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February 1, 2002 Friday Ziqa’ad 17, 1422 Israel drafts plan to invade all PA areas TEL AVIV, Jan 31: A group of senior Israeli generals have drafted a security plan envisaging a reoccupation of the Palestinian territories in a move to destroy the Palestinian Authority, the... Putin takes tough line after Bush speech MOSCOW, Jan 31: President Vladimir Putin issued a thinly-veiled warning to Washington on Thursday against using strong-arm methods in international diplomacy while confirming that Moscow demanded nuclear arms cuts be enshrined... UK seeking use of Chinese base LONDON, Jan 31: Britain has approached China in a bid to find an air base in a region close to Afghanistan for future deployments of troops, supplies and humanitarian aid there,... US satellite crashes over Egypt WASHINGTON, Jan 31: A 7,000 pound (3,200 kg) US satellite plummeted to Earth over central Egypt on Wednesday, but it was not known whether any spacecraft debris struck the ground, US... Media body concerned over fate of newsman PARIS, Jan 31: Reporters sans Frontieres (RSF; Reporters without Borders), the French association that defends press freedoms around the world, has issued a communique in which it expressed its “concern” over... Sharon voices regret for not ‘eliminating’ Arafat in 1982 TEL AVIV, Jan 31: Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said in an interview on Thursday Israel should have “eliminated” Yasser Arafat during its 1982 Lebanon invasion.... US rules out FBI probe into attack KOLKATA, Jan 31: A senior US diplomat on Thursday ruled out an independent probe by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) into the attack outside an American cultural center in Kolkata... Intervention sought PARIS, Jan 31: Reporters sans Frontieres on Thursday issued a communique requesting that religious authorities of the Muslim world launch a joint appeal for the release of journalist Daniel Pearl, kidnapped... ‘Schizophrenia’ given split meaning TOKYO, Jan 31: Japan’s main psychiatric body has made up its mind to adopt a new Japanese word for “schizophrenia” to reduce the stigma associated with it.... Police win suit to wear beards NEWARK (USA), Jan 31: Muslim police in Newark have won the right to keep wearing their beards on duty after a federal religious discrimination lawsuit was settled on Wednesday, a US... Turbulence from plane flips taxi RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan 31: Turbulence created by an airplane taking off from a Rio de Janeiro airport tossed a taxi into the air on Wednesday, severely injuring its driver, media... Australia accused of running ‘concentration camp’ SYDNEY, Jan 31: Religious and human rights groups on Thursday accused the Australian government of running a “concentration camp” for asylum seekers and called for UN intervention in the country’s immigration... Israeli occupation core of ME conflict LOS ANGELES: The Israeli-Palestinian situation has moved into what can only be described as a stage of collective madness. And Washington is walking right down that same path, apparently unaware of... US war diminishing its state of democracy LONDON: This is a commentary on the diminished state of consultative democracy just now. The least considered aspect of the war against terrorism is that a loyalty test - are you... Education lies under Indian quake rubble RAPAR (India): Away in the remote Nilpar hamlet, in the Rapar area of quake-ravaged Gujarat, 25 children sit on the bare mud under the winter sun, with their teacher and a... Pen proves to be mightier than sword HONG KONG: Journalists live by their wits, but also by a couple of tenants, a sort of professional dogma. Even if we do not truly believe them, they are trumpeted as... Australia torn over asylum seekers SYDNEY: The Australian government on Wednesday released nine Afghan teenagers from a dusty detention centre in the outback, where more than 200 of their fellow asylum seekers are on a hunger... Tragedy doesn’t give Bush free hand to remake world LONDON: A tendency among politicians to exploit the Sept 11 tragedy has been apparent from the very first. In Israel and Russia governments were quick to use US agony to justify...

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