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February 21, 2002 Thursday Zilhaj 8, 1422 Bush calls for talks with North Korea DORASAN STATION (South Korea), Feb 20: US President George W. Bush took his tough talk about North Korea right to the communist state’s frontier on Wednesday, calling Pyongyang “evil” and urging... EU’s plan on ME fails to take off PARIS, Feb 20: With five weeks remaining before the Arab League summit to be held in Beirut (March 27-28), European proponents of a joint EU peace plan for Palestine — built... Tajikistan, NATO sign partnership BRUSSELS, Feb 20: Tajikistan on Wednesday became the 27th country to join NATO’s Partnership for Peace (PFP) cooperation programme, the trans-Atlantic alliance said.... Drivers thank their lucky stars SYDNEY, Feb 20: Drivers who won’t admit to error can now blame traffic accidents on the lottery of their birth date.... Britain’s ‘Great Escape’ hero dies LONDON, Feb 20: Britain has lost one of its last remaining war heroes to have survived the real life “Great Escape” made famous by Hollywood, a World War II veteran’s group... Jackie Chan injured as stunt goes wrong HONG KONG, Feb 20: “Rush Hour” star Jackie Chan has been injured performing a stunt on the set of his new movie, a news report said Wednesday.... Sikhs threaten to sue school in Canada MONTREAL, Feb 20: The management of a Canadian school is facing a court threat from parents of a turban-clad Sikh teenager who wants to wear a metal dagger in his classroom... Gaza in shock as Israel unleashes terror GAZA STRIP, Feb 20: After an unprecedented five hours of Israeli air and sea raids in Gaza City and a sleepless night, Palestinian policemen, security forces and people on the streets... Media watchdogs savage Pentagon: Planting of false stories WASHINGTON, Feb 20: US media watchdogs reacted with dismay on Tuesday to news that a little-known Pentagon office was considering influencing international opinion on the war on terrorism, with a broad... Australian G-G faces pressure to quit SYDNEY, Feb 20: Australian Governor-General Peter Hollingworth faced enormous pressure to resign on Wednesday over claims that as Archbishop of Brisbane he protected priests who sexually abused children.... US astronauts float outside space station CAPE CANAVERAL, Feb 20: Two US astronauts floated outside the International Space Station on Wednesday in the first US spacewalk from the orbitin