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U.S. for lifting U.N. sanctions
WASHINGTON, APRIL 17.The United States is setting the stage for a much bigger political fight at the United Nations and world capitals by proposing that the punitive measures imposed on Iraq by the forum should be eased. "Now that Iraq has been ...

Shia clerics filling power void
NAJAF (IRAQ), APRIL 17.In this holiest of Shia cities, clerics are running a self-declared Government. It's the same in nearby Karbala, another sacred Shia city. Shia clerics have in the past week moved swiftly to fill the power void created ...

Powell to visit Syria soon for `candid talks'
WASHINGTON, APRIL 17.With a view to underscore the seriousness of the atmosphere, the U.S. Secretary of State, Colin Powell, will be travelling to Syria soon for talks with its President, Bashar Assad. Gen. Powell said that the administration ...

E.U. settles for 'compromise' on Iraq
ATHENS, APRIL 17. The European Union may have agreed that the United Nations must play a "central role" in Iraq but the definition of the role itself will be the subject of hard negotiations among the "permanent five" in the Security ...

N. Ireland: U.K. forces colluded with loyalists?
LONDON, APRIL 17.In a report, which will deeply embarrass the British Government, its intelligence and security forces have been accused of colluding with Protestant loyalist paramilitaries in Northern Ireland to kill Catholic IRA militants at ...

Other Stories

Pope's concern over unacceptable practices

Woomera detention centre closed

Abu Abbas arrest: Just a hype?

SARS `spread' through sewage pipes

Trade, investment to dominate Lanka-Bangla talks

China's hand behind meet on North Korea

Russia denies additional screening for Indians

Pak. dismayed at burning of Baghdad library

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