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UN asks G-4 states to withhold proposal till June 21 UNITED NATIONS, June 4: The President of UN General Assembly, Jean Ping, on Friday called on G-4, Japan, Germany, India, and Brazil, not to move forward any proposal for the expansion...		Saddam will face 12 charges: Iraq govt BAGHDAD, June 5: Iraq said on Sunday it would bring only 12 charges of crimes against humanity against Saddam Hussein although there were more than 500 possible cases against the ousted...
Hezbollah, allies win landslide in polls HOULA (Lebanon), June 5: Syria’s staunchest allies Hezbollah and Amal swept south Lebanon’s general elections on Sunday, in a crushing victory seen as a vote for anti-Israeli guerillas to keep their...		200 people die in China floods BEIJING, June 5: A week of torrential rains and heavy flooding has killed at least 204 people in China and left 79 others missing, but forecasters warned the worst was yet...
Americans taking keen interest in Quran WASHINGTON, June 5: The current dispute over the alleged desecration of the Holy Quran at the US prison camp in Guantanamo has apparently increased Americans’ interest in the Holy book, says...		Wolfowitz assumes WB presidency WASHINGTON, June 5: Paul Wolfowitz, the former US deputy secretary of defence, assumed the presidency of the World Bank earlier this week. The nomination of Mr Wolfowitz was unanimously approved by...
China, Iran made progress in fighting Aids: UN UNITED NATIONS, June 5: Nafis Sadik, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s Special Envoy on HIV/Aids, said here on Saturday that China and Iran had made significant progress in the prevention and awareness...		UN calls for ‘green’ city planning OSLO, June 5: From Japan to Jamaica, millions marked World Environment Day on Sunday by planting trees or staging rallies as the United Nations urged better “green” city planning to cope...
Kurdish leader jailed DAMASCUS, June 5: Syria’s Supreme State Security Court sentenced a Syrian Kurd politician convicted of seeking secession to three years in jail on Sunday, a lawyer said. “Ahmad Qasem was sentenced...		Palestinians in Gaza face land dilemma TEL AVIV: A field of sand and scrub now hemmed in by concrete slabs poses a particular dilemma for Palestinians as they decide what to do with Gaza Strip land after...
LTTE’s air power a new irritant COLOMBO: Somewhere between the killings by the LTTE, (which has riddled bullet holes in the three-year old peace process), its recruitment of child soldiers and its build up of its air...		Afghanistan election battle lines taking shape KABUL: Afghanistan’s election battle lines are taking shape with several prominent politicians, including President Hamid Karzai’s main challenger in a presidential poll last October, registering to run for parliament. A UN-Afghan...
Is Amnesty forsaking its time-honoured role? LONDON: ‘Sir,’ wrote Mr H.W Scott of Hemel Hempstead to the editor of the Daily Telegraph last week, “Bob Geldof hopes to raise an army of a million protesters against world...		A scoop to rival Watergate WASHINGTON: How long since you saw All the President’s Men? I saw it again recently on a plane, and loved and hated it all over again, for different reasons. The loved...