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Former king returns home
KABUL, APRIL 18, Afghan troops stand guard beside high-powered spotlights on the rooftop. The villa's walls are topped with coils of barbed wire. Heavy six-wheeled armoured troop carriers are parked outside. It looks like a prison. But it's ...

Powell mission not a failure, says Bush
WASHINGTON, APRIL 18. The Secretary of State, Colin Powell, returned to Washington today with little to show for his West Asia trip. He failed to broker a ceasefire between the Israelis and the Palestinians. Neither was he able to get the ...

French election turns abusive
PARIS, APRIL 18. The 90-second ad begins like a thriller: a hand slowly turning a doorknob, opening a door. Arab music blasts out of the room. The camera follows the footsteps of the extreme-right candidate, Bruno Megret, up to the music console. ...

Dutch army chief steps down
BRUSSELS, APRIL 18 In an unprecedented move, the Dutch army chief, General Ad van Baal, was persuaded to resign on Wednesday, a day after the Dutch Government stepped down accepting moral responsibility for the massacre of some 7,500 Bosnian ...

Trumped up charges: Pak.
ISLAMABAD, APRIL 18. Pakistan has criticised India's decision seeking the withdrawal of a staff member of the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi, caught on charges of spying and alleged that the staffer had been declared persona non-grata on ...