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Asylum requests to West drop to near 20-year low
GENEVA (Reuters) - Contrary to popular belief, the number of people seeking asylum in the West has halved over the last five years to the lowest level in nearly two decades, the ...

China drops case against NY Times researcher
BEIJING (Reuters) - In a surprise concession, China on Friday dropped a case against New York Times researcher Zhao Yan that was threatening to overshadow Chinese President Hu ...

N.Korea wants Norway to broker nuclear deal
OSLO (Reuters) - North Korea wants Norway to mediate in its nuclear standoff with the international community, a newspaper reported on Friday, but Oslo said it favored a resumption of ...

Clemens hints on retirement
ANAHEIM (Reuters) - Roger Clemens was seeking a storybook ending to his Hall of Fame career when he took to the mound against Mexico at the World Baseball Classic on Thursday, in ...

Israel finds H5N1 in birds
BEERSHEBA, Israel (Reuters) - Israel detected its first cases of H5N1 bird flu on Friday, saying the virus had killed thousands of turkeys and chicken on two farms, and hospitalized ...

US general sees Iraq forces getting more territory
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Iraqi security forces will control about 75 percent of Iraq by the end of summer, up from under 50 percent now, as U.S. forces continue turning over more ...

Defiant Hamas draws up cabinet list
GAZA (Reuters) - While its exiled chief challenged Israel to long-term conflict, Hamas fine-tuned its cabinet list on Friday after more moderate Palestinian factions refused to join ...

Milosevic was not poisoned, inquiry to continue
THE HAGUE (Reuters) - The U.N. war crimes tribunal said on Friday initial results of blood tests showed no sign that Slobodan Milosevic's death by heart attack was caused by ...

Abbas urged to quit, scrap Palestinian Authority
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Several top Fatah officials have asked President Mahmoud Abbas to resign, dissolve the Palestinian Authority and return responsibility for the occupied ...

US presses assaults on guerrillas
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S.-led forces on Friday pressed on with a highly publicized offensive against suspected guerrillas near the northern Iraqi town of Samarra in their latest bid to ...

Saddam's co-accused deny involvement in killings of 148
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Three of Saddam Hussein's co- accused denied involvement on Sunday in the killing of 148 Shi'ites in the 1980s as they took the stand to defend themselves against ...

Democrat wants Bush censured on eavesdropping
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congress should censure President George W. Bush for ordering domestic eavesdropping on U.S. citizens without a warrant, a Democratic senator said on Sunday.

Democrats see political port in Dubai storm
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats have seized on the collapse of the Dubai ports deal to buttress their case that George W. Bush is an incompetent president unable to get the job done ...

US says looking at alternatives to Guantanamo
LONDON (Reuters) - The United States is seeking ways to repatriate terrorism suspects held in Guantanamo Bay, a move that could eventually lead to the closure of the detention camp ...

US probably can stop Iran without force: senators
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States probably can stop Iran from developing nuclear weapons without military action, but use of force, subject to congressional approval, is still ...

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