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Germany begins probe into Iraq spying charges
BERLIN, April 7: A German parliamentary committee began work on Friday on a full probe into the role of German spies in the Iraq invasion and the country’s alleged involvement in the CIA rendition of terror suspects.... 
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Rumsfeld ‘messed up’ terror trials: Lawyer’s allegation
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, April 7: Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and his appointees set rules that violate US President George Bush’s order to hold fair trials for prisoners charged with terrorism...
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ElBaradei to visit Iran next week
VIENNA, April 7: The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Mohamed ElBaradei, will visit Iran next week as Tehran continues its standoff with the United Nations over its nuclear programme, a diplomat with the agency said on Friday....
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Electronic lens in place of bifocals
NEW YORK, April 7: Researchers have developed an electro-optic lens that can shift its focusing power with the flick of a switch, and may someday replace bifocal lenses....
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Dan Brown cleared of plagiarism
LONDON, April 7: Best-selling author Dan Brown was vindicated on Friday in a British court battle with two historians who accused him of plagiarising their book in order to write ‘The Da Vinci Code’....
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W.House silent on Bush leak accusation
WASHINGTON, April 7: The White House on Friday chose not to challenge a prosecutor’s disclosure that President George Bush authorised top official Lewis ‘Scooter’ Libby to disclose intelligence on Iraq in 2003, as Mr Libby alleges....
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Rajasthan govt bans conversion
JAIPUR, April 7: The government of the Indian state of Rajasthan passed a controversial bill on Friday prohibiting religious conversions, bringing renewed focus on an issue that has triggered communal violence and been used as a political tool....
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First Asian High Sheriff
LONDON, April 7: Dr Khalid Hameed, CBE, has been appointed as High Sheriff of Greater London — the first Asian to hold the office. Dr Hameed is currently chairman of the...
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3 shot dead in Lanka
TRINCOMALEE, April 7: A pro-LTTE Tamil nationalist leader and two Muslim police guards were shot dead by unidentified gunmen on Friday, sparking tension in the eastern Trincomalee district....
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India, UK to hold dogfights
NEW DELHI, April 7: India and Britain will in October test their strengths against each other in the first ever aerial wargames between the two airforces, officials said on Friday....
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New twist to CIA leak probe
WASHINGTON: The allegation that President Bush authorised the dissemination of secret intelligence as part of an effort to buttress his case for war with Iraq introduces a new dimension to the...
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Guess who is lecturing the Iraqis
LOS ANGELES: At last, there’s consensus on who’s to blame for the mess in Iraq: the Iraqis!...
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Iran raises the ante before showdown
TEHRAN: Iran just wrapped up a week of hyped-up war games which the government used as much to rally local support as to send an intimidating message to detractors of its nuclear ambitions, analysts say....
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China hopes to sign $15bn deals with US
BEIJING: China could sign up to 15 billion dollars in trade contracts with the United States as part of a buying spree before President Hu Jintao’s visit this month, state press reported on Friday....
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A city for the Asian century
LONDON: As so often, a momentous development creates a shorthand. The rise of ‘Bric’, as the economies of Brazil, Russia, India and China are known, is by common political currency the biggest strategic issue facing Britain....
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Europe is tired and confused
LONDON: A powerful bomb explosion outside an investigative reporter’s flat in Sofia on Thursday has highlighted the difficulties bedevilling Bulgaria’s bid to join the EU on time on January 1....
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