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Sharon pushes for four-stage withdrawal from Gaza
TEL AVIV, MAY 28.The Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, has revealed a new plan for the evacuation of settlements in the Gaza Strip which could lead to a complete withdrawal from the territory by the end of next year. Pressing ahead despite ...

Fighting in Kufa renews
MANAMA, MAY 28. United States forces and militiamen loyal to the radical Shia cleric, Moqtada Al Sadr, have clashed in Kufa, less than 24 hors after both sides agreed to a truce in the neighbouring holy city of Najaf. At least three people were ...

Give power to Iraqis: Putin
MOSCOW, MAY 28.The Russian President, Vladimir Putin, called for an early transfer of full power to an Iraqi Government. Mr. Putin discussed the situation in Iraq with the U.S. President, George W. Bush, in a telephone conversation on Friday, ...

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India & World
U.S. Senator writes to Manmohan
WASHINGTON, MAY 28.George Voinovich, Republican Senator from Ohio, United States, has written to the Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, congratulating him on his appointment and announced that he had joined the United States Senate Caucus on India. ...

No threat to dialogue process: Khokar
ISLAMABAD, MAY 28. The Pakistan Foreign Secretary, Riaz Kokhar, said today that there was no threat to the composite dialogue timetable finalised during the Vajpayee Government and that Islamabad was looking forward to hearing from New Delhi on ...

''She shaped Americans' perception of India''
Kamala Markandaya, the novelist who helped forge the image of India for American readers in schools and book clubs from the 1950s through the 1970s, died on May 16 at her home in London. She was 79. The cause was kidney failure, said Kim Oliver, ...