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Pope laid to rest after huge Vatican funeral VATICAN CITY, April 8: Pope John Paul II was laid to rest in Saint Peter’s basilica on Friday after an elaborate and emotional funeral rite attended by about one million people...		US rejects Annan’s reform proposals UNITED NATIONS, April 8: The United States on Thursday joined other member states in rejecting many of UN Secretary General Kofi Annan’s reform proposals including a deadline on UN Security Council...
Amitabh proposes Pakistan as venue: Bollywood award ceremony AMSTERDAM, April 8: Indian idol Amitabh Bachchan on Friday urged the country’s film industry to consider staging its awards ceremony in Pakistan....		Clamour for Pope’s canonization VATICAN CITY, April 8: A popular clamour for Pope John Paul to be quickly canonized as a Catholic saint erupted in St. Peter’s Square on Friday toward the end of the...
Indonesia, E. Timor sign border accord DILI, April 8: Indonesia and East Timor on Friday signed a historic border agreement, removing one of the last obstacles to reconciliation between Jakarta and the territory it occupied for almost...		Hezbollah ready to discuss disarmament LONDON, April 8: Hezbollah would be prepared to discuss conditional disarmament if Israel withdrew from a disputed border area, the Lebanese guerrilla group’s deputy leader said in a British newspaper interview...
‘Enemy combatant’ doctrine condemned WASHINGTON, April 8: A proposed military doctrine on detainee operations drew fire from a human rights group on Thursday that said it reaffirmed the policy of classifying members of certain extremist...		Charles shakes hands with Mugabe LONDON, April 8: Britain’s Prince Charles, attending the Pope’s funeral, shook hands on Friday with Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe — a leader so shunned by the European Union that it has...
Major funerals LONDON, April 8: Pope John Paul’s funeral on Friday drew four kings, five queens, at least 70 presidents and prime ministers, and more than 14 leaders of other religions....		After 34 years, wedding bells to ring for Charles and Camilla LONDON, April 8: After 34 long years in and out of romance, and two months packed with preparations, Prince Charles will wed Camilla Parker Bowles on Saturday and give Britons a...
Macedonian president’s plane searched ROME, April 8: A small jet sent to Rome to pick up Macedonian President Branko Crvenkovski after the funeral of Pope John Paul was intercepted by an Italian fighter plane following...		CIA begins fresh probe over Iraq WASHINGTON: CIA Director Porter Goss has ordered an internal review to determine why doubts about an informant code-named Curveball, a key source of pre-war intelligence on Iraq, were not shared with...
Poll on US, Europe WASHINGTON: A majority of people in 17 countries say it would be positive for Europe to have more influence in world affairs than the United States, whose influence is viewed negatively...		Secret N. Korean military manual SEOUL: A confidential North Korean military manual obtained by a newspaper here provides a rare insight into the siege mentality gripping the government and leader Kim Jong-Il’s fears for his own...
Windsor Castle security LONDON: Two officers at Windsor Castle have been taken off firearms duty, police said on Friday The move comes a day after undercover journalists drove a van with a fake bomb in the back through the gates of the royal residence....		The empire shifts LONDON: If proof were needed that the 21st century will be about the struggle to shape Asia’s destiny, then it came from the mouth of Condoleezza Rice last month. In New...
Militants unhappy with Abbas’s reforms RAMALLAH: Many Palestinian security men doubled as militants against Israel before President Mahmoud Abbas declared a ceasefire. Now they feel short-changed by Abbas, and pose trouble for his peace agenda....		Root out this sinister cultural flaw LONDON: In 1492, the year that is often said to inaugurate the modern era, three very important events happened in Spain. In January, the Catholic monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella conquered the...
Flesh-eating infection on the rise LONDON: Doctors have reported an alarming number of MRSA patients being attacked by a life threatening flesh-eating infection in the US....		Volunteers thwart illegal immigrants ON THE US-MEXICO BORDER: As winds gust across the desert, a motley army of civilian volunteers peers into the darkness for signs of illegal immigrants trying to sneak across the sands...