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| October 22, 2002 | Tuesday | Sha’aban 15,1423 |
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EU to launch rights dialogue with Iran
LUXEMBOURG, Oct 21: The European Union will launch a path-breaking dialogue on human rights with Iran in December in a bid to shore up embattled reformists in the Islamic republic, officials... 
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Bomb kills 2 Thai cops; 2 shot dead in Australia
BANGKOK, Oct 21: A parcel bomb exploded in a Thai provincial government office near Bangkok on Monday, killing two policemen and injuring at least four people, police said....
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Anti-war demonstrators invade UN Assembly
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 21: A group of young demonstrators invaded the United Nations General Assembly chamber on Monday to protest against a possible war on Iraq and demand an end to...
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Singapore Muslims complain of bias
SINGAPORE, Oct 21: The Muslim voices, some tinged with emotion, spoke of discrimination in the workplace and being viewed with suspicion by non-Muslims, in the aftermath of the arrests of Jemaah...
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Salman Khan faces culpable homicide charge
MUMBAI, Oct 21: An Indian court on Monday ordered that Bollywood movie star Salman Khan remain in custody for 10 more days after police charged him with culpable homicide in connection...
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Bashir plotted to kill Megawati: police
 JAKARTA/BALI, Oct 21: A religious leader detained as Indonesia moves to crack down on terrorism after bomb blasts in Bali faced allegations on Monday, including a plot to assassinate President Megawati...
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Nobel prize winners oppose Iraq invasion
 ROME, Oct 21: Nobel peace prize laureates meeting in Rome on Monday delivered a resounding “No” to war with Iraq and gave their full backing to the need for UN-brokered diplomacy...
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US offers Israel aid package as shield
AL QUDS, Oct 21: The United States has offered Israel a huge aid package to shield its economy from the fallout of any military action against Iraq, a senior official revealed...
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US frames ‘revised’ resolution on Iraq
WASHINGTON, Oct 21: The United States on Monday distributed to the permanent members of the UN Security Council a “revised text” of a proposed resolution on Iraq that it said addressed...
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BD opposition calls strike over crackdown
DHAKA, Oct 21: Bangladesh’s opposition Awami League on Monday threatened a series of strikes and protests after two senior party leaders were detained by troops helping police in a crackdown on...
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Fahd asks US to take just stand in ME conflict
RIYADH, Oct 21: Saudi Arabia’s King Fahd, in talks with US Middle East envoy William Burns, urged the United States to take a just stand in the Middle East conflict....
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Allergies among breast-fed kids raises questions
TORONTO, Oct 21: New findings about the relationship between breast feeding and the ailments of allergies and asthma have thrown the proverbial cat among the pigeons of received wisdom....
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Attack on Iraq likely: Jordan king
BERLIN, Oct 21: King Abdullah of Jordan arrived on Monday for a four- day state visit, accompanied by Queen Rania is reported to have predicted in German newspaper interviews, that a...
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High security for mysterious festival
BANGKOK, Oct 21: Security measures at this year’s mysterious fireball festival at the Mekong river have been significantly increased the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) said on Monday....
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$9m still unclaimed after BCCI closure
HONG KONG, Oct 21: Customers have left unclaimed a fortune in small deposits totalling nearly 9 million US dollars after Hong Kong’s biggest banking failure, a news report said Monday....
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Baghdad invasion a probability: Chirac
PARIS: Oct 21: President Jacques Chirac, who during the past two weeks has attempted to persuade the United States to think twice about undertaking a unilateral attack on Iraq, apparently with...
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US shipping helicopters to Kuwait
WASHINGTON, Oct 21: The army is shipping a task force of 20 AH-64 Apache helicopter gunships from Europe to Kuwait in the latest move of a low key US military buildup...
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Toothpaste made from crab’s shell
LONDON, Oct 21: A new toothpaste made from crab’s shell could reduce trips to the dentist by fighting infection in the mouth. The paste, which could be on sale in a...
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US sniper could be a French cadet: police
PARIS, Oct 21: French police say they have sent to US investigators the description of a French military cadet, away without leave and apparently headed for North America, who is an...
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Old cooking oil to run cars is big business
LONDON: Every week, a motorist in his Renault Laguna drives past several Shell and Esso garages and heads for one of Britain’s smallest oil companies, based in a shed on a...
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