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US warns EU against lifting China arms ban BRUSSELS, April 5: The United States gave the European Union a blunt warning on Tuesday against lifting a ban on selling arms to China, saying it should expect a reaction from...		India, Pakistan and Kashmir: of buses and people WASHINGTON: Pakistan and India’s Feb 15 decision to start a bus service in Kashmir has given their peace talks a badly needed boost of energy, and an extensive array of people-to-people...
Beijing protests to Tokyo over book TOKYO, April 5: Japan approved a new edition of a textbook on Tuesday that critics say whitewashes Japan’s militaristic past, drawing protests from China and South Korea and further fraying ties...		11,000 executed or sentenced to death last year: AI GENEVA, April 5: At least 3,797 people were executed in 25 countries and at least 7,395 were sentenced to death in 64 countries last year, the rights organization Amnesty International said...
Pope left testament: Vatican VATICAN CITY, April 5: The Vatican still does not know the identity of a cardinal nominated by Pope John Paul II two years ago but whose identity he kept secret, Vatican...		CIA blamed for Iraqi jail deaths WASHINGTON, April 5: CIA interrogations may have played a role in the deaths of several detainees in Iraq, as Bush administration lawyers were advocating an aggressive interrogation policy that critics say...
Arab govts must reform or face chaos: UN UNITED NATIONS, April 5: A UN report says that pressure for political change is intensifying within the Arab world and unless Arab governments move much more quickly towards reform they could...		Kurd leader to be named Iraq president BAGHDAD, April 5: Veteran Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani will be named Iraq’s new president at a parliament meeting on Wednesday, senior government sources said....
West not ready for black pope: cardinal ABIDJAN, April 5: The Western world is not yet ready for a black pope, a leading African cardinal said as millions of faithful ponder who might take over the leadership of...		Solar eclipse on Friday PARIS, April 5: Those who say eclipses herald history-shaping events will find support for their superstition when, on Friday, the Sun will be briefly plunged into darkness on the day of...
Tsunami-hit people turn to religion: Survivors’ trauma persists COLOMBO: It’s a hundred days since Asia’s devastating Dec. 26 tsunami and communities across the region are still trying to rebuild and heal. In the face of tragedy, Sri Lankans have...		Nasa turns to lake for clues to alien life CUATRO CIENEGAS (Mexico): With cobalt waters harbouring eerie, coral-like formations, this archipelago of lakes in Mexico’s searing Chihuahuan desert has always had an other-worldly appearance....
‘Hotel Rwanda’ revives 1994 genocide memories KIGALI: Just 72 hours before Rwandans commemorate the 11th anniversary of the 1994 genocide, thousands attended the premiere here of the Oscar-nominated film “Hotel Rwanda,” a poignant account of one man’s...		Berlusconi gets severe political beating ROME: Italians have given Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi a severe political beating, leaving him just one year to recover before a general election he now looks in serious danger of losing....
Sociologist sheds light on mass mourning PARIS: The death of Pope John Paul II set the stage for mass mourning, a phenomenon of the modern age in which profound grief for a charismatic leader is amplified and...		Attacker barred from funeral ISTANBUL, April 5: Turkish authorities on Tuesday rejected a request from Mehmet Ali Agca, the Turk who shot and gravely wounded Pope John Paul in 1981, to leave prison to attend...