Vol. 4 Num 348 Sat. May 22, 2004       Advertise with The Daily Star -- Advertising on the Website    Advertising in the Printed E dition-- Home  News Today's Index Front Page Business Political Sports Point-counterpoint Metropolitan National International Culture General Views Editorial Letters to Editor Write to Editor Sections Literature Others About Us Contact Advertisement Supplements Archives International Israel pulls most troops out of devastated Rafah Hundreds of Israelis call for end of raid The Israeli army yesterday withdrew most of its troops from Rafah in southern Gaza, where more than 42 Palestinians have been killed since the start of a devastating raid.   New UN resolution on Iraq taking shape Britain shelves plan for more troops The United States and Britain want a new UN resolution to call for "full" sovereignty for Iraq, albeit with such limitations as an opened-ended mandate for the presence of foreign troops, diplomats said. Manmohanomics at work again? The man who crafted India's economic reforms a decade back, Prime Minister-designate Dr Manmohan Singh, has taken up the challenge once more.   Indo-Pak talks to resume May 25 US support to Pakistan is bipartisan: Kasuri Welcoming Indian prime minister-elect Manmohan Singh's statement to give priority to the ongoing peace process with Pakistan, the Foreign Office spokesman Masood Khan said Thursday, that the pledge was   More detainees complain of bad treatment after release from Abu Ghraib The first detainees to arrive home from Abu Ghraib jail in Iraq yesterday emerged from three battered buses, clutching their bags, blankets and complaining bitterly.   Pakistan accuses US troops of border intrusion Pakistan accused US troops yesterday of making an incursion into its territory while hunting al-Qaeda and Taliban militants, the second such incident this month.   Top UN rights official warns against 'licence to kill' in Iraq, ME The UN's top human rights official on Friday sharply criticised violence in Iraq and in the southern Gaza Strip, warning that security forces in both places did not have a "licence to kill".   US air raid kills 3 Afghan civilians Three Afghan civilians were killed and two wounded in a pre-dawn swoop by US helicopter gunships in Afghanistan's southeastern province of Khost yesterday, angry villagers said.     Advertisement