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Bush shaded truth to justify Iraq war: ex-aide
WASHINGTON, May 28: President Bush’s former press secretary Scott McClellan has said that his former boss and senior White House staffers repeatedly “shaded the truth” to justify invading Iraq in 2003.... 
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Hu calls for peace with Taiwan
BEIJING, May 28: Chinese President Hu Jintao called for peaceful relations with Taiwan as he met the head of the island’s ruling party here on Wednesday in the highest-level contact since the two sides split in 1949....
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Bahrain suspends visas for BD workers
MANAMA, May 28: Bahrain has suspended work visas for Bangladeshis after a mechanic from Bangladesh was accused of a gruesome killing....
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Barak asks Olmert to quit
JERUSALEM, May 28: Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s main coalition partner demanded on Wednesday he leave office over corruption allegations, dealing another blow to the unpopular leader in turmoil threatening to derail peace talks....
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Iraq conference Sweden hails Iran’s role
STOCKHOLM, May 28: Iran has played a positive role in preparations for a conference on Iraq here this week at which it was hoped US and Iranian delegates could hold bilateral...
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Three killed in Ethiopia explosion
ADDIS ABABA, May 28: A bomb exploded on Wednesday in a hotel in Ethiopia, killing three people and wounding five others, information ministry spokesman Zemedkum Tekle said....
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Al Qaeda’s internet woman warrior
NEW YORK, May 28: Malika El Aroud, a Belgian woman whose first husband was implicated in killing Afghan leader Ahmed Shah Masood days before 9/11, has become an “Al Qaeda” warrior, using Internet to rally Muslim women....
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Melting of methane ice triggered warming 635m years ago: study
PARIS, May 28: Melting of methane ice unleashed runaway global warming some 635 million years ago, according to a study that has implications for today’s climate-change crisis....
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Malawi court okays Madonna adoption bid
LILONGWE, May 28: Multi-millionaire pop star Madonna won approval on Wednesday from a court in Malawi to permanently adopt a toddler from one of Africa’s poorest countries whom she first fell for at an AIDS orphanage....
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UK to scrap all cluster bombs, says Brown
LONDON, May 28: Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced on Wednesday that Britain will scrap all cluster bombs in its arsenal, in a bid to break a deadlock at ongoing negotiations in Dublin towards banning the weapons....
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Ban asks Myanmar to release Suu Kyi
UNITED NATIONS, May 28: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Tuesday that he ‘regretted’ the decision by Myanmar’s government to extend the detention of pro-democracy leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi....
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Serial killer, wife sentenced to life in prison
CHARLEVILLE-MEZIERES (France), May 28: A French court on Wednesday sentenced serial killer Michel Fourniret and his wife to life in prison for the murder of seven girls and young women....
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Suleiman asks Siniora to form new cabinet
BEIRUT, May 28: Lebanon’s president appointed Prime Minister Fouad Siniora on Wednesday to head a national unity government agreed under a deal ending 18 months of political conflict....
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Fossil captures 380m-year-old live birth
PARIS, May 28: She is the oldest mother of any species ever found, a 380-million-year-old fish immortalised in a fossil while still attached to her offspring by an umbilical cord....
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Nepal’s royals face life as commoners
KATHMANDU: The downfall of Nepal’s monarchy marks the end of the line for a dysfunctional dynasty renowned for insanity and ineptitude, and a new start for one of the world’s poorest nations....
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Prachanda: the new face of Nepal
KATHMANDU: After 25 years underground and a decade of armed struggle across Nepal’s jungles and hills, Maoist leader Prachanda has become the most powerful man in Nepal and is set to lead a new government....
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BD govt held 440,000 during emergency: AI
DHAKA,: The military-backed caretaker government of Bangladesh has arrested over 440,000 people, many of whom have been detained arbitrarily and initially held under the state of emergency, says the London-based human...
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AL, BNP boycott BD democracy negotiations
DHAKA: Bangladesh’s two major parties announced on Wednesday that they would boycott key talks organised by the interim government to bring democracy back to the country with polls later this year....
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Failure to secure UNHRC seat a blow to Sri Lanka
COLOMBO: Given its abysmal human rights record, Sri Lanka has failed to secure a slot in the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC)....
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Maldives plans to open 11 new islands: Foreign investment
COLOMBO: The Indian Ocean island of the Maldives plans to open 11 new islands to foreign investors to develop upmarket tourist resorts, an official said on Wednesday....
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Indian politician’s son convicted of murder
NEW DELHI: The son of a wealthy Indian politician was found guilty on Wednesday of murdering his sister’s boyfriend because he disapproved of their relationship, in a case seen as a test of courts’ ability to take on the powerful....
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India urged to lead UN’s environment programme
NEW DELHI: India is sitting out on an opportunity to take the lead in ensuring its own and developing countries’ interests in the ongoing debate to upgrade the United Nations Environment...
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