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Beijing opposes proposal on UNSC BEIJING, May 17: A draft proposal for U.N. Security Council reform circulated by Brazil, Germany, India and Japan will undermine the process of upgrading the United Nations and exacerbate differences, China...		Uzbek govt admits to 169 deaths ANDIJAN, May 17: Uzbekistan’s hardline government dramatically increased its estimated death toll Tuesday from a bloody crackdown in the eastern city of Andijan, as international pressure grew on President Islam Karimov....
37 of wedding party die in accident NEW DELHI: At least 37 members of a wedding party died and another 25 were injured on Tuesday when their bus plunged down a gorge in a mountainous area of northern...		27 killed in BD DHAKA: A storm struck several parts of Bangladesh on Tuesday, killing at least 27 people and injuring more than 500. Rescuers found two bodies floating in the River Jamuna near the...
Quran desecration LONDON: Several Britons who had been held at US military prisons in Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba alleged Monday that they had seen their US guards desecrate the holy Quran. Former...		Awami Leaguer shot dead DHAKA: Unknown assailants on Tuesday morning shot dead an office-bearer of the Awami League, which immediately gave a call for a dawn-to-dusk strike on Wednesday. The 42-year-old Khorshed Alam Bachchu was...
Uzbekistan unrest exposes US double standards LONDON: The bodies of hundreds of pro-democracy protesters in Uzbekistan are scarcely cold, and already the White House is looking for ways to dismiss them. The White House spokesman Scott McClellan...		US Senate cavalier with justice, says Galloway WASHINGTON, May 17: Anti-war British Member of Parliament George Galloway told a US Senate committee on Tuesday that the allegation he had profited from oil dealings with Saddam Hussein were baseless....
Canada ‘constrains’ relations with Iran OTTAWA, May 17: Canada has decided to “constrain” its relations with Iran until Iranian authorities handle the case of the Iranian-Canadian photojournalist Zahra Kazemi “in a serious and credible manner,” Foreign...		Blair unveils agenda for third term LONDON, May 17: Prime Minister Tony Blair unveiled an ambitious agenda on Tuesday for a third term packed with potential pitfalls after British voters slashed his majority this month. The programme...
‘Sorry, you are dead,’ woman told BERLIN, May 17: A German woman in her eighties said on Tuesday she had been ordered by her pension fund to produce a certificate to prove she was still alive. Martha...		Three religious figures shot dead in Iraq BAGHDAD, May 17: Unidentified men assassinated three religious figures in Baghdad on Tuesday in an escalating wave of violence that authorities fear is aimed at sparking civil war. Al Qaeda’s wing...
Widows seek Italian worker’s release KABUL, May 17: Hundreds of veiled Afghan widows held a tearful protest on Tuesday to demand the release of a kidnapped Italian woman who cared for them. “If you don’t give...		When will Israel leave Gaza? LONDON: Ariel Sharon’s decision to put off Israel’s “disengagement” from the Gaza Strip is just the latest worrying sign that the path to peace with the Palestinians is going to be...
‘Star Wars’ may cost US economy $627m NEW YORK: The latest “Star Wars” film opening this week has a dark side, according to one analysis it will cost US employers as much as 627 million dollars in lost...		X-rays reveal origins of Earth LONDON: Scientists who peered for 13 days across 1,500 light years of space believe they may have the answer to one of creation’s great puzzles: the formation and survival of rocky...
Putin’s rival awaits ‘guilty’ verdict MOSCOW: Russian judges declared the guilt of oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky on all seven charges against him on Tuesday but adjourned the hearing for a second day with no formal verdict...		Some drugs can cause internal bleeding, says study CHICAGO: Some popular anti-depressant drugs can cause internal bleeding similar to that triggered by aspirin and related painkillers, researchers said on Monday. The anti-depressants involved are Prozac-type selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors,...