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18 killed in Karbala battle
MANAMA, MAY 21.At least 18 people have been killed in heavy bombardment by U.S. AC-130 planes and tanks in Karbala, close to a religiously sensitive part of the city where two of the most important Shia shrines are located. U.S. tanks opened ...

Wedding that turned into a mass funeral
RAMADI (IRAQ), MAY 21.The wedding feast was finished and the women had just led the young bride and groom away to their marriage tent for the night when Haleema Shihab heard the first sounds of the fighter jets screeching through the sky ...

Russia strikes WTO deal with E.U.
MOSCOW, MAY 21.Russia has reached a deal with the European Union on the terms of Moscow's entry into the World Trade Organisation. A protocol on the completion of six-year-long talks with Russia's biggest trade partner on Russian accession to ...

Israeli troops leave Rafah
RAFAH (GAZA STRIP), MAY 21.Israeli troops pulled back from two neighbourhoods in this sprawling Palestinian refugee camp on Friday, leaving behind dozens of demolished and damaged homes, torn up roads and flattened cars. Israel said its ...

Koizumi to visit N. Korea for crisis talks
SINGAPORE, MAY 21.The Japanese Prime Minister, Junichiro Koizumi, will hold talks with the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-il, in Pyongyang on Saturday in a bid to defuse the continuing crisis as regards the overall Korean question in all its ...

Gene firm develops desert crops
LONDON, MAY 21.The prospect of crops that can be irrigated with sea water and grown in hostile environments such as deserts has been promised by a group of American scientists whose genetic modification business was quietly floated on the London ...

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