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Iraq rejects Sunni call for polls rerun
Shias take lead in vote count amid fraud allegations
Iraq's Electoral Commission rejected yesterday a call from the biggest Sunni Arab bloc to rerun last week's vote in Baghdad after partial results showed the ruling Shia Alliance with a big majority in
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Mediators urge Tigers to end violence
LTTE ally forces suspension of parliament
The co-chairs of a group monitoring Sri Lanka's peace process called on Monday on the island's Tamil Tiger rebels to put an immediate end to violence, warning of unspecified serious consequences otherwise.
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7 more Indian MPs caught in camera
Speaker asks them not to attend House
The Speaker of Lok Sabha Somnath Chatterjee yesterday asked seven lawmakers not to attend the House pending an inquiry after they were caught in a sting operation by a television news channel highlighting
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US House passes torture ban, war funding
The US House of Representatives early Monday passed final legislation to ban the torture of detainees and voted to advance the Pentagon $50 billion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Nepali arms deals worry India
India is worried about reports that regional rivals China and Pakistan are giving Nepal military help, Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee was quoted by an Indian newspaper Tuesday as saying.
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5 US soldiers jailed for abuse of Iraqi inmates
Five US soldiers from an elite unit were sentenced to between one and six months detention -- and in two cases discharged from the army -- over the abuse of Iraqi detainees, the military announced.
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Gunmen storm city hall in Bethlehem
Palestinian gunmen briefly seized Bethlehem city hall, overlooking the Church of the Nativity, yesterday in a jarring interruption to Christmas preparations in the traditional birthplace of Jesus.
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US to reduce troop level in Afghanistan
US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has signed orders that will reduce the number of American troops in Afghanistan to 16,000 from 19,000 by next spring, The New York Times reported yesterday.
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