| Chandrika
admits committing 'three' mistakes
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Colombo,
Mar 31:
Former Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga said she has
committed "three" mistakes during her nine-year reign,
including dismissal of UNP-led government in 2004.
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| Indian
workers to march to White House, return H2B visas
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Washington,
Mar 31:
Nearly 100 Indian workers, who claim they were lured to move
to the US by false promises of permanent jobs, will march up
to the White House this morning and return their H2B visas in
a symbolic rejection of the guest worker programme used to traffic
them here.
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| Tensions
rise as world faces short ration
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Washington,
Mar 31:
Food prices are soaring, a wealthier Asia is demanding better
food and farmers can't keep up. In short, the world faces a
food crisis and in some places it is already boiling over.
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| Fight
for Basra is about oil & power
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Cairo,
Mar 31:
US forces in Iraq are in danger of being drawn deeper into the
power struggle between the country's Shia factions.
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| Joining
hands to change the world
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Bangkok,
Mar 31:
Governments from 200 countries will launch discussions on Monday
on forging a global warming agreement, a process that is expected
to be fraught with disagreements over how much to reduce greenhouse
gases and which nations should adhere to binding targets.
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