Volume 4 Number 314 Fri. April 16, 2004    
 
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Bush's U-turn on ME fuels fears of violence
Arafat blasts US policy shift
Washington's surprise policy shift on the Middle East was criticised yesterday amid fears it would fuel further violence in the volatile region, as the outraged Palestinian leadership called for an emergency
 
Powell talks about Indo-Pak 'situation'
The US Secretary of State Colin Powell has spoken to Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf about "the situation in the region and in terms of the dialogue between Pakistan and India" State Department Spokesman
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'Regional parties may push India towards hung parliament'
A good performance by a cluster of regional parties in upcoming elections may push India towards a hung parliament, the latest opinion polls show.
 
Pro-govt party to win ROK election: Poll
South Korea's pro-government Uri Party won an overall majority in parliamentary polls here Thursday in a stunning victory for impeached President Roh Moo-Hyun, according to exit polls.
 
US mounts 'aggressive' hunt for hostage-takers
Russia starts evacuations from Iraq
The US-led coalition is mounting a "very aggressive" effort to identify the insurgents who are holding around 40 foreigners hostage in Iraq, a senior coalition official said yesterday.
 
Iraq sovereignty handover seen as largely symbolic
Iraq will have no control over its troops and very limited say over its immediate future when the United States formally hands over sovereignty in June, analysts said.
 
Afghan official, 10 others killed in Taliban ambush
Suspected Taliban fighters have killed a district police chief and his nine bodyguards in southeastern Afghanistan, an official said yesterday, in the latest of a spate of bloody ambushes by insurgents.
 

 
   
 
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