Volume 4 Number 339 Thu. May 13, 2004    
 
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Syria calls US sanctions unjustified, ineffective
Syrian officials dismissed Wednesday the newly-imposed US sanctions on Damascus over charges of supporting terrorism, saying they would have no impact on their country and its economy.
 
Israeli troops comb Gaza for soldiers' remains
Israeli troops were combing the Gaza City neighbourhood of Zeitun Wednesday for the remains of six soldiers killed a day earlier in a bomb attack which militants threatened to use as bargaining chips.
 
US probes Afghan prisoner abuse
The US military said yesterday it was investigating claims that an Afghan police officer was stripped, kicked and photographed naked in custody at a US army base in eastern Afghanistan.
 
Abuse by British troops condoned 'from the top'
Iraqi prisoners were routinely beaten or otherwise abused by British troops, with the mistreatment "condoned all the way from the top", a British newspaper on Wednesday quoted a reservist as saying.
 
Norway fails to secure deal in Lanka peace talks
Norway's latest shuttle diplomacy failed to secure an agreement on restarting Sri Lanka's stalled peace talks, but the warring sides pledged their commitment to a political settlement, officials said.
 
US to release 20 Pakistanis from Guantanamo Bay
The United States is expected to release 20 Pakistanis detained at its Guantanamo Bay camp in Cuba by the end of May, a senior interior ministry official said Wednesday.
 
Clinton wants his 'life back'
Former President Bill Clinton joked that he needs to finish his memoirs because "I need my life back.
 
'Britain should not support US unconditionally'
Britain should not give unconditional support to the United States, a former conservative defence and foreign minister said on Wednesday, complaining that Prime Minster Tony Blair never publicly voiced
 

 
   
 
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