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October 17, 2003 Friday Sha'aban 20, 1424 North Korea ready to display ‘N-deterrent’ SEOUL, Oct 16: North Korea said on Thursday it would display a “nuclear deterrent” at an appropriate time to end debate over its nuclear status if the United States delayed a... Iraqi threat was not exaggerated: Powell dismisses fresh charge WASHINGTON, Oct 16: US Secretary of State Colin Powell on Thursday dismissed fresh allegations from a former State Department official who charged that portions of the secretary’s Iraq testimony to the... Sadr’s supporters evicted from town hall BAGHDAD, Oct 16: Iraqi police detained a dozen supporters of radical Shia leader Moqtada Sadr on Thursday, evicting them from a municipality building in Baghdad’s teeming Sadr City suburb.... US foreign policy not good, says Albright PARIS, Oct 16: US President George Bush’s foreign policy “is not good for America, not good for the world”, Madeleine Albright, the former US secretary of state under Bill Clinton’s presidency,... Bush says Australia is US sheriff in Asia SYDNEY, Oct 16: Australian politicians reacted uncomfortably Thursday to US President George W. Bush’s description of Australia as America’s sheriff in the Asia-Pacific.... S. Arabia, India lead world in arms buying WASHINGTON, Oct 16: India is the second largest buyer of arms in the world, spending 900 million dollars on weapons last year, the International Institute of Strategic Studies said in a... Thousands of Bolivians protest pro-US policies LA PAZ, Oct 16: Tens of thousands of poor indigenous Bolivians marched into the capital on Thursday as their leaders rejected President Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada’s attempt to defuse a deadly... Stolen camera was used to kill Masood: agency PARIS, Oct 16: The French secret services revealed on Thursday that the camera used on Sept 9, 2001, in Afghanistan by two Tunisian men to kill guerilla leader Ahmed Shah Masood... 100 nurses hurt in BD demo DHAKA, Oct 16: The white uniforms of more than 100 nurses were stained red as police used clubs and teargas shells on the nurses, both student and unemployed, who were demonstrating... US general calls ‘war on terror’ religious battle WASHINGTON, Oct 16: US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld on Thursday defended a US general who portrayed the “war on terrorism” in talks to church groups as a spiritual battle by Christianity... Hindu zealots barred from Ayodhya AYODHYA, Oct 16: India’s temple town of Ayodhya was tense on Thursday as thousands of troops blocked Hindu zealots from entering the area to attend a rally near the ruins of... Blair admits he was warned of repercussions LONDON, Oct 16: British Prime Minister Tony Blair acknowledged on Wednesday he was warned about increased threats to Western interests from the Al Qaeda network in the event of war on... Gate’s GM research fund stirs debate: Farmers, academics oppose move LONDON: Bill Gates wants to do public good with the immense profits of his IT empire, and over the past few years his foundation has given more than $6.5 billion to... China’s space mission may clash with US LONDON: China on Wednesday became the third state on the planet — after the former Soviet Union and the United States — to launch a manned spacecraft. Such a successful introduction... Scientists claim finding ‘lost’ giant asteroid PARIS: Scientists have found an 800-metre-wide asteroid that had been “lost” since 1937, the International Union of Astronomy announced here on Thursday.... Religious right in America prepares for battle MONTGOMERY (USA): God told him to do it. That’s what Thomas Bowman said was behind a decision to leave Kentucky on a 730-km pilgrimage to this sleepy ...... European Union should not be written off LONDON: The European Union is a success. Its 25 members are discussing proposals for a new, carefully crafted constitution that will make it at once more governable and more democratic —... Indians discover joys of shopping NEW DELHI: A decade ago, Indian consumers used to be penny- pinching and fantastically frugal. They would research a brand to death before making a big purchase like a television set,...

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