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Annan calls for ‘urgent’ action on Darfur NYALA (Sudan), May 28: UN Secretary General Kofi Annan on Saturday urged immediate action to end the Darfur crisis in Sudan after hearing accounts of destruction and abuse during a visit which he described as ‘heart-wrenching’. On the second day of his tour of Sudan,...		US analysts rewarded despite false report: Iraq’s WMDs WASHINGTON, May 28: Two US Army analysts responsible for providing incorrect information about Iraq’s nuclear programme have received job performance awards, the Washington Post said on Saturday....
Iranian govt obligated to develop N-fuel cycle TEHRAN, May 28: Iran’s constitutional watchdog approved a bill on Saturday that obliges the government to develop a nuclear fuel cycle — a step opposed by Washington....		US lawmakers focus on rise of China WASHINGTON, May 28: A group of US lawmakers banded together on Friday to focus congressional attention on how China’s rise affects the United States in areas ranging from energy demand to...
Time stands still for Big Ben LONDON, May 28: Big Ben, the world-famous clock tower at the Houses of Parliament in London, stopped on Friday night, and nobody is quite sure why. The 147-year-old timepiece — one...		Japan still waiting for WWII soldiers GENERAL SANTOS (Philippines), May 28: Japanese diplomats re-established contact on Saturday with a mediator who has promised to bring two former World War Two soldiers down from the southern Philippine mountains....
Ismail Merchant buried in Mumbai MUMBAI, May 28: Mumbai-born Ismail Merchant, one of Hollywood’s top producers who mastered the period-piece genre in a 44-year filmmaking partnership with James Ivory, was buried in his home town on...		Abu Ghraib enactment interrupts Rice speech SAN FRANCISCO, May 28: Demonstrators interrupted a speech by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Friday by recreating an image of the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal in which a hooded...
Sonia re-elected Congress chief NEW DELHI, May 28: Sonia Gandhi was on Saturday unanimously re-elected Congress President.The announcement was made by CEA Chairperson Oscar Fernandes in the presence of Sonia Gandhi and several senior leaders,...		BD students, police clash after accident DHAKA, May 28: Angry students went on the rampage and clashed with police on Dhaka University campus on Saturday after a bus knocked a female student to death....
Canada’s $12m aid to PA OTTAWA, May 28: Canada will provide 12.2 million dollars in aid to help the Palestinian Authority boost its economy and build infrastructure.Prime Minister Paul Martin announced the package after meeting Palestinian...		US increases arms supplies to ‘repressive regimes’ UNITED NATIONS: The United States has accelerated arms sales to some of the world’s most ‘repressive and undemocratic regimes’ since the Sept 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on US soil, according to...
French ‘no’ vote poses gravest threat to European unity LONDON: As the face of the May 1968 student protests in Paris, Daniel Cohn-Bendit, who now sits as a German MEP, personifies the new Europe. So when the heart throb of...		Bush trying to further isolate N. Korea SEOUL: By severing some of the few remaining US ties with North Korea in recent days, the Bush administration appears to be trying to further isolate the Pyongyang regime over its...
US deepening its role in Middle East WASHINGTON: Deepening US involvement in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the White House has expanded the mandate of a US general so that he can begin to mediate between both sides on security...		Review of US voting laws under way CHICAGO: Long lines, challenged ballots and two of the closest presidential elections in the country’s history have touched off a landslide of proposed voting law changes across the United States. Some...