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Fifth anniversary of Iraq war finds Bush unwavering
IRAQ: US PRESIDENT George Bush marked the fifth
anniversary of the Iraq invasion yesterday with an uncompromising
speech in which he described the war as noble, necessary and just
and claimed there was now an unprecedented Arab uprising under way
against Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda. p
China has agreed to talk to Dalai Lama, says Brown
CHINA: AS CHINA battled to contain further damage to its international reputation following last week's riots in Tibet, British prime minister Gordon Brown said premier Wen Jiabao had told him he was prepared to hold discussions on Tibet with the Dalai Lama. p
Papers may undermine Clinton's foreign role claim
UNITED STATES: ON THE day that dozens of US cruise missiles rained down on Serbia in an attempt to punish Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic for the country's campaign against ethnic Albanian separatists in Kosovo, first lady Hillary Clinton was far from the White House war room: she was touring ancient Egyptian ruins. p
Iraq Five Years On
On Sinaa Street the 'liberated' still speak in hushed tones
Five years after the US invasion most Iraqis wonder if they really are any better off for seeing the back of Saddam, writes Tina Susman from Baghdad pMajor political reconciliation needed to curb deep ethnic dissolution
Michael Jansen analyses the factions and whether Iraq first needs regime change in the States. pIraq lessons learned too late for US public
FOR A majority of Americans, this week marks the fifth anniversary of the start of an Iraq war that was not worth fighting, one that has cost thousands of lives and billions of dollars. p
Obama walks delicate tightrope on race issue
UNITED STATES: Barack Obama may have done enough in his race speech to quell doubts about his links to a controversial black pastor, write Alec MacGillis and Eli Saslow in Washington. pDalai Lama meets protest groups
CHINA: THE Dalai Lama met leaders of exiled Tibetan protest groups at his base in northern India yesterday, as many activists criticise what they say is the spiritual leader's soft stance on China. pVerily, these justices have gun laws in their sights
UNITED STATES: Debating their constitution's right to bear arms on Tuesday, the US supreme court gave its audience a history lesson, writes Dana Milbank in Washington. pMcCanns pledge £550,000 libel award to Madeleine fund
BRITAIN: KATE AND Gerry McCann have confirmed that their £550,000 (€700,000) libel award from Express Newspapers will go to the fund dedicated to finding their missing daughter Madeleine. pObama slips: poll boost for McCain
UNITED STATES: BARACK OBAMA'S big national lead over Hillary Clinton has all but evaporated in the US presidential race, and both Democrats trail Republican John McCain, according to a Reuters/Zogby poll released yesterday. pUN accuses Serb leaders and police over Kosovo riots
SERBIA: UNITED NATIONS officials have blamed Serb leaders and police for this week's deadly riots in Kosovo, as Belgrade railed against several neighbouring countries for recognising the independence of the fledgling state. pBlack middle class on the rise in South Africa, survey shows
SOUTH AFRICA: THE AVERAGE black South African's income has more than doubled since the end of apartheid and over 2.6 million black people are now considered middle class, according to new research on the country's largest ethnic group. pDanes attack MEP for linking abortion to Irish treaty debate
EU: EUROSCEPTIC MEP Jens-Peter Bonde has been strongly criticised in his own country for invoking the "abortion debate" on a recent trip to Ireland as a reason to vote against the Lisbon Treaty. pUS dentist who ran illegal trade in body parts set for lengthy jail term
UNITED STATES: A NEW Jersey dentist who ran a huge illegal racket in the body parts of human corpses faces up to 54 years in prison after admitting being the ringleader of the harvesting operation. pScience fiction writer and space guru Arthur C Clarke dies, aged 90
SRI LANKA: Pioneering science fiction writer and visionary Arthur C Clarke, best known for his work on the film 2001: A Space Odyssey , has died in his adopted home of Sri Lanka at the age of 90. pIn Short
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