German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer faces a mounting threat from a committee investigating a visa policy alleged to have let Ukrainian criminal gangs bring thousands of illegal immigrants into Germany. The parliamentary committee, which held

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Nepal's king Gyanendra set up an anti-corruption commission on Thursday to investigate politicians, as Amnesty International warned of a human rights catastrophe in the troubled kingdom. The royal commission, armed with sweeping powers can jail

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Boeing Co's top managers appear to have treated illegal efforts to hire a US Air Force weapons buyer as "business as usual," the government said in court papers made available Thursday. The charge could set

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Parliament in ex-Soviet Georgia on Thursday approved a new cabinet to replace the one headed by Zurab Zhvania, who died on February 3 in a domestic gas accident. Former Finance Minister Zurab Nogaideli takes over

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President Mohammad Khatami, whose regime is in the US firing line over its nuclear activities, voiced Iran's support Thursday for Syria and radical anti-Israeli groups. "We respect the Syrians who are in the frontline in

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Iran said on Thursday a brief world-wide scare over a blast near its only nuclear reactor was engineered by Washington as part of "psychological warfare" against Tehran and its nuclear programme. Iranian television sent waves

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Heir to the British throne Prince Charles and fiancee Camilla Parker Bowles have dropped Windsor Castle as their April wedding venue and have opted for Windsor's town hall instead, his office said on Thursday. It

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Exiled Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen, who has angered Muslims in her homeland by her writing, told an Indian TV channel on Thursday she is seeking citizenship in India. The 42-year-old, known for her liberal views,

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Warring parties in Sudan's Darfur agreed on Thursday to revive stalled peace talks, after the UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan urged firm action to end a conflict he described as near hell on earth. A mediator

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South Korea and China urged patience with North Korea on Thursday, stressing their commitment to six-party talks on its nuclear programme, as diplomats consulted in Beijing to try to get the process back on track.

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