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October 13, 2003 Monday Sha'aban 16, 1424 1,500 made homeless by Israeli raid: UN: Rafah declared disaster zone GAZA CITY, Oct 12: About 1,500 people have been left homeless in Rafah refugee camp in southern Gaza as a result of a major ongoing Israeli army operation, the United Nations... China wants bigger UN role in Iraq: New resolution sought BEIJING, Oct 12: China wants the United Nations to pass a new resolution on Iraq to give the world body a bigger role in rebuilding that country, Chinese Foreign Minister Li... Security tight at launch site BEIJING, Oct 12: China tightened security on Sunday at its premier rocket launch site as the countdown continued for the country’s first manned venture into space, amid intense scrutiny from the... Sisters expelled for wearing scarves PARIS, Oct 12: The Jewish father of two Muslim girls expelled from their school in the northern Paris suburbs for wearing Islamic headscarves described the decision on Sunday as “scholastic apartheid”... Palestinian PM’s future in doubt RAMALLAH, Oct 12: Ahmed Qorei’s long-term future as Palestinian premier was thrown into doubt after he agreed on Sunday to remain head of an emergency government until the end of the... Emotional ceremony for Bali victims BALI, Oct 12: Heads bowed and weeping, survivors and families of last year’s bomb attacks on Indonesia’s Bali island paid tribute to the 202 people killed, as fresh warnings were issued... Muslim group demands right to wear hijab WASHINGTON, Oct 12: A Muslim advocacy group, the Council on American-Islamic Relations, called on the Oklahoma State Department of Education on Sunday to intervene after a Muslim public school student in... Doctors separate Egyptian twins, operation continues DALLAS, Oct 12: Doctors separated two-year-old Egyptian twins joined at the crown of their heads on Sunday, giving them independent lives in a medical procedure that, so far, has had no... Firearms dealer sentenced WASHINGTON, Oct 12: A firearms dealer accused of providing guns to a Florida man who planned to attack Islamic centres was sentenced this week to more than four years in prison.... France, China to fight illegal immigration PARIS, Oct 12: China is to send this week to Paris a group of specially-trained immigration police who are to establish themselves at Roissy-Charles de Gaulle airport, in the new transit... CPA calls for ‘just society’ DHAKA, Oct 12: The 49th conference of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association ended on Saturday with its members advocating new partnership for peace and prosperity and reforms of the United Nations and... Taliban kill 8 policemen KABUL, Oct 12: A large force of Taliban guerillas killed eight police officers and wounded two in a night attack on a district office in the southern province of Zabul on... Debt cancellation top issue for NGOs PERUGIA: The cancellation of Third World debt is the main policy objective of global civil society, according to a report presented here on Friday.... Annan’s ‘veto’ on Iraq irks US UNITED NATIONS: At a closed-door meeting of the 15-member Security Council last week, a visibly frustrated Western diplomat expressed his anger at Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s decision to virtually reject a new... Drugs after birth block AIDS infection: study LONDON: AIDS drugs given to babies soon after birth can protect them from being infected with HIV by their mothers, researchers said on Friday.... Austria searches for last of its Nazi war criminals VIENNA: Almost 30 years after Austria’s last Nazi trial ended in acquittal, prosecutors here have begun searching for surviving Austrian SS soldiers and policemen linked to World War II atrocities.... Afghan women feel consoled after a long era of negligence KABUL: As far as gardens go, the one being tended in the center of the city is hurting, only a few flowers growing in one patch, a few others across the... Inefficient N-weapon worries experts STOCKHOLM: International nuclear experts are quietly confronting the most terrifying scenario of all — what to do if terrorists manage to build and detonate a nuclear fission bomb, a diplomat and...

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