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US insiders say Iraq intel deliberately skewed
A growing number of US national security professionals are accusing the Bush administration of slanting the facts and hijacking the $30 billion intelligence apparatus to justify its rush to war in Iraq.
 
Hawks in Bush admin turn sights on Iran
US would like different kind of regime in Tehran: Rice
Hawks in the Bush administration have turned their sights on Iran, repeating accusations similar to those they deployed to portray Iraq as an imminent threat and win public support for war.
 
India, Pakistan end 'cordial' talks on river treaty
Indian and Pakistani officials Friday indicated they may go for joint inspections of the implementation of a river water treaty on sharing the waters of the Indus river and its tributaries, a press release
 
India goes soft on China
India's differences with China remain, but there is a need for a "long-term and stable relationship" based on the principles of the Panchsheel, the defence ministry said.
 
Vajpayee holds talk with Hu
In a significant engagement ahead of his proposed visit to China next month, Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on Saturday met Chinese President Hu Jintao here for discussions on bilateral ties in the
 
Sonia propels her CMs into election gear
The Congress party has put in place quotas for students from Jammu and Kashmir and also for children of migrants from the state in professional courses in all the Congress-ruled states.
 
Trilateral talks on North Korea set for June
Japan, the United States and South Korea will hold a policy coordination meeting at the division chief-level on North Korea's nuclear development program in mid-June in Seoul, according to sources.
 
Singapore is off WHO's SARS list
Singapore is off the list of SARS-affected countries. The decision by the World Health Organisation was announced by the Health Ministry last night.
 
Bush seeks solid Atlantic front against terror
'Evil' must be resisted: US president
President Bush said on Saturday that the United States was still committed to a strong Atlantic alliance, in comments seeking to rebuild ties with Europe after bitter divisions over the Iraq war.
 
Powell, Straw voiced doubt over Iraqi WMD evidence
British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw and US Secretary of State Colin Powell expressed doubts in private over public claims they were making about Iraq's weapons of mass destruction in the run-up to war,
 
Russia-EU summit opens in Saint Petersburg
The first summit between Russia and the European Union since the war in Iraq opened Saturday in Saint Petersburg.
 
Abbas confident of halting attacks on Israel
Israelis, Palestinians drafting joint statement
Palestinian premier Mahmud Abbas said he believes he can convince all militant groups to agree within three weeks to halt anti-Israeli attacks, as yet another radical fell to Israeli gunfire Saturday.
 
US uncovers Baath sleeper cell in Iraq
American military police raided the new Iraqi police academy Saturday and detained 15 senior officers holding a secret meeting of Saddam Hussein's Baath party, the US policing supremo Bernard Kerik said.
 

 
   
 
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