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Joyous welcome for new members
LONDON, MAY 1.After a night of fireworks and Beethoven's "Ode to Joy'' being played across European capitals, 10 new countries formally joined the European Union on Saturday, with Ireland which holds its current presidency, rolling out the red ...

Six westerners die in Saudi attack
MANAMA, MAY 1. Exactly a week after an attack on oil terminals in Iraq's port city of Basra, gunmen have targeted a refinery in Saudi Arabia's Red Sea industrial hub of Yanbu, which is also a major port for exporting oil. At least two Americans ...

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13 Indian fishermen arrested

Getting their due

U.N. forum's concern over asylum law

The croc hunt resumes

Bomb aboard Kanishka exploded in cargo area: expert

U.K. troops face allegations of torture in Iraq

Bush reiterates commitment on Iraq

He is not cool to this puff

U.S. military apologises for prison abuse

India & World
Two more NRIs appointed to House of Lords
LONDON, MAY 1. Two leading NRIs, Diljit Rana and Kumar Bhattacharya, have been made peers in the House of Lords by the Prime Minister, Tony Blair. Diljit Rana, founder of Andras House, a leading property development and hospitality company in ...

Militant leader wants PoK to be base camp
ISLAMABAD, MAY 1. Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, chief of the parent outfit of the banned Lashkar-e-Toiba, has not only denounced the India-Pakistan peace process as meaningless but also asked the Pakistan Government to declare Pakistan-occupied Kashmir ...

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