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Rocca briefs Pakistan on resolution on Iraq
ISLAMABAD, MAY 12. The U.S. Assistant Secretary of State, Christina Rocca today briefed Pakistan about America's plans for a new resolution on Iraq, to be submitted to the Security Council. Ms. Rocca called on the Pakistan President, Pervez ...

Al Sadr ready to disband militia
MANAMA, MAY 12.Iraq's firebrand Shia cleric, Moqtda Al Sadr, has said that he was ready to disband the militia loyal to him if top Shia religious leaders asked him to do so by issuing a formal edict. Mr. Al Sadr said that dissolution of his ...

U.S. to hand over Saddam to Iraqis
BAGHDAD, MAY 12. Saddam Hussein will be handed over to the Iraqis before the transfer of power at the end of June, the lawyer preparing the former dictator's trial said yesterday. Iraqis will also be given custody of more than 100 other top-level ...

Focus shifts to jail abuse of Iraqi women
BAGHDAD, MAY 12.For Huda Shaker, the humiliation began at a checkpoint on the outskirts of Baghdad. The American soldiers demanded to search her handbag. When she refused, one of the soldiers pointed his gun towards her chest. ``He pointed the ...

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    U.S. panel flays Vajpayee
    WASHINGTON, MAY 12.In a sharp attack on the Sangh Parivar, the U.S. Commission on International Religion Freedom has alleged that the BJP's ascent to power has helped foster a climate in which extremists believe that violence against religious ...



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