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US used illicit techniques to interrogate detainees
WASHINGTON, June 18: A US military report has found evidence to suggest that US Special Operations troops used unauthorized interrogation techniques against detainees in Iraq and Afghanistan in 2004.... 
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Delhi’s decision to nominate Tharoor worries Indian diplomats
UNITED NATIONS, June 18: Indian diplomats working at the country’s mission in New York are unhappy at New Delhi’s decision to sponsor Shashi Tharoor, the Undersecretary-General of Information at the UN,...
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North Korea threatens to ‘wipe out’ US forces
SEOUL, June 18: North Korea on Sunday threatened to “mercilessly wipe out” US forces in case of war during a national meeting to mark leader Kim Jong-Il’s 42 years’ work at the ruling party....
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3 policemen killed in Sri Lanka violence
COLOMBO, June 18: Sri Lanka’s police said suspected Tamil Tiger rebels killed three policemen in an ambush in the island’s north on Sunday, while the Tigers said government forces had attacked them elsewhere....
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Why US has stake in Mexican election
MEXICO CITY: When an estimated 40 million Mexican voters go to the polls next month to pick their next president, the result could affect the lives of 296 million people north of the border....
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Kicked out of Gitmo
LOS ANGELES: In the best of times, covering Guantanamo means wrangling with a Kafkaesque bureaucracy, with logistics so nonsensical that they turn two hours of reporting into an 18-hour day, with...
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The UFO hovering over 2008
WASHINGTON: Hillary can’t win. Yes, she can. McCain will run as an independent. Gore is back. So is Kerry. Romney is the answer for the GOP....
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Power of the middle class
LONDON: If Mao and Attlee could not get rid of it, don’t expect much progress in the foreseeable future. I’m talking class. The ability of China’s Communist party to reinvent itself...
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