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Thousands of Chinese join anti-Japan demos SHANGHAI/BEIJING, April 16: Shouting “Japanese invaders must die”, thousands protested in eastern China against Japan’s wartime past on Saturday, hurling rocks and bottles at Tokyo’s consulate in Shanghai and burning Japanese...		22 sentenced to death in BD for AL man’s killing DHAKA, April 16: A Bangladeshi court on Saturday sentenced 22 people to be hanged for murdering an opposition lawmaker, the highest number given the death penalty in a single case, prosecutors...
Sharon gave Bush photos of Iran’s N-plants: radio RIYADH, April 16: Israel reportedly handed over documents and aerial photos of Iranian nuclear installations to President Bush during the Texas summit earlier this week...		CIA disputed claims of Iraq-Al Qaeda link: papers WASHINGTON, April 16: A top Democratic senator on Friday released formerly classified documents that he said undercut top US officials’ pre-Iraq war claims of a link between Saddam Hussein and the...
Republicans oppose Bush proposal WASHINGTON, April 16: In a rare show of discontent with the White House, 41 congressional Republicans have signed a letter protesting President George Bush’s plan to sharply cut spending on an...		Riyadh enacts law against camera phones RIYADH, April 16: Anyone using camera phones to distribute pornographic material may face 1,000 lashes, a 12-year jail term and a 100,000 riyal fine under a proposed new Saudi law....
UN finance moot opens tomorrow UNITED NATIONS, April 16: The 54-member UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and senior officials from the major international...		Nigeria’s Haj quota under threat RIYADH, April 16: Saudi Arabia has warned Nigeria that its quota for Haj could be drastically cut, the BBC quoted a Nigerian minister as saying on Friday....
Pope’s ring, seal destroyed VATICAN CITY, April 16: Roman Catholic cardinals destroyed the late Pope John Paul’s ring and seal on Saturday in a symbolic end to his authority before secluding themselves from the world...		Kashmir bus service in retrospect ISLAMABAD: Witnessing the launch of much-awaited intra- Kashmir bus service last week was a unique and stirring experience. It was a momentous day for Kashmiris on both sides of the Line...
Tsunami aid promises fail to materialize UNITED NATIONS: When UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan was asked about the sluggish flow of concrete aid to tsunami-affected countries more than three months after the...		Catholic dissidents call for openness in Vatican VATICAN CITY: Some quantitative measures of John Paul II’s papacy are well known: He visited more countries, named more saints and...
Rafik Hariri’s legacy includes a huge debt BEIRUT: Former prime minister Rafik Hariri left a controversial economic legacy, and his killing has put a question mark over the future of the troubled country’s finances. Lebanon owes many billions...		Russia looking to Rice visit to end drift in ties MOSCOW: Russia wants to steer relations with the United States back onto solid footing after months of drift and will tell US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice this week that it...