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US to shift focus from Al Qaeda: ‘War on terror’ WASHINGTON, May 29: The Bush administration is shifting its focus away from capturing and killing Al Qaeda leaders to a broader strategy against violent extremism, the Washington Post said on Sunday. The new challenge confronting the administration is to reorient US efforts when the immediate...		FBI terms Guantanamo papers highly disturbing WASHINGTON, May 29: The latest FBI documents detailing allegations of prisoner abuse at Guantanamo Bay are, like previous FBI documents, ‘highly disturbing’, says a Washington Post editorial published on Sunday. According...
Israel to release 400 Palestinian prisoners JERUSALEM, May 29: The Israeli government on Sunday approved the release of 400 Palestinian prisoners and declared itself ready to allow the United States to mediate a coordinated pullout from Gaza...		King Fahd’s health ‘improving’ RIYADH, May 29: The condition of Saudi King Fahd, in hospital for medical tests, is “constantly improving”, Saudi Interior Minister Prince Nayef bin Abdel Aziz said on Sunday, quoted by the...
Six bombs found near Gujarat sect NEW DELHI, May 29: Police said on Sunday that they had defused six bombs placed outside the gates of the state secretariat in the state of Gujarat. The home-made bombs were found outside the complex which houses the state legislative assembly...		US bombed Iraq in 2002 to provoke Saddam: paper LONDON, May 29: Britain and the United States used their bombing attacks on Iraq prior to the 2003 invasion to try and provoke Saddam Hussein’s government into giving them an excuse...
Soldier takes pullout protest to army HQ JERUSALEM, May 29: A soldier spray-painted a slogan against Israel’s planned Gaza pullout on the headquarters of the country’s army chief on Sunday, stoking fears of dissension in the ranks over...		Kosovo faces renewed war LONDON: With all eyes on France and the future of Europe, the fate of Kosovo might seem piffling, but no one is going to die in France as the result of...
Referendum in France: what happens next BRUSSELS: Voters in France cast their ballots on Sunday in a referendum on the EU constitution. The constitution will probably be doomed if France votes ‘No’ by a wide margin, but...		China fast becoming an inequitable society LANZHOU (Gansu): On the flight into Lanzhou a seemingly endless range of barren, grey-brown hills swells up from all sides. The giant mounds, pockmarked here and there with dark cave entrances,...
Death penalty returns to Iraq BAGHDAD: With four death sentences handed down within the space of days, judicial executions are set to return to Iraq where the authorities are desperate for a deterrent to halt rampant...		Corruption undermines Kenyan optimism NAIROBI: Two years ago, Kenyans ranked as the most optimistic people on Earth. Residents of this East African nation had just voted out a corruption-riddled ruling party and replaced it with...