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BRITAIN: Labour suffers poll embarrassment
LONDON, JULY 16. The Labour Party today suffered a major electoral embarrassment when it lost one of its safest seats in the predominantly Asian constituency of Leicester South in a by-election, while just about managing to hold on to a seat in ...

Iraq debacle may increase WMD risk
LONDON, JULY 16.The massaging, mangling and magnification of intelligence on Iraq's elusive weapons of mass destruction, officially confirmed by the Butler report into the U.K. Government's use of intelligence material in the run-up to the Iraq ...

U.S. House move on outsourcing
WASHINGTON, JULY 16. The U.S. House of Representatives has added its collective `contribution' to the debate on outsourcing by attaching a provision to the Foreign Aid Bill that would bar companies that move jobs offshore to receive low-cost ...

Philippine troops leaving Iraq
MANAMA, JULY 16. Philippine troops have begun withdrawing from Iraq, disregarding the call by the U.S. that Manila should not pull out its forces as demanded by the kidnappers of a Filipino national. The Philippine Foreign Secretary, Delia ...

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Whoopi Goldberg dropped over joke

Jail term for Martha Stewart

Deal reached on South Ossetia

Armitage's remarks based on flawed intelligence: Pakistan

Crash planned on asteroid

Pakistan to get $700-million U.S. aid

U.S. proud of ties in South Asia: Powell

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Sri Lankan Prime Minister coming today
COLOMBO, JULY 16. The Sri Lankan Prime Minister, Mahinda Rajapakse, is scheduled to arrive in New Delhi tomorrow on a two-day official visit to India, during which he will meet the Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh. On the eve of his first ...

India determined to check AIDS spread: Sonia
SINGAPORE, JULY 16.Sonia Gandhi, Chairperson of the National Advisory Council and the Coordinating Committee of the United Progressive Alliance, today affirmed India's political resolve to combat AIDS within the framework of economic growth and ...

Indo-Thai tie-up suggested
SINGAPORE, JULY 16.The possibility of cooperation between India and Thailand for research in developing anti-AIDS medicines was discussed in Bangkok today, when Sonia Gandhi, chairperson of the National Advisory Council and the Coordinating ...

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