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I did my duty to the last, says Saddam's Information Minister
DUBAI, JUNE 27.Iraq's former Information Minister, famed for pugnacious and transparently false claims during the war, now says his bogus statements were made in good faith and that he was getting scant information toward the end of the conflict. ...
Musharraf eyes `Predators'
WASHINGTON, JUNE 27.The Pakistani President, Pervez Musharraf, continues to hope that Washington will have F-16s in the hardware list even though the Bush administration has made it clear that it will not have them as a part of any military ...
Jamali Govt. challenges Opposition to prove strength
ISLAMABAD, JUNE 27. The ruling combine led by the Pakistan Prime Minister, Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali, has decided to adopt a novel method of not taking part in the no-trust motion moved against the National Assembly Speaker, Amir ...
Mastermind in Saudi blasts surrenders
JEDDAH (SAUDI ARABIA), JUNE 27.Saudi authorities will keep tightening the noose around militants at large in the kingdom following the surrender of the suspected mastermind of last month's Riyadh suicide bombings, officials and newspapers said on ...
LTTE calls for de-escalation of high security zones
JAFFNA, JUNE 27.The de-escalation of Sri Lanka's northern high security zones, a key demand of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), took a "civilian turn" with a massive public rally here calling for the vacation of residences ...
Bush asks Taylor to step down
MONROVIA (LIBERIA), JUNE 27.Rocket barrages and mortars pounded the port of Liberia's capital on Friday, and President Charles Taylor's lawless Government forces roamed house-to-house under the bombardment — robbing desperate families ...
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    Pak. surprised at rejection of third-party mediation
    ISLAMABAD, JUNE 27.The Pakistan Foreign Minister, Khurshid M. Kasuri, tonight expressed "surprise" at the reported statement of the External Affairs Minister, Yashwant Sinha, rejecting third party mediation or facilitation for resolution of ...
    Give us five more years, we'll do it: PM
    SHANGHAI, JUNE 27. Can India do a China? The Prime Minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee, was asked by the scribes accompanying him at his customary end-of-visit press conference before he emplaned for New Delhi. The Prime Minister was apparently ...
    Sino-Indian dialogue catches world's eye
    BEIJING, JUNE 27.While China has portrayed its latest summit-level dialogue with India here as a major bilateral event, the international community has evinced considerable interest in the outcome of the new Sino-Indian exchanges. The ...



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