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| December 22, 2002 | Sunday | Shawwal 17, 1423 |
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US vetoes resolution condemning Tel Aviv: Killing of UN workers
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 21: The United States on Friday night vetoed a Syrian-sponsored UN Security Council resolution that would have condemned Israel for the recent killings of a Briton and two... 
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Indian govt in the dock over defence deals
NEW DELHI, Dec 21: India’s scandal-tainted rightwing nationalist government was heading for a potentially debilitating showdown in a parliamentary probe on Saturday which has found it guilty of dubious defence deals...
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US soldier shot dead in Afghanistan
BAGRAM, Dec 21: An American soldier died of gunshot wounds in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday after suspected Al Qaeda militants fired on a patrol unit, the US military said....
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DPs bid to occupy church in Paris foiled
PARIS, Dec 21: French police attacked a group of illegal immigrants on Saturday to stop them from occupying a church in Paris....
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Netanyahu snubbed in London
LONDON, Dec 21: Britain’s Foreign Secretary Jack Straw and his Israeli counterpart Binyamin Netanyahu differed so strongly over Middle East policy at talks in London this week that they cancelled a...
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CIA averse to using deep-cover spies
WASHINGTON, Dec 21: Spies who go deeply undercover with no apparent ties to the U.S. government are needed to infiltrate groups like al Qaeda, but the CIA shows an aversion to...
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Turkmenistan expels Uzbek ambassador
ASHKABAD, Dec 21: Turkmenistan has given Uzbekistan’s ambassador 24 hours to leave the country after accusing him of aiding people alleged to be behind a botched assassination attempt on the Turkmen...
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20 killed as train derails in India
BANGALORE, Dec 21: At least 20 passengers were killed and 90 injured on Saturday after an express train derailed in southern India....
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Saudi detained by US learns Quran by heart
RIYADH, Dec 21: A Saudi detained at the US military base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, told his family in a 45-minute telephone call this week that he had spent his days...
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Israelis destroy suspects’ homes
GAZA, Dec 21: Israeli soldiers detained two Islamic Jihad suspects in the southern Gaza Strip on Saturday and destroyed their homes in the Dir al Balah refugee camp....
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US copying Israel in ‘targeted killing’
LONDON: Israeli hardliners have seen their controversial tactic of “targeted killing” of their enemies (the Palestinians) being imitated by the US. For it has emerged that their close allies in the...
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US blocks cheap drugs to poor states
LONDON: Dick Cheney, the US vice-president on Friday night blocked a global deal to provide cheap drugs to poor countries, following intense lobbying of the White House by America’s pharmaceutical giants....
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Working of dual-use sanctions
BAGHDAD: When the UN imposed import controls on Iraq to close down its weapons programmes the staff of the Baghdad Dairy thought they had little reason to worry....
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Debriefing of scientists may trigger Iraq attack
BAGHDAD/WASHINGTON: With time running out for Baghdad to avoid a war, the fate of Iraq lies in the hands of a handful of scientists and weapons experts, who will be asked...
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Coffee firm backs off Ethiopia claim
LONDON: Nestle, the world’s largest coffee company, was forced into a humiliating climbdown on Thursday after a wave of public outrage greeted its demand for a US dollars six million payment...
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Mbeki recalls tooth broken by British policeman
STELLENBOSCH (South Africa): The Communist revolutionary exiled in Britain with a mission to smash oppression has never forgotten the day the tables were turned....
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Roh wants to resolve US-North Korean conflict
SEOUL: A day before Thursday’s presidential election, candidate Roh Moo Hyun stood before reporters and said, “I am the only person who can resolve the nuclear issue through dialogue. The survival...
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India denies passage to plane
KATHMANDU: India on Saturday refused to allow an aircraft carrying a controversial arms shipment from Belgium to Nepal to fly through its airspace....
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