negotiators back to Kiev for a third round of talks to break a new deadlock with the opposition that could throw doubt over a new presidential runoff ordered by the supreme court. ...
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Storms devastate 1m in Philippines
REAL, Dec 4: President Gloria Arroyo banned all commercial logging on Saturday as rescuers rushed aid to nearly a million wet and hungry survivors of two deadly storms that are feared to have left more than 1,100 dead, officials said. ...
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UN disputes Congolese reports over Rwandan attacks
MUTONGO, Dec 4: Villagers living in the remote mountain jungles of eastern Congo say they fled attacks by Rwandan forces this week, but UN officials were sceptical about the details they provided on Saturday. ...
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Putin slams Washington's 'dictatorship'
NEW DELHI, Dec 4: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday launched a blistering attack on the United States, accusing it of running a "dictatorship" over global affairs and able only to worsen humanity's problems. ...
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Peruvian beauty crowned Miss World
BEIJING, Dec 4: Twenty-year-old Miss Peru was crowned Miss World on Saturday in a southern Chinese resort town, as China looks to become the regular host of an event that would have once been deemed heretical by its leaders. ...
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Towards a more secure world
Over the last 10 years or so, the world has come much closer to agreeing on what is needed to achieve development and break the grip of extreme poverty. Three key international meetings - the UN Millennium Summit in 2000 and the UN conferences in Monterrey, Mexico ...
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Rwanda threatens to reignite Congo
THE MI-17 helicopter rocks and shudders into life, the rotors accelerating until flight UN863 is airborne and skimming the rooftops of Goma for another mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo. ...
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Militants in Mosul try to avoid Fallujah mistakes
MOSUL: Mobile, discreet and relatively tolerant of public morals: rebels in Mosul are avoiding the traps that led to the fall of their comrades in Fallujah. ...
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Israel boycott row hits London college
LONDON: Soas, The London University School of Oriental and African Studies, has come under fire for agreeing to host a conference on Saturday at which academics begin a campaign to break links with Israeli universities ...
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