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Scholar terms Kashmir bus courageous move WASHINGTON, May 21: Instead of keeping a score card of who is conceding what, people in India and Pakistan should focus on moving ahead with the current peace process, says Michael Krepon, President Emeritus of Washington’s Henry L. Stimson Center....		Saddam’s photos pleased officials: Paper’s claim LONDON, May 21: Rubbing salt in the wounds caused by publishing prison photographs of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein in underclothing, a British tabloid on Saturday released another shot...
US top brass involved in prisoner abuse: report WASHINGTON: A leaked report on a military investigation into two killings of detainees at a US prison in Afghanistan has produced new evidence of connivance of senior officers in systematic prisoner...		Anti-Muslim bias rising in US: CAIR SAN FRANCISCO, May 21: There was a sharp increase last year over the previous year in discrimination by law enforcement authorities against American Muslims, according to a report by the Council...
Freak tide hits Kerala; 15,000 evacuated NEW DELHI, May 21: At least 15,000 villagers were evacuated on Saturday after a freak tide caused a surge of sea water in the southern Indian state of Kerala , triggering memories of December’s devastating tsunami. Sea water crashed into fishing hamlets late Friday in Trivandrum,...		Tommy Lee Jones: from ‘Fugitive’ to filmmaker CANNES, May 21: Tommy Lee Jones, the tough-talking Texan who won the best acting award at this year’s Cannes film festival on Saturday, racked up more than three decades as an...
41 soldiers feared dead in Chile blizzard LOS ANGELES (Chile), May 21: At least 41 soldiers were feared dead on Saturday as rescuers searched a fourth day for mostly teenage troops lost in a blizzard during a military...		Strike in BD against AL leader’s murder DHAKA, May 21: Police in riot gear swung into action on Saturday as opposition activists took to the streets to enforce a day-long general strike across Bangladesh to protest the killing...
PA, Israelis disagree on summit plan RAMALLAH, May 21: The Palestinian Authority (PA) said on Saturday President Mahmoud Abbas would meet Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on June 7 but Mr Sharon’s aides denied a date had...		Israeli arsenal vexes nuclear negotiators UNITED NATIONS: The US administration has sought to keep a tight focus on the suspected nuclear activities of Iran and North Korea at month-long talks here on the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty...
Zimbabwe calls for return of white farmers PRETORIA: White farmers may be allowed back on their land in Zimbabwe as part of a plan by the government of Robert Mugabe to solve the country’s deepening economic crisis. The...		Iraq violence sparks fears of civil war LATIFIYAH Hundreds of Shias are fleeing towns in lawless areas south of the Iraqi capital where killings and kidnappings by a ragtag army of Sunni extremists and tribal gangs have torn...
UN urged to step up peacekeeping, reconstruction efforts in Haiti UNITED NATIONS: The UN peacekeeping mission in Haiti needs to be expanded and extended if elections later this year are to be free, fair, and safe, according to a new Security...		G8 split deepens over aid to Africa LONDON: Britain has declared that the development of Africa will be a priority at the G8 summit, but little agreement is in sight over the preferred aid route. British officials say...