WASHINGTON: The US Senate was to
take up binding legislation Monday to withdraw US troops from Iraq
within one year—setting the stage for a new showdown with
President George W. Bush, who has vowed to veto any legislation
containing pullout deadlines.
The upper chamber was to debate
emergency funding of $121.6 billion for the US military in Iraq and
Afghanistan in a bill that would also set a strict March 2008 time
line for the pullout of most US combat forces.
BEIJING: Nearly 10 million people
across southern and southwestern China are suffering from drinking
water shortages due to a fierce drought, state media reported on
Monday.
Bangkok: The wife of Thailand’s
deposed Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was charged with tax
evasion on Monday, in the first criminal case brought against his
family since the coup six months ago.
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