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November 12, 2001 Monday Shaba’an 25, 1422 Poverty is breeding ground for terrorism: Developing nations tell UN UNITED NATIONS, Nov 11: Declaring counter-terrorism a global fight, developing nations warned that world poverty and desperate living conditions were breeding grounds for extremists and their followers.... Criticism as UK mulls anti-terrorism laws LONDON, Nov 11: British government plans to hold terrorist suspects without trial under an emergency power used and discredited in Northern Ireland 30 years ago, sparked a raft of criticism on... Nepal’s Maoists ‘defer’ demand for republic KATHMANDU, Nov 11: Nepal’s Maoists on Sunday officially said they had “deferred” their demand for a republic ahead of a third round of peace talks with the government.... Political trial begins in Iran TEHRAN, Nov 11: The closed-door trial of 60 Iranian liberal dissidents began at Tehran’s revolutionary court on Sunday in the biggest such political case since the clergy seized power in 1979.... Afghanistan, Palestine top summit of Arab women CAIRO, Nov 11: Egypt’s First Lady Suzanne Mubarak on Sunday appealed for an independent Palestinian state and expressed fears of an anti-Muslim backlash from the US war on terror, at the... Saudi, Mexico and Venezuela favour reducing oil supplies RIYADH, Nov 11: OPEC members Saudi Arabia and Venezuela, and Mexico, which is not part of the oil cartel, favour reducing world crude supplies, the official Saudi news agency SPA reported... Palestinians lukewarm on Bush speech AL QUDS, Nov 11: Palestinian officials gave a lukewarm response on Sunday to US President George W. Bush’s speech at the United Nations, at which he said he envisaged a future... Discussions focus on cheap drugs, patents: Public health issue at WTO moot DOHA, Nov 11: WTO trade ministers got down Sunday to the nitty-gritty of negotiating a public health issue so emotionally charged it threatens the launch of new trade liberalisation programme.... Germany to send ships, planes: press MUNICH, Nov 11: Germany is to send two frigates, five fast patrol boats, three transport aircraft and a flying hospital to the US forces as its contribution to the war against... Afghans shave beards, play music in fallen city ISLAMABAD, Nov 11: Afghans queued at barber shops to shave their beards, music blared from shops and women threw off the head-to-toe burqa veil as the first city taken from the... Indian tax-dodgers don’t pay $85bn NEW DELHI, Nov 11: Indian tax-dodgers are cheating the national government of 85 billion dollars of revenue every year, a report said on Sunday.... New NY mayor to draw one dollar NEW YORK, Nov 11: Billionaire Michael Bloomberg plans to draw a salary of just one dollar a year as New York’s next mayor, but the gimmicky gesture cannot distract attention from... ABM scrapping needs homework: army chief MOSCOW, Nov 11: Russia and the United States need to build a new strategic balance before scrapping the cornerstone 1972 ABM treaty so Washington can deploy its planned missile shield, Russia’s... Somali bank likely to close indefinitely MOGADISHU, Nov 11: Somalia’s Barakaat remittance and deposit bank is likely to wind up its operations for good as a result of the freezing of its assets and closure of its... Taliban pocket resisting in Mazar: report ISLAMABAD, Nov 11: Some 200 Taliban fighters, armed with light and heavy weapons, are still putting up a fight in the opposition-held Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif, the Afghan Islamic Press reported... Hizbollah seeks help against US financial grip BEIRUT, Nov 11: Hizbollah called on Arab states on Sunday to resist pressure from the United States to freeze the guerrilla group’s financial assets.... Afghan aid could begin on Wednesday TERMEZ (Uzbekistan), Nov 11: The United Nations and the Uzbek government announced on Sunday that humanitarian aid shipments should start moving from Uzbekistan to northern Afghanistan on Wednesday.... Taiwan’s membership approved by WTO DOHA, Nov 11: Taiwan secured admission to the World Trade Organization on Sunday, gaining the unanimous approval of WTO members barely 24 hours after China.... Putin to ‘overhaul’ ties with US WASHINGTON: Vladimir Putin is coming to Washington this week to try to do some big business. By all appearances, he wants, finally, to end the illusion that Russia is a strategic... Northern Alliance no answer for Afghanistan LONDON: Even days ago the war against Afghanistan, the sceptics said, was going nowhere. The use of air power alone was failing. The Taliban would almost certainly survive. Today, those sceptics...

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