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Call to re-open CIA abuse cases
As Obama approves a special unit of interrogators

China releases rights activist
BEIJING: Chinese authorities on Sunday unexpectedly released on bail the well-known human rights lawyer Xu Zhiyong, a move seen by scholars and activists in Beijing as a rare victory for public activism. Mr. Xu, who was arrested outside ...

Journalist, critic of Taliban, shot dead
ISLAMABAD: An Afghan television journalist known as a vocal critic of militancy was shot dead by unidentified gunmen close to Peshawar on Monday. Janullah Hashimzada was travelling with a colleague from the Afghan border at Torkham to ...

Change of tactics helped us: Fonseka
COLOMBO: The secret behind the success of the Sri Lankan military in its war against the LTTE was its transformation from a conventional to a guerilla force, according to the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) Sarath Fonseka, who led the war as the ...

Obama policy faces “ethnic cleansing” claims
Washington: Hardline pro-Israel groups in the U.S. are confronting President Barack Obama’s demands for a halt to settlement expansion by accusing him of promoting the ethnic cleansing of Jews and jeopardising Israel’s security. ...

Guantanamo detenu to question 9/11 suspect
WASHINGTON: A federal judge has granted a prisoner challenging his detention by the military at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, permission to ask questions of Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, self-proclaimed mastermind of Al-Qaeda’s Sept. 11 plot who is ...

India & World
Diwali to clear clouds over Australia
MELBOURNE: The festival of lights is all set to chase away the clouds of darkness hovering over the relationship between Indian and Australian students after the recent unsavoury incidents. Diwali will brighten up Australian skies, with ...

Indian students join research programme
LONDON: Thirty-two Indian students have just completed a three-week special research programme at Queen’s University, Belfast, as part of its “India Welcome Scheme” which is aimed at developing research leaders of the future. ...

Indian students join research programme at Queen’s University
LONDON: Thirty-two Indian students have just completed a three-week special research programme at Queen’s University, Belfast, as part of its “India Welcome Scheme” which is aimed at developing research leaders of the future. ...




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