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US launches offensive in western Iraq
500 more prisoners freed from Abu Ghraib
Around 1,000 US troops, backed by helicopters, attacked towns in the far west of Iraq yesterday, in the latest effort to track down al-Qaeda militants believed to be hiding out near the Syrian border.

Religious Rights
US postpones sanctions on Saudi Arabia
The United States has postponed punishing Saudi Arabia, its close ally and key oil supplier, for restricting religious freedom -- the first time Washington has waived punishing a blacklisted country under

Iran to plug oil pipes if referred to UN
Iran may respond by holding back on oil sales if its nuclear programme is referred to the United Nations Security Council, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in an interview published on Saturday.

Civilians asked to leave Pakistani tribal village amid clashes
Women and children have been asked to leave North Waziristan tribal area's Khatey Killay village near the Afghan border, the military said yesterday, as hundreds of soldiers prepared to assault the remote

Thailand to extend emergency rule in restive south: PM
Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra yesterday said his government would extend the controversial emergency rule covering the restive southern provinces as the violence had not stopped.

Rice defends use of force for democracy
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Friday defended the use of military force to advance the cause of democracy and liberty as "the only guarantee of true stability and lasting security".

Residents return to New Orleans
As the French Quarter and other neighbourhoods of New Orleans that were spared Katrina's worst officially reopened Friday, residents came back to their homes some to rebuild their lives, others onlyto

Maoists kill 5 in Chhattisgarh, thousands flee homes
Maoist guerrillas shot dead five people in Chhattisgarh in fresh rebel violence that has forced thousands of tribespeople to flee their homes, police said yesterday.

Int'l jurists urge Nepali king to declare truce
The International Commission of Jurists yesterday urged Nepal's King Gyanendra and Maoist rebels to declare "an indefinite ceasefire" to pave the way for peace.

Army on stand by in tense Meghalaya
The situation in Tura and Williamnagar, where altogether nine persons were killed in firing by police and CRPF on Friday, continued to be tense with curfew being clamped in the two district towns.

President Says
Maldives still struggling to recover after tsunami
The Maldives is struggling to recover from last year's tsunami, after being hit with drastic falls in tourism income and surging oil prices, President Maumoon Adbul Gayoom said yesterday.

US millionaire heads 'out of this world'
A Russian rocket roared into space Saturday in a burst of flame from the Central Asian steppes, launching the world's third space tourist, US millionaire scientist Gregory Olsen, and a US-Russian crew