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China, Myanmar, N Korea target of US ire over HR
Asian nations score high for rights abuses
Asian nations featured high in the United States annual report on worldwide human rights abuses, with the military regime in Myanmar and communist dictatorships of China and North Korea condemned.
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5 Afghan aid workers killed in ambush
Rumsfeld in Kandahar to visit US troops
Five Afghans working for a non-governmental organisation have been killed after their vehicle was ambushed northeast of Kabul, Interior Minister Ali Ahmad Jalali said yesterday.
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Pak troops commit 'widespread' HR abuses: US
The United States on Wednesday accused Pakistan's security forces of committing widespread human rights abuses that include extrajudicial killings and the excessive use of force.
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'Asian bird flu crisis poses unprecedented threat'
The bird flu outbreak, which has spread to 10 Asian nations and killed 22 people, represents an unprecedented threat, experts at a UN conference aimed at finding ways to contain the virus said yesterday.
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Israeli army raids banks
Israeli, 2 Palestinians killed in attack
Israeli troops Wednesday forced their way into three banks and the headquarters of an aid group in the West Bank town of Ramallah in what the army said was an operation to seize the illegal funds of militant
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Pressure mounts on Aristide to resign
Foreigners flee Haiti amid looting
Pressure mounted for President Jean-Bertrand Aristide to step down as his supporters built barricades in the streets of Haiti's capital before an anticipated rebel advance and diplomats sought ways to
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UK spied on Annan in run-up to Iraq war
Britain spied on UN chief Kofi Annan in the run-up to the Iraq war, former minister Clare Short said yesterday, threatening a fresh crisis for Prime Minister Tony Blair as he tries to put the conflict
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21 killed in Russian gas explosions
Four schoolchildren and 17 people in a packed cafe died yesterday in two separate accidental blasts in Russia that authorities blamed on gas explosions.
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Iraqi cleric demands UN resolution on polls date
Iraq's leading Shiite cleric accepted yesterday that elections could not be held before July but demanded that the UN Security Council pass a resolution ensuring they would take place by the end of the
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