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| December 21, 2001 | Friday | Shawwal 5, 1422 |
Argentina plunges into chaos: 16 killed
 BUENOS AIRES, Dec 20: Argentina plunged deeper into chaos on Thursday as street protests claimed 16 lives and the government headed for collapse following its failure to remedy a chronic recession...
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Clinton used coercion to get Osama: paper
WASHINGTON, Dec 20: Former US president Bill Clinton’s hunt for Osama bin Laden was “marked by caution against an enemy that the president and his advisers knew to be ruthless and...
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Canada warns US against Iraq attack
OTTAWA, Dec 20: Canada warned on Thursday against unilateral US military action in Iraq, saying if Washington struck alone against Saddam Hussein it could damage the carefully constructed global coalition against...
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23 Al Qaeda, Taliban men in US custody
WASHINGTON, Dec 20: US military forces have 23 captured al Qaeda or Taliban fighters in their control for interrogation in Afghanistan and on a Navy warship in the Indian Ocean, the...
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Armed gangs ordered off Kabul streets
KABUL, Dec 20: Afghanistan’s new rulers ordered gun-toting gangs off the streets of Kabul on Thursday as preparations for this weekend’s swearing-in of an interim government gained pace and Osama bin...
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UN approves Afghan force
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 20: The UN Security Council on Thursday endorsed the creation of a British-led multinational force to ensure security in Kabul....
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British marines in Afghanistan
BAGRAM AIR BASE, Dec 20: Fifty-three British Royal Marines arrived in Afghanistan on Thursday to launch an international security force ahead of the inauguration of a power sharing government....
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Airline sued for Sept 11 attack
NEW YORK, Dec 20: The widow of a New Hampshire man who was a passenger on the United Airlines flight that slammed into the World Trade Center filed on Thursday what...
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Banditry replaced Taliban: MPs
LONDON, Dec 20: International humanitarian aid for Afghanistan is failing to reach those who need it because the Taliban have been replaced by “banditry and lawlessness”, according to a British parliamentary...
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US blames Iran for ME unrest
DUBAI, Dec 20: Iran supports terrorism in the Middle East, US National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice charged in comments published on Thursday, blaming Tehran for the 1996 murder of 19 Americans...
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100 days later, WTC fire finally extinguished
NEW YORK, Dec 20: It has been 100 days since terrorists brought down the World Trade Center’s twin towers in a horrifying maelstrom of fire and debris, and though the blaze...
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Hamas men foil PA bid to arrest leader
GAZA CITY, Dec 20: Up to seven people were shot and injured in Gaza City early on Thursday as Palestinian Authority (PA) police clashed with armed protesters who formed a human...
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Innocent deaths in coward’s war
LONDON, Dec 20: The price in blood that has already been paid for America’s war against terror is only now starting to become clear. Not by Britain or the US, nor...
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Asians fear number four, says study
PARIS, Dec 20: Chinese and Japanese who are convinced that the number four brings fatal bad luck could be signing their own death warrant....
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4 members of Suu Kyi’s party released
YANGON, Dec 20: Myanmar’s military regime on Thursday freed four political prisoners belonging to democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD), an official statement said....
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US passes bill to boost visa security
WASHINGTON, Dec 20: Seeking to thwart potential terrorists, the US House of Representatives on Wednesday passed legislation to crack down on aliens who overstay their visas or counterfeit them....
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UNHCR complains of ‘refugee fatigue’
GENEVA, Dec 20: UN High Commissioner for Refugees Ruud Lubbers on Thursday said his agency (UNHCR) must move away from its Western origins to help more than 21 million refugees worldwide...
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US House warns Iraq over arms inspectors
WASHINGTON, Dec 20: The House of Representatives called on Iraqi President Saddam Hussein on Thursday to allow the unrestricted return of UN weapons inspectors, warning his continued refusal poses a mounting...
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Firefight as Israelis return to Nablus
NABLUS, Dec 20: A rare calm in the Palestinian territories was shattered on Thursday when a Palestinian was killed in a firefight with Israeli forces on Thursday as they moved back...
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An Oscar? No, thanks
PARIS, Dec 20: Screenwriters who win an Oscar have to enter an almost Faustian pact, a study suggests....
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