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Neighbours forced India to acquire N-arms: Kalam New Delhi, May 23: President Abdul Kalam accused India’s neighbours on Monday of forcing it to acquire nuclear weapons even as he hinted at his country’s continued rejection of the NPT....		Strike over job cuts hits BBC programmes LONDON, May 23: Britain’s revered public broadcaster, the BBC, suffered its most serious strike in over a decade on Monday as staff walked out to protest plans to cut 20 per...
Bihar assembly dissolved New Delhi, May 23: Indian President Abdul Kalam dissolved the Bihar state assembly on Monday after the February-March elections failed to throw up a viable government, an official announcement said....		Khamenei asks hardliners to review poll disqualifications TEHRAN, May 23: Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Monday ordered hardliners to review their decision to block reformists from standing...
Laura Bush not surprised by Jerusalem protests CAIRO, May 23: US first lady Laura Bush said on Monday she was not surprised at protests by Jews and Muslims during her weekend visit to Jerusalem’s holy sites, but appealed...		BD lawyers barred from agitation in court area DHAKA, May 23: The High Court of Bangladesh on Monday slapped a ban on lawyers’ movements and campaigns in all the court premises. A High Court bench of Justice M.A. Matin...
Parents blame US army for son’s death WASHINGTON, May 23: The US Army came under fire on Monday from parents of a star American football player who said officials lied about their son’s death in a ‘friendly fire’...		Muslim party’s complaint COLOMBO, May 23: The Muslim Peace Secretariat has been left out of Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga’s plan to set up a joint tsunami relief mechanism with the Tamil Tigers, according...
EU faces crisis as leaders fight for survival BRUSSELS: Europe faces a deepening crisis of political leadership after German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder called for an early general election following the rout of his Social Democrats in a key state poll. British Prime Minister Tony Blair is widely seen as weakened after his re-election with a sharply reduced majority this month and...		100 couples tie the knot in mass Tajikistan wedding DUSHANBE: It was more than a marriage of convenience last weekend as 100 couples chosen from the poorest families throughout Tajikistan tied the knot in a mass wedding with all expenses...
Uzbek govt’s ruthlessness boosting radicals’ support TASHKENT: Uzbekistan’s autocratic President Islam Karimov is widely reviled by the people of this Central Asian land and critics say the story behind the recent deadly clashes in the east of...		Moroccans fight ‘crime against humanity’ CASABLANCA: An unusual protest was held in Moroccan capital Rabat last month. Members of the independent National Authority for Protection of Public Funds gathered outside parliament to demand a national authority...