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Physicists who ‘made atoms sing’ win Nobel prize
 STOCKHOLM, Oct 9: Three physicists who “made atoms sing” won the Nobel Prize in Physics on Tuesday for freezing matter into a new state that may help make microscopic computers and...
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Fear, anger spread as bombs fall on Kabul
KABUL, Oct 9: Fear and anger are spreading in Kabul as residents spend terrifying nights under US bombing and frustrating days cleaning up the rubble and worrying what will come next....
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FBI probing terror link after 3rd anthrax case
WEST PALM BEACH, Oct 9: US authorities on Tuesday morning played down the possibility of a third case of anthrax and appealed for calm even as the FBI investigated the possibility...
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US warning of wider action disturbing to some: Annan
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 9: A warning by the United States that its war on terrorism might extend beyond the borders of Afghanistan has disturbed some members of the United Nations, UN...
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What is anthrax?
ANTHRAX is a name for an acutely infectious disease caused by a germ, Bacillus anthracis, which can be found in ruminant animals, such as cows, sheep, goats, camels and antelopes. Outbreaks...
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Awami League threatens ‘blockade’
 DHAKA, Oct 9: Bangladesh’s new cabinet led by BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia will be sworn-in on Wednesday amidst threats of a “blockade” by the Awami League....
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Cheney moved to undisclosed location
WASHINGTON, Oct 9: US Vice President Dick Cheney was spending a third straight day at an undisclosed location as a security precaution, White House spokesman Ari Fleischer said on Tuesday....
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West not to abandon Afghanistan again: Blair
LONDON, Oct 9: British Prime Minister Tony Blair said on Tuesday that the West had made a mistake in “walking away” from Afghanistan after the Russians left over a decade ago...
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US ‘unprepared’ to deal with bio-terrorism
WASHINGTON, Oct 9: US lawmakers and experts on Tuesday warned that the country is woefully unprepared to cope with a full-scale biological or chemical terrorist attack....
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UN chief tipped for Peace Prize
OSLO, Oct 9: UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan seems a favourite to win the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday and his chances may have been boosted by his drive to combat global...
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Osama has chemical arms: UK
LONDON, Oct 9: Osama bin Laden’s al-Qaeda network probably has its own chemical and biological weapons, a British foreign office minister said on Tuesday....
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Attack on Iraq may sink coalition
DUBAI: The surest way to shatter precarious Arab support for the coalition against terror would be to make US arch-foe Iraq one of its targets, analysts say. An assault would outrage...
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Rising concern over post-Taliban setup
NEW DELHI: Starting a war in an Afghanistan driven by radicalism and tribalism may have been the easy part for the United States, say experts who lament that Washington actually has...
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Ration drops not helping Afghans
LONDON: The strawberry jam and butter that dropped out of Afghan skies after those Tomahawk missiles will do little good to the famine-struck people of Afghanistan, aid workers in Britain say....
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Magnetic fields cited as cause of cancer
GENEVA: World health officials have taken note of a new scientific report that classifies extremely low frequency (ELF) electric and magnetic fields as potential causes of cancer in humans, but have...
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Kursk return triggers fears of radioactivity
MURMANSK: Schoolteacher Lena, 21, is deeply apprehensive about the arrival of the wrecked Russian nuclear-powered submarine Kursk at a naval installation close to here, her home city....
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US aims remain unclear
WASHINGTON: Even as US warplanes and cruise missiles carried out a second night of attacks on military and other targets in Afghanistan on Monday, The US’s precise war aims remain unclear...
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Russian crash probe: missile pieces found?
SOCHI (Russia), Oct 9: Russian crash investigators said on Tuesday they had discovered parts similar to components of S200 missiles in the wreckage of a Russian airliner which exploded and crashed...
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