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  • Thousands of armed Chinese troops pour into Tibet

    A Tibetan exile holds a poster of a victim who was killed in Tibet while others tie themselves with chains at a demonstration in Dharmsala, India, yesterday. Beijing says 13 innocent people and three rioters died in Lhasa protests, while Tibetans in exile say the number is much higher, up to 100 TIBET: TIBET SECURITY forces in Lhasa searched houses for rioters and made two dozen arrests as they continued their crackdown on anti-Chinese protests that killed an unknown number of people and brought turmoil to Tibet and surrounding regions last week. CLIFFORD COONAN , China Correspondent, reports. p

  • Pastor row puts Clinton in poll lead

    Hillary Clinton campaigning in Indiana: Barack Obama is still ahead in the tally of delegates. US: HILLARY CLINTON opened an opinion poll lead over Barack Obama for the first time in weeks yesterday in the wake of the row over his pastor's sermons that have forced him on the defensive.
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  • Bin Laden calls on Palestinians to use iron and fire to liberate their country

    MIDDLE EAST: Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden called on Palestinians to use "iron and fire'" to end an Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip and liberate their country. In an audiotape broadcast by the Qatar-based al-Jazeera satellite channel yesterday, bin Laden also urged Muslims to keep up the struggle against US forces in Iraq as a way of "liberating Palestine". p

  • Ireland criticised over 'rendition' questionnaire

    EU: THE EUROPEAN Commission has criticised Ireland and 22 other states for not responding to an inquiry about anti-terrorism policy, which it set up in the wake of the rendition flights controversy, writes JAMIE SMYTH in Brussels p

  • German rabbi accuses pope of tolerating anti-Semitic views

    GERMANY: A LEADING German rabbi has accused Pope Benedict of tolerating anti-Semitic views in the Catholic Church as a prayer calling on God to "enlighten" Jews to recognise Jesus is read out at some Good Friday services today. p

  • 46% Irish surveyed gave negative view of US

    BRITAIN: A MAJORITY of Irish people favour closer relations with the United States but large numbers consider the US to have a negative influence in the world today, a new survey exploring transatlantic relations has found. MARY FITZGERALD , Foreign Affairs Correspondent, reports. p

  • Controversial author leaves India

    INDIA: THE CONTROVERSIAL Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen, confined for almost four months to a "safe house" in India's capital New Delhi, finally left the country earlier this week for medical treatment abroad. p

  • Japanese premier's credentials questioned over top job at central bank

    JAPAN: THE TOP job at Japan's central bank was vacant yesterday after opposition parties rejected prime minister Yasuo Fukuda's latest nominee for governor, raising doubts about the ability of the world's second-largest economy to play a role in containing the turmoil in the global financial system. p

  • Assisted suicide reopens euthanasia debate

    FRANCE: A FRENCH "right to die" advocate, refused permission for an assisted suicide, has been found dead in the latest twist to a drama that has reopened a euthanasia debate the country thought it had concluded three years ago. p

  • British actor Paul Scofield dies at 86

    BRITAIN:  Paul Scofield, hailed as one of the great British actors of his generation and awarded an Oscar for his haunting performance in A Man For All Seasons , has died aged 86 of leukaemia. p

  • Sunni militias fighting for US threaten strike

    IRAQ: THE SUCCESS of the US "surge" in Iraq may be under threat as Sunni militia employed by the US to fight al-Qaeda are warning of a national strike because they are not being paid regularly. p

  • In Short

    A round-up of today's other stories. p
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