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May 3, 2002 Friday Safar 19, 1423 Israeli troops, tanks raid another W.Bank town TULKARM, May 2: Israeli tanks and troops raided the West Bank town of Tulkarm before dawn on Thursday, searching houses and mosques and making arrests, before pulling out, witnesses said.... Suu Kyi will be free soon, says opposition YANGON, May 2: Pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi will be released from house arrest within days after striking a deal with Myanmar’s military government, a senior opposition leader said on... 45 killed as bus explodes in India MUMBAI, May 2: Some 45 passengers were burnt alive on Thursday when their bus exploded in a ball of fire in the western Indian state of Maharashtra, reports said.... Activists recount life under siege RAMALLAH, May 2: They slept on the floor, rarely bathed, endured nights of gunfire and on some days had only a handful of olives to eat.... Press having a rough time, says RSF PARIS, May 2: The international association for journalists’ rights, Reporters Sans Frontieres (RSF), which is marking the 12th Press Freedom Day on Friday with publication of an annual report on Press... Zahir Shah: an object of affection KABUL: He shuffles onto the terrace overlooking his rose garden and sinks into an armchair. He is dressed casually, in a leather jacket and loafers. His smile is weary, his voice... Aborigines come in for scrutiny SYDNEY: The State Premier of Queensland, Australia, Peter Beattie, has hurled the brutal truth of domestic violence in Aboriginal communities into the comfort zone of ordinary Australians.... Why shouldn’t the far right come back in Europe LONDON: It had been obvious to ordinary Berliners for months, if not years, despite Goebbels’ propaganda, that the war was lost. By early January 1945, any German hopes of holding its...