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December 17, 2002 Tuesday Shawwal 12, 1423 EU, NATO seal cooperation pact BRUSSELS, Dec 16: NATO and the European Union on Monday formally sealed a cooperation pact that will allow EU peacekeepers to deploy for the first time, with Macedonia first in the... Iraq will not have another chance: US: UN collecting data on scientists WASHINGTON, Dec 16: The United States said on Monday that Iraq would not get an opportunity to fix what US officials say are gaping holes in its UN weapons report, calling... Afghan leaders told to avoid militancy KABUL, Dec 16: In a move seen as the first major attempt to rein in Afghanistan’s powerful warlords, President Hamid Karzai has issued a decree banning political leaders from engaging in... US soldier attacked in South Korea SEOUL, Dec 16: A US army officer was attacked by knife-wielding South Korean men outside a US base here on Sunday night amid simmering anti-American sentiment.... Milosevic masterminded ethnic cleansing, says Serb leader THE HAGUE, Dec 16: Biljana Plavsic, the most senior official from the former Yugoslavia to plead guilty before the UN war crimes court here, said former Yugoslav leader Slobodan Milosevic was... Blair invites Palestinian leaders for talks LONDON, Dec 16: British Prime Minister Tony Blair said on Monday he was inviting Palestinian leaders to London in the new year to discuss progress on reform and to look at... Universe has 95% mysterious matter: study AUCKLAND, Dec 16: A powerful new telescope instrument at the South Pole has provided fresh evidence that the universe is accelerating outwards and is dominated by a strange form of matter... Paris expects windfall from arms exports PARIS, Dec 16: France says that 2002 is to be a record year for defence exports and that by the end of this month arms sales abroad were likely to reach... Warrant against Bush possible, says Austria VIENNA, Dec 16: There could theoretically be an international arrest warrant against US President George Bush if one of his CIA agents killed a terrorist suspect on Austrian territory, said an... Refugees hold demo against French govt PARIS, Dec 16: Hundreds of protesters on Monday gathered at Sangatte to demand that France “better respect the rights of refugees” and “find a humanitarian solution to the plight of DPs.”... Dexter of ‘The Magnificent Seven’ dies LOS ANGELES, Dec 16: US actor Brad Dexter, who appeared with Yul Brynner, James Coburn and Steve McQueen in the 1960 western “The Magnificent Seven,” died at his California Rancho Mirage... Gore not to run for presidency WASHINGTON, Dec 16: Former US vice president Al Gore has announced that he will not run for president in 2004, leaving the field wide open for Democratic candidates fighting to reach... US hawks circlefor the kill: Unreason rules Washington LONDON: This will be a big week for Iraq and all those who wish to bomb it. Since last summer’s heady excitements, when George Bush seemed ready to go Saddam-hunting all... Exiles vie for role in post-Saddam Iraq LONDON: They came, deep in discussion, often arm-in-arm, along the narrow corridor to the conference arena: a beturbanned Shia cleric in flowing brown robes debating Saddam’s war crimes with a sharp-suited... French ad guru & Slovak president PARIS: Down and out Socialist candidates in upcoming presidential elections wherever you are in the world, there’s a French communications adviser who’s quite likely to get you elected, no matter how... North-South disputes persist as WTO deadlines loom GENEVA: The divergent interests of the developing South and the industrialized North when it comes to access to essential medicines and to special and differential treatment continue to muddle World Trade... Russia fears a wave of techno-calamities next year MOSCOW: It’s sure to grab Hollywood moguls searching for a new angle on mayhem and destruction, and the Russians have kindly given them a working title: “Problem 2003”.... Arab vote may make a difference in Israel CAIRO: The upcoming Israeli elections offer the most significant chance yet for peace between Israel and the Palestinians in nearly a decade, but only if the peace camp and Arab voters...

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