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11 Iraqis, two US troops killed
BASRA, Feb 5: Guerillas killed four Iraqi soldiers in a motorcycle bomb in Basra on Saturday, as violence elsewhere also left another seven Iraqis and two US troops dead. "The booby-trapped motorbike exploded as the patrol passed by. ... 
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US soldier gets six-month jail term
FORT HOOD, Feb 5: A US soldier who stomped on hooded Iraqi prisoners was sentenced to six months behind bars on Friday, becoming the sixth person imprisoned in connection with abuses at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison. ...
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Bush seeks $419bn for Pentagon
WASHINGTON, Feb 5: US President George Bush will ask Congress on Monday to boost Pentagon spending to 419.3 billion dollars in 2006, an increase of 4.8 per cent, the US media said on Saturday. ...
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Afghans tortured, says UN
KABUL, Feb 5: A United Nations rights investigator examining the situation in Afghanistan said on Saturday that foreign troops had mistreated and possibly tortured people in the war-torn country. ...
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US Senate reviewing Iran intelligence
WASHINGTON, Feb 5: US senators have launched a review of intelligence on Iran to try to avoid pitfalls that marked the path to the invasion of Iraq, the Los Angeles Times said. ...
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General's remarks anger US Muslims
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 5: The American Muslim community is outraged at the remarks of Lt Gen James Mattis, commander of Marine Division in Iraq, that it is "fun to shoot some people". ...
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Russia must improve democracy, says Rice
WARSAW, Feb 5: Russia must do more to show it is committed to "the basics of democracy" if it wants deeper relations with the West, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Saturday. ...
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West neglecting abuses in C. Asia: HR body
ALMATY, Feb 5: The West is neglecting the worsening human rights situation in Central Asia, where veteran leaders exploit the threat of terrorism to stifle dissent, a European human rights watchdog said on Saturday. ...
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US considering using planes to track ships for security
WASHINGTON, Feb 5: The United States is considering using commercial jets as a new security eye in the sky to help track ships within 2,000 nautical miles of its shores, a senior Coast Guard official said on Friday. ...
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Uranium found on 2 detainees
NEW DELHI, Feb 5: Indian police found weapons-grade uranium on two men who were arrested in the country's north on suspicion of being drug peddlers, a report said on Saturday. ...
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Poppy eradication could devastate Afghanistan
WASHINGTON: A rejuvenated campaign to crack down on Afghanistan's booming heroin trade could backfire and end up alienating large sectors of the population from the government of President Hamid Karzai, warn Afghan development and rights groups. ...
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Can the United States monopolize modernity?
LONDON: In President Bush's inauguration speech, he pledged to support "the expansion of freedom in all the world", deploying the words free or freedom no less than 25 times in 20 short minutes. ...
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