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The worst is yet to come: RumsfeldWASHINGTON, MAY 8. On the day he offered his `deepest' apology to those abused Iraqi prisoners, the U.S. Secretary of Defence, Donald Rumsfeld, also told law-makers on Capitol Hill rather plainly that the worst was yet to come and the scandal may ... 'British, U.S. forces are taught torture methods' LONDON, MAY 8. The sexual humiliation of Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison was not an invention of maverick guards, but part of a system of ill-treatment and degradation used by special forces soldiers that is now being disseminated among ... Mehdi army launches uprising in Basra MANAMA, MAY 8. Defying exhortations by Shia elders and political groups to disband, the Mehdi army loyal to a leading Shia cleric has started an uprising in the southern Iraqi city of Basra today. Militiamen this morning began a series of hit ... I was assigned to break down prisoners: Harman WASHINGTON, MAY 8.One of the seven American soldiers charged with abusing Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib has said that she was assigned by the military intelligence to break down inmates for interrogation. "They would bring in one to several ... `Mom, I was in the wrong place at the wrong time' WASHINGTON, MAY 8. As a girl, Private Lynndie England had ambitions of becoming the kind of meteorologist who inserts herself in the eye of a tempest, or a tornado: a storm chaser. She found herself there this week, captured on camera tugging ... 'Sasser' worm: German teenager held BERLIN, MAY 8. German authorities have arrested an 18-year-old suspected of creating the `Sasser' computer worm, which infected hundreds of thousands of computers worldwide, an official said on Saturday. The suspect, a high school student, was ... Other Stories
India & World China's gesture, a move to 'sensitise' its people on Sikkim SINGAPORE, MAY 8. China's ``calibrated'' steps towards recognition of India's sovereignty over Sikkim will help ``sensitise'' its people on its formal acceptance of "this ground reality," according to sources in Beijing. China's gesture of ... Tajikistan for deepening ties with India MOSCOW, MAY 8. India and Tajikistan should do more for expanding and deepening the bilateral ties, the Tajikistan President, Imomali Rakhmonov, said today. The Itar-Tass news agency quoted Mr. Rakhmonov as voicing concern over the steep decline ... Marked improvement in India-Pakistan ties: Powell WASHINGTON, MAY 8. Relations between India and Pakistan have shown a "marked improvement" in the last two years, according to the United States Secretary of State, Colin Powell. In an interview to AFP he said he was glad that even while going ... Read Today's supplements: | Life | Magazine | Send: Comments to: thehindu@vsnl.com Letters to the Editor to: letters@thehindu.co.in with full postal address |
 
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