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Scenes of carnage at flattened Afghan village
PESHAWAR, Oct 12: Body parts, household belongings and at least one unexploded bomb litter the countryside around an Afghan village destroyed in a US attack, a Taliban official said after witnessing... 
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US hints at military action against Syria
WASHINGTON, Oct 12: The United States said on Thursday it could take military action against countries like Syria later in its campaign against terrorism if they do not comply with the...
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Panic grips New York after anthrax infection
NEW YORK, Oct 12: An employee of the US television network NBC in New York on Friday tested positive for skin anthrax after she received a powdery substance through the mail,...
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Bosnians, Rwandans infuriated: Award for Annan
NEW YORK, Oct 12: Survivors of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda and the massacre of Muslim men and boys in Bosnia a year later refused to join the worldwide chorus...
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Bush reiterates support for Palestinian state
WASHINGTON, Oct 12: US President George W. Bush on Thursday reiterated his support for a Palestinian state as long as it recognizes Israel’s right to exist and said he was taking...
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Pakistanis, Saudis now need visa to enter Singapore
SINGAPORE, Oct 12: Citizens of Pakistan, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Sudan now need visas to enter Singapore, immigration officials said on Friday....
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White powder found at State Department
WASHINGTON, Oct 12: An envelope containing a white powder was found in a mail room at the State Department, on Friday, spokesman Richard Boucher said....
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Ferry puts US warships on alert
GIBRALTAR, Oct 12: Two US warships at Gibraltar went on full alert, Friday when a ferry sped across Gibraltar bay from Spain towards where the vessels were berthed inside the harbour,...
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Xenophobia grips Europe
PARIS: The hateful phrase “Avenge USA - kill a Muslim now” might appeal only to a few extremists in the north of England, where it was spray painted near a mosque...
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Zahir Shah envisions rebuilding from scratch
ROME: “I watched the attack on Afghanistan on television with a sense of deep anguish for my people, who have already been suffering enormously for many years,” said Afghanistan’s ex-king Zahir...
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Palestinians question Arafat’s wisdom
GAZA CITY: When Sobhi Abu Hasnain heard Osama bin Laden’s videotaped words on Sunday evening, evoking the Palestinian cause and swearing to God that Americans would not know security again, the...
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An airport which is graveyard for planes
MOJAVE (California): One of the busiest airports in the United States these days is a place where most of the aeroplanes that land never take off again....
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Cheney now a ‘hidden man’
WASHINGTON: Vice President Dick Cheney recently referred to himself as a “mystery man,” a wry reference to the Bush administration’s post-September 11 policy of keeping him largely hidden from public view...
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Osama graffiti halts takeoff
LYON (France), Oct 12: A French pilot aborted his plane’s takeoff this week after authorities told him the words “Long live bin Laden” were scribbled in the baggage hold, Lyon airport...
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Two held over ‘suspect liquid’
PRAGUE, Oct 12: Czech police on Friday arrested two London-bound passengers carrying a “suspect liquid” at Prague airport, officials said, but later discovered it was only water....
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10 killed in BD accident
DHAKA, Oct 12: At least 10 people were killed on Friday and many others injured when a passenger bus accidentally ploughed through a march protesting the US attacks in Afghanistan, police...
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