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Iraqi parliament holds first session: No accord on govt as yet
BAGHDAD, March 16: Iraq’s new parliament met for the first time on Wednesday more than six weeks after elections, but rival blocs failed to agree on a government and militants targeted... 
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Bush warns Iran of UN action: Tehran urged to ‘adopt democracy’
WASHINGTON, March 16: US President George Bush said on Wednesday that the United States and its European allies would seek UN Security Council action against Iran if Tehran rejected incentives to...
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Pakistani, Indian troops share jokes, tea
KAMAN POST (Occupied Kashmir), March 16: Villagers watched in amazement as Pakistani and Indian military officials shared jokes, tea and snacks while they worked to open a road in Kashmir ahead...
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No pullout if Bush, Blair say no: Italy
ROME, March 16: Italy will not begin withdrawing its troops from Iraq in September without the consent of its US and British allies, Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said on Wednesday. The...
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TI foresees biggest corruption scam
BERLIN, March 16: The reconstruction of Iraq risks turning into the world’s biggest corruption scandal, Transparency International said on Wednesday in a report focused on a worldwide problem of bribery in...
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Israelis hand over Jericho to PA
JERICHO, March 16: Israeli forces transferred control of Jericho to the Palestinians on Wednesday, a move likely to help Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas commit militants to a ceasefire so he can...
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Gay marriage: US court rules against ban
SAN FRANCISCO, March 16: The San Francisco Superior Court has struck down the California state laws that limit marriage to “a man and a woman”. “No rational basis exists for limiting...
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26 prisoners murdered in US custody, says paper
NEW YORK, March 16: At least 26 prisoners have died in US custody in Iraq and Afghanistan since 2002 in what army and navy investigators have concluded or suspect were acts...
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Dialogue of the deaf
NEW DELHI: Nepal’s royally appointed Foreign Minister Ramesh Nath Pandey certainly had a tough time making anyone believe him in meetings held last week with top Indian leaders here. For one,...
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Working around the rebels
BHARATPUR: With rumours of an impending Maoist blockade of the country’s highways, many people in Nepal are dreading another round of price hikes of fresh vegetables and shortages of items like...
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Sri Lanka: peace is no longer optional
COLOMBO: At its annual convention on Friday, the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) gave the green light to its leader Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga to go ahead with resuming peace...
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An endless cycle of despair
DHAKA: Like tens of thousands of fellow Bangladeshis, Mohammad Mustafa moved to the city from his dirt poor village about 15 years ago to seek his fortune. With his wife and...
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Naga rebels ready to rekindle revolt
NEW DELHI: The head of a powerful Naga rebel group in India’s turbulent northeast threatened on Wednesday to end a seven-year ceasefire if long-running talks with the Indian government make no...
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BD’s treasury, opposition MPs act in unison
DHAKA, March 16: In a rather unusual political development in Bangladesh, the Treasury and Opposition MPs on two parliamentary panels agreed unanimously on a couple of issues last week — one...
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