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| October 18, 2002 | Friday | Sha'aban 11, 1423 |
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North Korea says it’s making N-weapons
WASHINGTON, Oct 17: US President George Bush faced up to a “sobering” nuclear crisis with “axis of evil” foe North Korea on Wednesday, with the United States already deeply committed to... 
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US comes up with compromise draft: UN debate on Iraq
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 17: The United States, facing widespread opposition to its hardline on Iraq, has put new proposals allowing for United Nations consultations before military force is used, diplomats said...
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‘Region-building’ plan a must: IISS
LONDON, Oct 17: The United States will need to follow up any war against Baghdad with both nation-building in Iraq and “region-building” in the Middle East, an influential defence think-tank said...
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Hundreds of Taliban dodged US troops: study
LONDON, Oct 17: Inadequate communications equipment and slow reactions by military commanders allowed hundreds of fighters loyal to Osama bin Laden to escape during the US-led war in Afghanistan, a leading...
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UK to help combat ‘terror’ funds: MP
COLERAINE (UK), Oct 17: The United Kingdom would extend support and assistance to countries implementing the measures to combat terrorist financing as money laundering transactions around the globe are now estimated...
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Sudan to hand over hijacker to S.Arabia
RIYADH, Oct 17: Sudan has agreed to extradite Adel Nasir Ahmed Faraj, the Saudi who tried to hijack the Saudi Arabian Airliner on way to Jeddah from Khartoum....
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Six killed, 150 wounded in Philippine bomb blasts
ZAMBOANGA (Philippines), Oct 17: Two almost simultaneous bombings blamed on the Abu Sayyaf guerillas in the southern Philippine city of Zamboanga killed at least six people and wounded 150 others on...
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Farooq says his defeat is good for Pakistan
SRINAGAR, Oct 17: Occupied Kashmir’s outgoing leader Farooq Abdullah said on Thursday that Pakistan was rejoicing at his party’s defeat in elections and New Delhi’s withdrawal of troops....
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US president’s niece jailed in drug case
ORLANDO, Oct 17: Noelle Bush, a niece of US President George Bush, was sent to jail in handcuffs for 10 days on Thursday after cocaine was allegedly found in her shoe...
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French firm to publish Saddam’s novel
PARIS, Oct 17: French publisher Jean-Paul Bertrand says he’s acquired the rights to a novel, ‘Zabiba and the King’, which is to be published early next year....
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Army deployed across BD
DHAKA, Oct 17: The government has deployed army across the country, including the capital, on Thursday in order to improve the law and order situation. The army moved in after a...
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Tehran feels the heat if Baghdad falls: Divided leadership’s dilemma
TEHRAN: Behind Iran’s policy of “active neutrality” in a looming US-Iraqi conflict lies alarm about the upheaval that war between two of its bitterest foes may cause....
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The army vs Rumsfeld at Pentagon
WASHINGTON: The biggest battle facing Donald Rumsfeld is with the Army, the nation’s largest military service, which effectively has gone into opposition against the secretary of defence....
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Azeris count on oil boom
BAKU: Despite huge oil assets laying at its doorstep, beneath the Caspian Sea, the Caucasus republic of Azerbaijan is still counting on a second oil boom to haul it out of...
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Paris puts $87bn to modernize military
PARIS: After years of watching its military decline to second-tier status, France has embarked on a costly modernization plan, with a shift in strategy toward creating capability to project military force...
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EU faces tough choices as Kyoto targets loom
BRUSSELS: European Union industry is bracing itself for two major new policies to make it slash greenhouse gas emissions under a global climate treaty the EU fought to protect....
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Tilt toward Israel raises concern
PARIS: With the signing of a major contract between an Israeli company, Entopia, and the French Defence Ministry, France has been hearing increased grumbling on the part of the press and...
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Blair for president of Europe?
LONDON: One of the questions that keep cropping up among the great and the good of Europe is: is Tony Blair going to become the first president of the European Union?...
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