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Bush, Blair admit making mistakes: Invasion of Iraq
WASHINGTON, May 26: US President George W. Bush and Prime Minister Tony Blair of Britain, the two architects of the Iraq war, have acknowledged that they made major mistakes in the... 
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Bush orders sealing of papers seized by FBI: Raid on lawmaker’s office
WASHINGTON, May 26: President George Bush on Thursday intervened in a growing constitutional uproar caused by an unprecedented FBI raid on a lawmaker’s Congress office....
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Hamas withdraws paramilitaries from Gaza
GAZA CITY, May 26: The Hamas government on Friday recalled a controversial paramilitary force from the streets of Gaza on the second day of cross-party talks to resolve deadly Palestinian feuding and political crisis....
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Iran rules out talks with US on Iraq
BAGHDAD, May 26: Iran has ruled out for now proposed talks with the United States over the future of Iraq because of Washington’s ‘negative’ attitude, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Friday....
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More states could go nuclear: IAEA
WASHINGTON, May 26: The United States and other major powers who insist on retaining atomic arsenals set an example that encourages others to follow suit and the world may soon confront...
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US Congress building searched
WASHINGTON, May 26: Police at Capitol Hill, the seat of both chambers of the US Congress, said on Friday they were investigating reports that shots had been fired in an office building connected to the main facility....
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Michelin dies in boating accident
PARIS, May 26: Edouard Michelin, the joint managing director of the iconic French tyre maker, died in a boating accident in western France on Friday at the age of 43....
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MP says it’s ‘morally justified’ to kill Blair
LONDON, May 26: Maverick British politician George Galloway has said it would be ‘morally justified’ for an assassin to target Prime Minister Tony Blair, but he said he was not advocating an attempt, according to a magazine interview....
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Dalai Lama to get US Senate award
WASHINGTON, May 26: The US Senate has adopted legislation to award a Congressional gold medal to Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, legislators said on Friday....
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UN slams Israeli move
UNITED NATIONS, May 26: A senior UN official warned on Thursday that unilateral actions in the occupied Palestinian territory cannot work, referring to the recent statements made by Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert....
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Al Gore: reborn to run?
LONDON: When I worked for the Guardian in the United States, there was one conversation with the London office that depressed me more than any other....
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Egyptians yearning for reform
CAIRO: It is now a year since the government of Egypt jacked up the violence of its response to pro-reform demonstrators. On the streets of the capital, state security forces introduced...
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Enron: a symbol of corporate fraud
HOUSTON: Enron was always the big fish. Sure, there was Martha Stewart, whose celebrity and pitch-perfect homemaking talents made a public spectacle of her trial and conviction for lying about a curiously timed stock trade....
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Bush’s blunder exacting high cost
LOS ANGELES: With gas prices higher than they’ve been since the 1979 oil crisis, consumers and politicians from the Republican and the Democratic parties are desperately seeking someone to blame....
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It’s time to engage with Iran
WASHINGTON: “Only connect.” That was the trademark line of E. M. Forster’s great novel Howards End. And it’s a useful injunction in thinking about US strategy toward Iran and the wider conflicts between the West and the Muslim world....
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German spies broke law in media scandal: inquiry
BERLIN: A long-awaited parliamentary report published here on Friday found that Germany’s foreign intelligence service (BND) had engaged in “totally illegal” activities by spying on journalists....
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