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Putin opposes role for Taliban: New setup in Kabul
DUSHANBE, Oct 22: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday came out strongly against the Taliban participation in a new Afghan government and reasserted Russia’s role in determining who should succeed the... 
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Two postal workers die, two contract anthrax: Scare hits French, Indian embassies
WASHINGTON, Oct 22: Two postal workers in Washington have died in suspicious circumstances, city health official Ivan Walks said on Monday, confirming two others had contracted the most lethal form of...
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US jets accidentally bomb allies
BAGRAM, Oct 22: United States fighter jets on Monday mistakenly bombed opposition posts during their third raid on Taliban frontlines north of the Afghan capital Kabul, witnesses said....
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Hidden force behind US attacks: Prince Sultan
KUWAIT CITY, Oct 22: Saudi Arabia’s second deputy premier and defence minister Prince Sultan Bin Abdul Aziz said on Monday that hidden force seems to be behind the terrorist attacks in...
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US strategists in dilemma over push for Kabul
WASHINGTON, Oct 22: Intensifying US air strikes against Taliban front lines north of Kabul on Monday mark a shift in tactics that US officials expect will help propel opposition ground forces...
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US ready for Alliance advance: Rumsfeld
WASHINGTON, Oct 22: The United States is ready for Northern Alliance forces to move north and south against the Taliban, US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said on Monday, confirming that US...
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Two Hamas men killed in blast
NABLUS, (West Bank) Oct 22: Two Palestinians died on Monday night when the car they were in exploded in the West Bank city of Nablus, Palestinians said, adding the blast was...
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India launches rocket with 3 satellites
BANGALORE, Oct 22: India’s space agency launched on Monday the sixth mission of its Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV), which took off with three satellites, officials said....
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Omar claims divine intervention
KABUL, Oct 22: Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar said on Monday his forces had benefited from divine intervention and promised eternal happiness to those killed in the fight against the United...
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IDB approves $50m for Afghanistan
RIYADH, Oct 22: The Jeddah-based Islamic Development Bank (IDB) has approved a sum of 50 million dollars for providing relief and assistance to the war-torn Afghanistan and its people....
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Taliban arrest Japanese
PESHAWAR, Oct 22: The Taliban said a Japanese man claiming to be a journalist had been arrested on Monday in the eastern Afghan province of Kunar....
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Iranian officials refuse to meet Zahir’s envoy
TEHRAN, Oct 22: Iranian officials recently refused to meet a special envoy from former Afghan monarch Mohammad Zahir Shah because it would “weaken” the opposition Northern Alliance, the centrist ‘Entekhab’ paper...
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AL deplores harassment of Muslims
TUNIS, Oct 22: An Arab League institution said on Monday that Arabs and Muslims living in the United States were being harassed and badly treated since the September 11 attacks....
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Media making people insensitive to misery
IT may only be coincidental that lethal fireworks across the Line of Control defined the ambience for George Fernandez’s reinstatement as India’s Defense Minister. That, soon thereafter, some VHP hawks broke...
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Iran concerned over US presence in Asia
TEHRAN: As US ground forces went into Afghanistan over the weekend, neighbouring Iran’s worries over the spectre of long-term US military presence in the region are also growing larger. Iran is...
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Rebellion within Sharon govt
AL QUDS: With Israeli forces mounting their broadest offensive against the Palestinians in years, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon faced the rumblings of a rebellion from within his coalition government....
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No military value of biological weapons
LONDON: War has always been a great stimulus to technological development. For centuries the military have been assiduously harnessing science in the pursuit of more effective ways of killing people. This...
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Rising quest in US for information on Islam
LOS ANGELES: The young woman did not know the name of the book she was after when she wandered into a Santa Monica, California, bookstore. She just knew she needed to...
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Using ‘good practices’ to combat child abuse
BANGKOK: The spread of children’s clubs in Cambodia over the past year is fast gaining support as a sound way to deal with the exploitation of children in the country’s thriving...
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Long-term effects of mercury poisoning
TOKYO: For Yasuko Tanaka, it started when the village cats turned into demons. One year, they were sleepy pets; the next, they were hyperactive monsters - screeching, scratching and jumping around...
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