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| October 8, 2002 | Tuesday | Sha’aban 1, 1423 |
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Intra-Palestinian clashes leave 4 dead
GAZA CITY, Oct 7: Gunmen allegedly belonging to Hamas tortured and killed the head of the Palestinian riot police on Monday, police said, triggering deadly gunbattles between police and supporters of... 
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Large object found orbiting the sun
WASHINGTON, Oct 7: It’s the biggest thing found orbiting the sun since astronomers discovered Pluto in 1930, but please do not call it a planet. Call it Quaoar....
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2 Britons, American share Nobel prize for cell work
 STOCKHOLM, Oct 7: Two British researchers and an American colleague were on Monday awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine for gene research that opened up a new front in some of...
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Blast on ship: Paris unsure of cause
PARIS, Oct 7: Although French authorities are admitting in private that Sunday’s explosion on the French-owned oil tanker, the Limburg, off Yemen was probably due to a terrorist attack, the government...
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Pakistan, India named in US report
WASHINGTON, Oct 7: The United States, in its annual report on religious freedom around the world, found improvements in Afghanistan, Egypt, Laos and parts of southeastern Europe but little change in...
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Salman Khan in police custody
MUMBAI, Oct 7: A Mumbai court on Monday ordered disgraced Bollywood star Salman Khan to be held in police custody for three days after the actor surrendered himself amid charges of...
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Africans join hands to seek compensation: Anti-racism meeting
BRIDGETOWN: Africans and descendants of Africans have agreed to establish a global organization to help them fight for compensation from nations that participated in the slave trade....
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Aid agencies accuse US of dumping GM food
LONDON: Two leading international environment and development groups have accused the United States of manipulating the southern African food crisis to benefit their GM food interests and of using the United...
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Rebellion triumphs in I. Coast
ABIDJAN: Even if a military victor emerges, a rebellion in Ivory Coast has already mutilated the country’s image as a haven of peace and polarized ethnic groups as never before....
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A forgotten race in India
VIJOYNAGAR (India): Sara Yobin and her two children can distinguish a helicopter from a cargo aircraft, but they have never seen a car or a television set....
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Swiss armed forces on sale
ST MAURICE (Switzerland): For sale: dozens of fighter jets, howitzers, anti-aircraft guns, tanks and helicopters. Like new. Call Swiss army for details....
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Israelis bank on ‘Arrow’ over Iraq threat
TEL AVIV: The Arrow missile, untested in combat, will be Israel’s last line of defence if Iraq responds to a US attack by launching Scud missiles against the Jewish state....
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