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Fallujah: Bremer vows to punish killers MANAMA, APRIL 1. The U.S. administrator in Iraq, Paul Bremer, today pledged to punish those responsible for the killing of four American contractors, whose bodies were burnt and mutilated after their vehicles were attacked in the restive town of ... Sri Lanka goes to the polls today COLOMBO, APRIL 1.Sri Lanka's 12.8 million voters will head for the polls tomorrow to elect the island-nation's 13th Parliament. The election, the third in four years, appears unlikely to come up with a clear winner, raising the possibility of two ... WMD joke: U.S. media missed the point? WASHINGTON, APRIL 1. Within hours of the testimony of Richard Clarke, the former counterterrorism chief, before the 9/11 commission, where Mr. Clarke discussed how resources spent on the Iraq war undermined the war on terrorism, the U.S. ... Major drug ring busted Washington: Law and drug enforcement authorities in the United States and Canada have reportedly busted a drug ring that smuggled at least 15 per cent of Ecstasy into the North American markets. Arrests and criminal charges have been served on at ... The new generation of U.K. Muslims LONDON, APRIL 1. Until last year Ishtiaq Alamgir held down a good, solid if slightly dull job as an accountant for the U.K.'s Inland Revenue at Luton in Bedfordshire, north of London. On Wednesday, the university graduate, who now prefers to be ... Crackdown on militant group ANKARA, APRIL 1. Security forces in Turkey, Germany, Italy, Belgium and The Netherlands carried out coordinated crackdowns early on Thursday against a Marxist Turkish group that the European Union and the United States consider a terrorist ... U.K. Minister quits over visa row LONDON, APRIL 1. The British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, was dealt an embarrassing political blow today when one of his trusted Ministers was forced to resign after a protracted row over a visa scam involving prospective immigrants from Romania ... `Involve Suu Kyi in roadmap' MYANMAR, APRIL 1. The announcement by Myanmar's military junta of a ``roadmap to democracy'' to begin on May 17 will be meaningless unless the jailed pro-democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, and 1,400 other political prisoners are released and ... Afghanistan gets $8.2 billions BERLIN, APRIL 1. Afghanistan and its neighbours today agreed to cooperate in stemming the country's drug exports after donors pledged $ 8.2 billions in new reconstruction aid. Officials signed the accord as a donor conference with more than 50 ... Canadian aid to monitor Sri Lankan poll WASHINGTON, APRIL 1. The Canadian International Development Agency will provide (Canadian) $100,000 to the Commonwealth Secretariat that will monitor Sri Lanka's parliamentary elections of April 2. "We hope that the presence of Canadian and ... Other Stories
India & World Bangladesh not to hand over ULFA activist to India DHAKA, APRIL 1.The Bangladesh Foreign Minister, M. Morshed Khan, has ruled out the possibility of handing over to India the ULFA general secretary, now serving a jail term here on various charges. ``The Government should refrain from taking any ... Read Today's supplements: | Life | Entertainment | Send: Comments to: thehindu@vsnl.com Letters to the Editor to: letters@thehindu.co.in with full postal address |
 
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