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October 24, 2001 Wednesday Shaba'an 6, 1422 US, Uzbekistan strike deal to destroy anthrax deposits NEW YORK, Oct 23: The United States has signed an agreement with Uzbekistan to remove deadly anthrax from a remote island in the Aral Sea where the Soviet Union dumped tons... Qatar condemns US attacks TEHRAN, Oct 23: Qatar’s foreign minister condemned on Tuesday the US-led military strikes on Afghanistan as “unacceptable”, after talks in the Iranian capital.... 93 killed in bombing near Kandahar: UN confirms destruction of hospital DUBAI, Oct 23: Qatar’s Al Jazeera television has said that US military strikes on Afghanistan on Tuesday had killed 93 civilians in a village near Kandahar, including 18 members of one... Israel defies US over pullout TEL AVIV, Oct 23: Israel defied its closest ally the United States on Tuesday by rebuffing Washington’s demands to pull back from its broadest military offensive against the Palestinian Authority.... Student held with bio-suit in Germany FRANKFURT, Oct 23: A Turkish student allegedly carrying explosives material and a bio-protection suit is being held in Germany after being arrested as he prepared to board a flight to Iran,... Roles differ, but Moscow, Washington acting in unison: experts MOSCOW, Oct 23: Their roles in Afghanistan differ, but Russia and the United States are playing in a single production that both want to culminate in a popular new government capable... US planes hitting residential areas: UN ISLAMABAD, Oct 23: The United Nations on Tuesday said the US was bombing residential areas in Kabul, but accused the Taliban militia of being partly to blame because it was hiding... Suspicious letter sent to Advani NEW DELHI, Oct 23: A letter to Indian Home Minister Lal Krishna Advani was sent for chemical testing on Tuesday after it was found to be carrying powder which aides feared... US embassy in Cairo evacuated CAIRO, Oct 23: A building at the US embassy in Cairo was evacuated on Tuesday after a white powder, which later tested negative for anthrax, was discovered amid the worldwide bioterror... IRA starts disarming BELFAST, Oct 23: The Irish Republican Army said on Tuesday it had started to disarm in an unprecedented move that could rescue Northern Ireland’s peace process.... Copter lost wheel in raid: Pentagon WASHINGTON, Oct 23: A US special forces MH-47 helicopter lost a wheel in last week’s commando raid into southern Afghanistan when it struck a barrier, but it continued its mission and... WFP store damaged TEHRAN, Oct 23: US air strikes damaged UN World Food Programme warehouses in Herat at the weekend, but the stocks were saved, the WFP representative in Iran said on Tuesday.... Vajpayee under severe criticism from hawks NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, often called the moderate face of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) that leads the country’s ruling 20-party coalition, has come under severe criticism... Air strikes may not eliminate terrorism GENEVA: American and British airstrikes on alleged Taliban targets will hardly eliminate terrorism on Afghan soil. If anything, they may be proving counterproductive. Not only are the attacks inflicting rising civilian... US govt can’t handle anthrax WASHINGTON: The anthrax attacks on America, observers say, exposed three big weaknesses in government’s ability to respond to acts of bioterrorism.... Osama should be taken to court: Chomsky LONDON: Osama bin Laden, named as the man behind the Sept 11 terror attacks on the United States, should be treated as a criminal and tried before the International Court of...