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December 31, 2003 Wednesday Ziqa’ad 7, 1424 ICRC seeks access to Saddam GENEVA, Dec 30: The Red Cross has asked the US-led authority in Iraq for access to former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein, a spokesman said on Tuesday.... US warns airlines against violation: Decision on armed guards WASHINGTON, Dec 30: The United States said on Tuesday that foreign airlines that refuse to place armed marshals on flights would be denied access to American airspace.... 100 delegates threaten to boycott voting: Loya jirga in disarray KABUL, Dec 30: Afghanistan’s loya jirga, or grand assembly, was thrown into disarray on Tuesday as more than 100 delegates threatened to boycott voting on the amended constitution, alleging that it... Airspace over US cities restricted WASHINGTON, Dec 30: The skies above New Year’s Eve revelers in New York and some other major US cities will be off-limits to certain aircraft and patrolled by warplanes as part... Settlers told to leave West Bank outpost GINOT ARYEH OUTPOST (West Bank), Dec 30: Notices to quit were posted on Tuesday on doors of homes in this West Bank outpost after orders for its dismantling were issued and... Suspect in DHL attack dies in US custody BAGHDAD, Dec 30: The chief suspect in an attack on a DHL aircraft over the Iraqi capital last month died in US custody after soldiers wounded him in a firefight, the... Suspicious package found at EU office THE HAGUE, Dec 30: A suspicious package was found on Tuesday at the European crime fighting organization, Eurojust, in The Hague after EU organizations ramped up security following a spate of... Mly hospital in Germany closed off HAMBURG, Dec 30: German police said on Tuesday they had closed off a military hospital in Hamburg after indications that militants planned a car bomb attack on the facility.... Iranians ask ‘why are our earthquakes so deadly?’ TEHRAN, Dec 30: Poor design, primitive materials and widely ignored building codes were prime causes of the high death rate and vast human suffering in the Bam earthquake, Iranian officials and... Iraqi council cries out for autonomy BAGHDAD: Seen by a distrustful public as a tool of the occupying powers, Iraq’s Governing Council is coming of age on the job, as it tries to define a leadership to... Serb war criminal is on calendars SARAJEVO: Instead of being behind bars, the most wanted Bosnian Serb war criminal Radovan Karadzic’s face can be seen on calendars for 2004 and other souvenirs offered across the Srpska Republic.... Quake may kill 1m in Tehran: scientists TEHRAN: An earthquake that may one day strike Tehran could kill hundreds of thousands and destroy most of the buildings in the capital city of 12 million, a top Iranian scientist... World’s longest snake caught JAKARTA: It’s a fussy eater, apparently. But when you are longer than a doubledecker bus, and weigh as much as six grown men, you can afford to be. Certainly, the owners... British nation is worth £4,983bn LONDON: The British nation is worth pounds sterling 4,983,000,000,000 (pounds 4,983 billion), according to the Office of National Statistics (ONS), which has just released figures totting up the nation’s assets.... Beagle lost in crater: experts LONDON: British scientists are toying with the possibility that their missing baby, Beagle 2, might have tumbled down the slopes of an impact crater on Mars.... Bush policies threaten foundation of economic system WASHINGTON: If anti-globalization radicals really want to tear down the world capitalist system they might want to go door-to-door next year on behalf of incumbent US president, George W. Bush.... Israeli ’copter targets Hamas men in Gaza GAZA, Dec 30: An Israeli helicopter fired missiles at a car carrying two members of the Hamas group in Gaza City on Tuesday, wounding one of them and about 10 bystanders.... Russian church leader refuses to meet Pope MOSCOW, Dec 30: The Russian Orthodox Church’s leader said on Tuesday he “categorically” refused to meet the Pope until relations between their churches improved, dashing the ailing pontiff’s dream of visiting...

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