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December 4, 2001
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Tuesday
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Ramazan 18, 1422
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Welcome to DAWN, Pakistan's most widely circulated English language newspaper
Updated round-the-clock, with a major update before 10:00 PST (05:00 GMT)
Israeli planes hit Palestinian security targets: Arafat’s office compound blasted
 GAZA CITY, Dec 3: Israeli combat helicopters blasted the Gaza City heliport of Yasser Arafat on Monday in what the Jewish state called a clear signal to the Palestinian leader to...
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US gunships land at Jalalabad airport
PESHAWAR, Dec 3: American gunships have landed at Jalalabad airport fuelling speculations in Afghanistan’s eastern Nangrahar province of a ground offensive against Osama bin Laden’s hideout in the Tora Bora mountains,...
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Measures to tackle extremists on cards
ISLAMABAD, Dec 3: The government is considering fresh measures, including new legislation, to firmly deal with the religious extremists and those who instigate violence....
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Zahir not to head new govt
LONDON, Dec 3: Rival factions in the UN-sponsored Bonn talks have dropped the idea of ex-king Zahir Shah heading the post-Taliban government in Afghanistan and are considering the names of two...
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Rabbani wants to be president for six months
WASHINGTON, Dec 3: Burhanuddin Rabbani, the UN-recognized president of Afghanistan ensconced in Kabul as head of the Northern Alliance administration there, has thrown what appears to be a spanner in the...
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3 Taliban commanders in opposition custody: HRW
NEW YORK, Dec 3: Human Rights Watch on Monday urged the United States and Britain to take immediate measures to ensure that three Taliban commanders who are alleged to have committed...
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Alliance claims half airport captured
CHAMAN, Dec 3: Anti-Taliban forces claimed on Monday to have captured half of Kandahar airport after fierce fighting with Taliban troops as residents reported a further cranking up of US bombardments...
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