Volume 4 Number 329 Sat. May 01, 2004    
 
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9/11 Commission
Bush, Cheney grilled for three hours
President Bush said he and Vice President Dick Cheney answered every question on Thursday from the panel investigating the Sept.
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Bashir to face Bali bombing charge
Indonesian police have re-arrested radical Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir moments after he stepped free from prison, and say he will be charged with the Bali bombings and other terror attacks.
 
Iraqi Prisoner Abuse
US General to face disciplinary action
The US military is weighing disciplinary action against the Army general who was in charge of a prison on the western outskirts of Baghdad where American troops were accused of abusing Iraqi prisoners,
 
Indian Elections
Modi to campaign for BJP in UP
HC asks EC to cancel polls where criminals are in fray
With exit polls showing the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party faring worse than expected in India's marathon parliamentary vote, the party has pressed firebrand Hindu nationalist leader Narendra Modi into
 
Pakistan asks India to downsize Army
Pakistan asked India to reciprocate its decision to downsize its army by 50,000 troops to "improve the regional security situation", according to reports on Thursday.
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Soyuz makes 'bull's eye' landing
Russia's Soyuz capsule with three crew from the International Space Station has landed in Kazakhstan's steppes.
 
First SARS casualty in China in 9 months
China reported its first death from SARS in nine months yesterday, as week-long Labour Day holidays got under way with millions of people thronging transport hubs undeterred by the deadly disease.
 
Blair appalled at treatment of Iraqi prisoners
British Prime Minister Tony Blair was appalled at photographs apparently showing US soldiers abusing Iraqi prisoners in a Baghdad jail, his official spokesman said yesterday.
 
Talibans poison schoolgirls to discourage education
Three Afghan schoolgirls were in critical condition after being poisoned in the southeastern town of Khost in what officials said yesterday was a Taliban attempt to discourage female education in theregion.
 

 
   
 
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