Volume 5 Number 5 Mon. May 31, 2004    
 
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Shaky Lanka govt faces split over peace
SriLanka's shaky new government faced an internal rift yesterday as its main coalition partner protested against the handling of the peace process with Tamil rebels and other policy issues.
 
Bhutanese King says
Himalayan kingdom ready for democracy
The King of Bhutan, whose family has ruled supreme over the Buddhist state for a century, said he wants to give up his hereditary powers and turn the Himalayan country into a democracy.
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Top pro-Taliban cleric killed in Karachi
A senior pro-Taliban cleric in Pakistan was gunned down yesterday outside his mosque in the southern city of Karachi, and his death unleashed violent protests in which at least eight people were hurt.
 
Selection of President
US-led coalition & Iraqi Council at loggerheads
The US-led coalition and Governing Council were at loggerheads yesterday over the council's preferred choice of tribal leader Ghazi al-Yawar as Iraq's first post-Saddam Hussein president, officials said.
 
Jamali looks for meeting with Singh to talk peace
Pakistani Prime Minister Zafarullah Jamali called his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh Saturday and told him he was looking forward to an early meeting between the foreign secretaries of the two countries
 
Malaysia opens prison doors to quash claims of Iraq-style abuses
Malaysia at the weekend opened the doors of a key prison camp for terror suspects to the media for the first time in a bid to dispel allegations that detainees were tortured like those in Iraq's Abu Ghraib
 
Israeli missiles kill senior Hamas man
Two others slain in attack
Two missiles fired by an Israeli helicopter killed a high-profile Hamas militant commander on his motorcycle and two comrades in Gaza City early yesterday, Palestinian witnesses said.
 
Babri Mosque Case
'Advani was rescued by CBI'
The Ayodhya demolition case, from which Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L K Advani was "rescued" by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), should be "put back on the rails" and the inquiry into Tehelka
 

 
   
 
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