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New force to be centrepiece of 'European army'
BRUSSELS, MAY 19.The European Union Defence Ministers declared on Monday that their new, 60,000-strong rapid-reaction force was ready for a "full range" of peacekeeping operations, but conceded that hardware shortfalls would make it hard to send ...
Democrats lambast Bush security policy
WASHINGTON, MAY 19.Leading Democrats are taking on the Bush administration in the realm of national security policy by saying that the war against Iraq was a distraction on the war against terrorism. The Presidential hopeful, John Kerry of ...
U.S. adopting double standards: Benazir
ISLAMABAD, MAY 19. The former Prime Minister and chairperson of the Pakistan Peoples Party, Benazir Bhutto, has hit out at the United States, strongly saying that the world political standards varied according to political expediency ...
Belgium PM wins fresh mandate
BRUSSELS, MAY 19.Belgians gave Prime Minister, Guy Verhofstadt's liberal-socialist coalition a resounding new four-year mandate, asking for continued economic reforms and tax breaks, but without the Greens this time. Early on Monday, Mr. ...
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  • LTTE may take part in Tokyo meet
  • Militants fight pro-Arafat guerillas
  • Pak. embarrassed by controversy



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