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Nepal elections in April 2005: Deuba
KATHMANDU, JUNE 5.Elections in Nepal could be held in April 2005, the new Prime Minister, Sher Bahadur Deuba, said at a press conference at his private Burhaneelkantha residence today, but made it clear that the first priority is to have a ...

Police, militants clash in Jeddah
MANAMA, JUNE 5. Saudi police and suspected militants clashed this morning in Saudi Arabia's Red Sea city of Jeddah and a manhunt has been launched to nab the culprits. The militants reportedly fired from moving cars and were on the run, despite ...

Dramatic parachute drop evokes D-Day landing memories
CAEN (NORMANDY), JUNE 5.As the U.S. President, George Bush, landed in Paris, the ceremonies commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Allied landings in France got under way on the beaches of Normandy. In a dramatic parachute drop, British and ...

Colombo warned of another war
COLOMBO, JUNE 5. Expressing dismay over the deteriorating situation in eastern Sri Lanka, a human rights group has warned of looming war prospects and cautioned against giving democracy a second place in the island's search for peace. The ...

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    Ties with India toned up: Rumsfeld
    SINGAPORE, JUNE 5. The U.S. Defence Secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, today cited his country's "reinvigorated'' ties with India as one of the key developments that helped shape the course of the ongoing "global war on terror." Mr. Rumsfeld was ...

    Rushdie, Seth among `must read' writers
    LONDON, JUNE 5. Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children and Vikram Seth's A Suitable Boy are among the 50 novels by contemporary writers voted as "essential reads'' at Britain's Haye-on-Wye literary festival. The ...

    Bollywood's image tarnished
    LONDON, JUNE 5. Britain's steamy love-affair with Bollywood, epitomised by the runaway success of `Bombay Dreams' and the clamour for Hing-lish co-productions, appears to have turned sour after the controversy over the tragic death of the ...



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