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| January 27, 2002 | Sunday | Ziqa’ad 12, 1422 |
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Powell seeks POW status for Al Qaeda men
WASHINGTON, Jan 26: Secretary of State Colin Powell is said to have advised the Bush administration to accord prisoner of war status according to the Geneva Convention to Al Qaeda and... 
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Saudi Arabia taking hard look at itself, says Faisal: Western media accused of injustice
PARIS, Jan 26: In a rare interview, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal has indicated that although his country refuses to “take the blame” for the Sept 11 attacks, the event...
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US conducts sea-based missile defence test
WASHINGTON, Jan 26: A sea-based US missile defence system test was sucessfully carried out late on Friday in a test range in the Pacific, Pentagon officials said....
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US asks Cairo, Riyadh to pressure Arafat
WASHINGTON, Jan 26: Stopping short of downgrading relations with the Palestine Authority, the United States is seeking to mount pressure on so-called moderate Arab states to force President Yasser Arafat to...
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Ex-Nepal army chief targeted
KATHMANDU, Jan 26: Nepalese Maoist rebels bombed the house of former army chief Garud Shumsher J.B. Rana in southern Bara district, causing extensive damage but no casualties, police said on Saturday....
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