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September 25, 2002 Wednesday Rajab 17, 1423 Inspectors to get free access to sites: Iraq BAGHDAD, Sept 24: Iraq will give UN arms inspectors “unfettered access” to suspected weapons sites, including those listed by British Prime Minister Tony Blair, presidential adviser Amr Saadi said on Tuesday.... Lankan Muslims to raise grievances with Tigers COLOMBO, Sept 24: Sri Lanka’s top Muslim minister said on Tuesday he would meet the head of the Tamil Tiger rebels to redress ethnic cleansing problems that had split the two... Tribal clashes near Khost ISLAMABAD, Sept 24: Clashes erupted between two tribes in eastern Afghanistan on Monday night over a land dispute even as two other rival tribes agreed a truce after weeks of bloody... Beijing calls for UN-backed action COPENHAGEN, Sept 24: Chinese Prime Minister Zhu Rongji warned on Tuesday that any military action against Iraq without a UN mandate would lead to “severe consequences”.... Angkor Wat in great danger: book PARIS, Sept 24: French Asia expert, Michel Tauriac says that Angkor Wat, the legendary site of Cambodia’s 9th century capital, has never been in greater danger than today — and that... 21 kids die in China school stairwell crush BEIJING, Sept 24: Twenty-one school pupils died and 52 more were injured in north China’s Inner Mongolia region when a guardrail collapsed causing a crush in a dark stairwell, officials and... US airlines fear collapse without more help WASHINGTON, Sept 24: The chief executive at the world’s biggest airline warned Congress on Tuesday the industry could come close to collapse if it did not receive government help to reduce... Israel snubs UN call to lift siege TEL AVIV, Sept 24: Israel snubbed yet another UN Security Council resolution on Tuesday, refusing to lift its siege of Yasser Arafat’s headquarters in Ramallah, as Palestinians insisted that the world... Army provides security cover to LTTE BATTICALOA, Sept 24: The Sri Lankan military escorted over 250 hardcore guerillas belonging to the Liberation Tigers of the Tamil Eelam (LTTE) from the eastern Batticaloa region to the LTTE-controlled Killinochchi... Mother Teresa nearer to sainthood VATICAN CITY, Sept 24: Mother Teresa, who dedicated her life to helping the poorest of the poor, cleared the first hurdle to sainthood on Tuesday when the Vatican formally declared her... BD lost Tk1.8bn through defence malpractices DHAKA, Sept 24: Financial irregularities by Bangladesh’s defence forces has caused a huge loss of 1,820 million takas to the exchequer since 1972, according to an audit report submitted to parliament... Mobile phone recycling scheme LONDON, Sept 24: A new scheme was launched on Tuesday to recycle the estimated 15 million mobile phones replaced each year in Britain.... US moots widening of Nato’s role: Alliance preparing for Iraq war WARSAW: Its core mission altered by the Sept 11 attacks, NATO is refocussing itself on combating terrorists and controlling weapons of mass destruction, US officials said on Monday, tasks that might... Israelis, Palestinians carry on war of words RAMALLAH: With Israeli tanks and jackhammers silent, a quieter siege set in Monday at Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat’s ruined headquarters, now ringed by rubble and thick coils of barbed wire. An... From dust to diamonds LONDON: The next time mourners refer to a dead friend as a ‘diamond geezer’, they might mean it for real. British customers are flocking to an American company which has developed... Nile virus takes toll of US birds CHICAGO: Every morning Jill Anderson puts out a handful of peanuts for the birds in her backyard in River Forest, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago.... EU likely to soften stand on Iraq attack PARIS: One of the first major consequences of the re-election on Sunday by Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder in Germany could very well be a decision by Europe to mellow somewhat its position... Tomato as a tonic LONDON: When my parents emigrated to England from Malta, they brought a fair slice of their home country’s culinary ways with them....

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