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Rice opposes Germany’s bid for UN Council seat WASHINGTON, May 18: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is against giving Germany a permanent seat on the UN Security Council, the Washington Post said on Wednesday. During a recent meeting...		50 rebels, nine soldiers killed in Nepal clash KATHMANDU, May 18: At least 50 Maoists and nine soldiers died in a battle in southeastern Nepal, state media reported on Wednesday, in the latest heavy outbreak of fighting since King...
Meera for lifting of ban on Indian films MUMBAI: Pakistani actress Meera, who makes her Bollywood debut this week, has urged the Pakistan government to lift a 40-year ban on Indian films to give a boost to warming ties...		Hindus, Muslims lock horns over Taj Mahal AGRA: An ownership battle has erupted over the world’s most famous monument to love, the Taj Mahal, as it celebrates its 350th anniversary. The magnificent 17th-century structure built by Mughal Emperor...
US renews advisory on S. Arabia RIYADH, May 18: Just a week after FBI Director Robert Mueller said in Riyadh that the United States would review the negative travel advisory to its citizens for Saudi Arabia, the...		Grenade lobbed at Bush was live: FBI WASHINGTON, May 18: US President George Bush was informed on Tuesday that the grenade tossed at him during a May 10 speech in Georgia was armed and could have caused serious...
Sergeant says Guantanamo jail has changed his view of US WASHINGTON, May 18: The number of detainees who tried to kill themselves inside the US prison in Cuba is much higher than what prison officials admit, says a new book on...		Israeli planes bomb Gaza GAZA, May 18: Israel launched an air strike against Gaza Strip militants shelling Jewish settlements on Wednesday, in a surge of violence straining an already tenuous truce. The Hamas said the...
Hostage is well, says Kabul KABUL, May 18: Afghanistan’s government said on Wednesday it was in touch with an abducted Italian aid worker, who was in good health, and her kidnappers and was optimistic she would...		Abbas meets Chinese president BEIJING, May 18: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met Chinese leaders on Wednesday, in his first visit since he succeeded Yasser Arafat as head of the Palestinian National Authority. The two sides...
Afghan govt slams US over raid KABUL, May 18: Afghanistan’s defense ministry on Wednesday called on the US-led forces to coordinate operations in consultation with Afghan forces after an old man was shot dead during a raid...		Rifle sight able to ‘shoot around corners’ SYDNEY, May 18: Australian scientists have designed a rifle sight which will effectively allow its troops to shoot around corners and is already attracting international interest, Defence Minister Robert Hill said...
5 aid workers killed in ambush KABUL, May 18: Unidentified men ambushed a vehicle and killed five Afghan reconstruction workers in southeastern Afghanistan on Wednesday. The three engineers, their driver and a police guard were killed in Grishk district in the troubled southeastern province of Helmand,...		Sri Lanka gets good response from donors: Tsunami reconstruction plans COLOMBO: The UPFA Government last Tuesday recorded what is described by government sources as an unprecedented response from the donor community for its post-tsunami reconstruction plan, with pledges made to the...
‘Tsunami fraud’ in Chennai schools CHENNAI: Private schools along the coastline of Chennai are being approached with fake “tsunami-affected” certificates by parents, in an attempt to dupe them into providing free education to their children. Parents...		Right to information is a new reality in India NEW DELHI: For rights campaigner Parth J. Shah, the fact that the Right to Information Bill passed last week is yet unavailable online speaks volumes for India’s culture of obscuring if...
Left parties want Lalu to quit NEW DELHI: Trouble continues to brew for railway minister Lalu Prasad Yadav, with the CBI special court in Ranchi rejecting his discharge petition on Tuesday and framing charges against him in...		Minister in trouble over ‘kebabs’ DUBLIN: The Irish minister for human rights apologized in the Irish parliament on Wednesday after a remark he made about “kebabs” was regarded by fellow lawmakers as a racist comment about...
Mandela, Bush discuss debt WASHINGTON: Former South African leader Nelson Mandela and US President George Bush on Tuesday discussed ways to reduce Third World debt but did not raise their disagreement over Iraq, officials said....		TV presenter shot dead in Kabul KABUL: Unknown gunmen here on Wednesday shot dead a female television presenter who once worked for a music program similar to MTV which had upset ulema....