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U.S. starts troop withdrawal
MANAMA, APRIL 30.Two battalions of U.S. troops have started withdrawing from Fallujah, as part of a deal that would bring former Iraqi troops serving in the army of Saddam Hussein to the frontlines of the restive Sunni stronghold. The first ...

Images cause outrage in Arab world
CAIRO, APRIL 30. Arab television stations led their newscasts on Friday with photographs of Iraqi prisoners being humiliated by U.S. military police, with one network saying the pictures were evidence of the ``immoral practices'' of American ...

Vietnamese General's advice to U.S.
HANOI, APRIL 30. Fifty years after he changed the course of history by defeating the French colonialists in Vietnam, the legendary Gen. Vo Nguyen Giap said on Friday there were many lessons the world can learn from Vietnam's unbreakable will. ...

`U.S. stand against terrorism simple'
WASHINGTON, APRIL 30.The State Department's top counter-terrorism official, Cofer Black, has been unable to explain why the latest Patterns of Global Terrorism Report has no reference to cross-border terrorism pertaining to India. At the ...

New charges against Jackson
SANTA MARIA, APRIL 30. Michael Jackson today pleaded not guilty to charges contained in a 10-count grand jury indictment arising from a California investigation into accusations of child molestation. The charges are the second set stemming ...

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    PW, MCC on terror list
    WASHINGTON, APRIL 30.As a part of the ongoing efforts, the United States Secretary of State, Colin Powell, has designated 10 more groups as terrorist organisations for immigration purposes by placing them on the Terrorist Exclusion List. Two of ...

    India Caucus launched in U.S.
    WASHINGTON, APRIL 30.The Democratic Senator from New York, Hillary Rodham Clinton, has called for a new beginning on defining an anti-proliferation agenda and held out the hope that India and the United States could be among the leaders in this ...

    British media coverage of India more positive now: Ronen Sen
    LONDON, APRIL 30. Ronen Sen, outgoing Indian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, has called for the British media coverage of India to reflect the ``totality'' of the country's reality. Alluding to a recent Channel 4 programme on the human ...

    New York council to honour Kalpana Chawla
    NEW YORK, APRIL 30.The late Indian-American astronaut Kalpana Chawla will be among 89 persons to be honoured by the New York City Council. The names of Chawla, who died in the space disaster last year, and those of 88 others will be added to ...



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