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Putin sets presidential poll for Oct. 5
MOSCOW, JULY 5.The Russian President, Vladimir Putin, set presidential elections in Chechnya for October 5 in an effort to shift responsibility for restoring peace in the separatist region to Chechens themselves. The Russian leader signed a ...
Bush to focus on AIDS during Africa visit
WASHINGTON, JULY 5. The U.S. President, George W Bush, starts a critical five-nation trip to Africa with several issues in mind when he meets the leaders of Senegal, South Africa, Uganda, Botswana and Nigeria. And heading the agenda is the ...
Newspaper pours scorn on Suu Kyi
YANGON, JULY 5. Photographs of the detained pro-democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, talking and dining with Myanmar's ruling generals appeared in official newspapers Saturday, but there were no indications the bitter rivals had met recently. ...
Tung softens on subversion law
SINGAPORE, JULY 5.Bowing to the unique pressure of public opinion in Hong Kong, the territory's Chief Executive, Tung Chee-hwa, today announced that the proposed national security bill would be amended to make it more acceptable. Mr. Tung said ...
R&B singer Barry White dies at 58
LOS ANGELES, JULY 5.The velvet-voiced R&B crooner Barry White, whose lush baritone and throbbing musical compositions oozed sex appeal on songs like ``Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe,'' has died. He was 58. Mr. White, who had kidney ...
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  • Sharon-Abbas meet on prisoners' issues
  • U.S. raid: angry Turkey closes border with Iraq
  • Alert against hackers' threat
  • U.K. protests against 'secret trials'
  • We are being provoked into war: LTTE


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    Kuwaitis vote for Parliament
    KUWAIT: Kuwaitis voted on Saturday in elections for the all-male Parliament of this oil-rich Gulf state, after a campaign marked by anger over squabbling among lawmakers and by hopes for political reform. During campaigning, many liberal Kuwaitis ...
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  • SARS contained, says WHO
  • Floods worsen in Bangladesh
  • 'Space tourist selected'


    India & World
    Sino-Indian 'win-win' image holds sway
    BEIJING, JULY 5.With the diplomatic dust raised by the visit to China by the Prime Minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee, having firmly settled down, the "dual win" aspects of the latest Sino-Indian entente have virtually replaced the old slogan of a ...
    Kashmir central to talks: Musharraf
    ISLAMABAD, JULY 5. A visibly agitated Pakistan President, Pervez Musharraf, today lashed out at those who perpetrated the suicide killing inside a mosque in Quetta on Friday, in which 48 people were killed and scores injured, as "wild animals and ...
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  • Farmland for Pak. soldiers killed in Kargil war
  • Give peace initiative a chance: Jamali



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