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October 18, 2001 Thursday Rajab 30, 1422 Russia violating Georgian air space: Shevardnadze tells parliament TBILISI, Oct 17: Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze accused Russia on Wednesday of violating Georgia’s air space in flying missions over its breakaway region of Abkhazia.... Russia to shut listening post in Cuba, naval base in Vietnam MOSCOW, Oct 17: Russia announced on Wednesday it would close its spy station in Cuba by the end of the year, and then gave the US even more reason to celebrate... Italy, Belgium feud over Berlusconi’s ‘zero’ grade LUXEMBOURG, Oct 17: Italy was holding out on Wednesday for a top-level explanation from Belgium as to why its foreign minister has ranked Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on par with Afghanistan’s... France remembers 1961 killings PARIS, Oct 17: France on Wednesday unveiled a memorial to Algerians killed during the bloody police repression of a march in central Paris 40 years ago, in the latest public acknowledgement... Study finds drug-resistant meats common BOSTON, Oct 17: Harmful bacteria in meat and poultry are becoming more resistant to antibiotics due to the long-controversial practice of feeding the drugs to cattle and other food animals, according... UN’s HR envoy holds talks with Suu Kyi YANGON, Oct 17: The UN’s human rights envoy to Myanmar held talks on Wednesday with opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi before ending his visit to the military-ruled country early due... Comedians dispute law on religious hatred LONDON, Oct 17: British comic Rowan Atkinson voiced concern at plans by the government to enact a religious hatred law, saying its provisions could prevent the lampooning of religious figures, in... Panic spreads to Israel, Japan: Anthrax scare TEL AVIV, Oct 17: The anthrax scare gripping the United States over the last fortnight has started making its presence felt in other countries.... UK, France, Germany to hold summit tomorrow PARIS, Oct 17: The leaders of Britain, France and Germany will meet on Friday on Afghanistan and international developments ahead of a meeting of EU heads of state and government, the... Iran offers to help US soldiers in distress TEHRAN, Oct 17: Iran appeared on Wednesday to confirm reports that it would help US military personnel if they end up in distress in its territory during operations in Afghanistan.... US, Britain close Bosnia embassies SARAJEVO, Oct 17: The US and British embassies in Bosnia were closed on Wednesday due to a “security threat” believed linked with the ongoing US-led military operation in Afghanistan, officials said.... Hijackers had close call in Miami: paper NEW YORK, Oct 17: Two suspected hijackers in the Sept 11 attacks came close to official scrutiny last December when they stalled a small plane and abandoned it at Miami International... US to press Russia on Chechnya: Powell SHANGHAI, Oct 17: The United States will press Russia on finding a political solution to the rebellion in the breakaway republic of Chechnya in talks here this week, US Secretary of... Taliban arrest another foreigner ISLAMABAD, Oct 17: The Taliban said on Wednesday they had arrested a foreign national who could be either American or British near the northern city of Kunduz.... Italian taken hostage in Philippines ZAMBOANGA (Philippines) Oct 17: Eight gunmen seized an Italian priest while he was saying mass on Wednesday evening in a church in the southern Philippines, close to where Muslim guerrillas are... Defenders of America are now ‘anti-American’ LONDON: If satire died on the day Henry Kissinger received the Nobel Peace Prize, then last week its corpse was exhumed for a kicking. As head of the United Nations peacekeeping... Shameful silence as bombs drop LONDON: Mary Robinson’s call for a pause in the bombing of Afghanistan, backed by her authority as the UN human rights commissioner, needs to be heeded — even if she half-retracted... A viable Afghan state LONDON: The crucial importance of forging an agreement on the broad outlines of a post-Taliban interim government has come into sharp focus with the visit to Islamabad of the US secretary... Poverty: Afghanistan’s biggest problem can be solved WASHINGTON: President Bush has said that the US role in Afghanistan will not end when our immediate military goals are achieved. What remains to be done there?... Israeli media shift to the right AL-QUDS: Critics claim Israel’s media have turned inward, and shifted to the right since the new Intifada....

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