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US, UK forces clash with Mehdi army
BAGHDAD, May 26: US and British forces battled Mehdi army fighters in Baghdad and the southern city of Basra after their leader, Moqtada al-Sadr, made a rare public appearance and called on US troops to get out of Iraq.... 
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CPI-M in crisis after leaders’ suspension
NEW DELHI, May 26: India''s main communist party, the CPI-M, was thrown into a serious crisis on Saturday when two of its leaders — Kerala Chief Minister V.S....
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Ahern heading for third term as Irish PM
DUBLIN, May 26: Bertie Ahern looked set on Saturday for a record third term as Irish prime minister with the majority of seats decided in the country''s cliffhanger general election.With...
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Saudi religious police under fire
RIYADH, May 26: The Saudi Ministry of Interior has begun investigations against some members of the Saudi religious police for beating to death a 28-year-old Saudi national Salman Al-Huriasy, the daily Al Watan reported on Saturday....
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Oldest camera sold for $800,000
VIENNA, May 26: An 1839 daguerreotype camera, ancestor of modern photography, was sold at auction in Vienna on Saturday for nearly 600,000 euros making it the world''s oldest and most expensive commercial photographic apparatus....
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US faces problems in Iraq: report
WASHINGTON, May 26: US intelligence analysts predicted, in two papers widely circulated before the 2003 Iraq invasion, that Al Qaeda would see US military action as an opportunity to increase its...
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South Korea’s troubled export babies for adoption
SEOUL: An Olympic hero reminds South Korea of the pain of exporting its children, while an actress expounds the joys of parenthood and the government the rewards....
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An Iraq bill no one loved
WASHINGTON: The Iraq war funding bill signed by President George W. Bush represents a triumph of divided government: beloved by none, crafted to avoid a protracted veto struggle that neither Bush nor his Democratic opponents in Congress wanted....
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British cartoonists relishing change of guard
LONDON: The British political landscape is being redrawn with Tony Blair’s departure as prime minister — and the country’s cartoonists are relishing the changing of the guard....
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US amnesty compromise for aliens needs a caveat
WASHINGTON: As the most attractive land for would-be immigrants, America has the equivalent of the first 100 picks in the NBA draft. Yet through lax border control and sheer inertia, it...
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US-China talks fail to resolve differences
WASHINGTON: High-level economic talks between China and the United States this week failed to ease trade rifts between the two economic giants, risking rising tensions ahead of the race for the US presidency....
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