Volume 4 Number 352 Wed. May 26, 2004       Advertise with The Daily Star -- Advertising on the Website    Advertising in the Printed E dition-- Home  News Today's Index Front Page Business Political Sports Point-counterpoint Metropolitan National International Culture General Views Editorial Letters to Editor Write to Editor Sections StarTech Star Chittagong Others About Us Contact Advertisement Supplements Archives International   'Foreign troops should not stay for years in Iraq' France calls for improving draft UN resolution Iraq expects foreign troops to remain in the country for "months rather than years", Iraqi interim defence minister Ali Allawi said in London yesterday. Standoff over portfolio allocation resolved DMK to get its ministry of choice A row over a key cabinet seat in Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's new coalition was resolved yesterday after one of the two parties dropped its demands for the post, an official said.   US mulls replacing top general in Iraq The Pentagon is considering replacing Army Lt. Gen.   Bush speech on Iraq not honest: US dailies US President George W.   7m refugees lack basic rights: Study More than seven million refugees have been deprived of basic rights guaranteed by the United Nations for more than a decade, a global survey showed Monday.   Iran may have duped US into Iraq war: The Guardian US officials suspect Iran duped the United States into invading Iraq by slipping bogus intelligence to Ahmed Chalabi's Iraqi National Congress (INC), The Guardian newspaper reported yesterday.   New govt for Transparency in arms deals, says Pranab Pranab Mukherjee, who took over as Union defence minister Monday, said the Congress-led alliance would strive for "total transparency" in arms deals.   Congress asks Buddhadeb to talk less on national issues The Congress has urged Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee to speak "as little as possible on national issues" and not to make "irresponsible statements" that might affect the interests of the Congress-led coalition     Advertisement