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 | Is there going to be another terrorist attack on U.S.?(ctv.ca)
Topix.net Dec 9, 2004 Author:
U.S. is all set to overhaul intelligence. Four months after the Sept. 11 commission urged drastic changes to protect the nation from another terror attack, Congress neared final passage Wednesday of far-reaching legislation overhauling the nation's ...
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Brief World Political Highlights (@ 11.00 AM IST)
MIL,Agencies Dec 8, 2004 Author: Special Correspondent
View at a glance on Today’s brief political highlights as on Wednesday at 11.00 A.M.on
US Intelligence Reform Bill,
Bush’s warning on Jeddah attack,
Jeddah Terrorists escape, Karzai’ oath,
Polluted food for HIV patients,
Morocco invites India,
Agreement on Urkaine,
Powel rejects Russian allegations,
Man held for Iraq gas deaths,
Blair orders inquiry,
Secret of Princess Di,
Musharraf’s plea on terrorism,
UK fishing problems,
Blair’s peace initiative,
CIA’s appraisal on Iraq,
German Flu vaccine for US.
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Gays challenge Pentagon's policy!
CBS Dec 7, 2004 Author:
(CBS) The Pentagon's "don't ask, don't tell" policy is being challenged by 12 homosexuals who have been separated from the military because of actions related to their sexual orientation.
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Today’s Brief World Political Highlights (@ 5 pm IST)
MIL & Agencies Dec 7, 2004 Author: Special Correspondent
View at a glance on Today’s brief political highlights as on Tuesday at 5 pm ISTon Jeddah attack, Karzai, ETA, Spain, Musharraf, BBC Staff, US Intelligence Reform, Bush on Saudi's attack and Michael Jackson investigation's investigation.
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Russian President Putin supports India’s case in UN for Veto Power
MIL Dec 5, 2004 Author: Special Correspondent
New Delhi – President Vladimir Putin’s remarks made by him in the UN Security Council created a serious confusion that could threaten Indo-Russian relationship. After realizing the repercussion of his remarks, he has now clarified that he, in fact, supported India’s case for getting the veto power in an expanded UN Security Council, which is misunderstood.:
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BBC’s apology vs Bhopal Disaster?
MIL Dec 5, 2004 Author: Editorial
Though BBC has apologized for screening an interview with a man claiming to be from Dow Chemical, which they said was a hoax coinciding with 20th anniversary of Bhopal disaster, is not justified from our angle.. In this tragedy 40 tonnes of lethal gas was leaked and killed more than 3,500 in one of the world’s worst disasters. BBC did it in good faith and it could be correct to some extent, though the man, who claimed the responsibility, was wrong.
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BBC’s apology vs Bhopal Disaster?
MIL Dec 5, 2004 Author: Editorial
Though BBC has apologized for screening an interview with a man claiming to be from Dow Chemical, which they said was a hoax coinciding with 20th anniversary of Bhopal disaster, is not justified from our angle.. In this tragedy 40 tonnes of lethal gas was leaked and killed more than 3,500 in one of the world’s worst disasters. BBC did it in good faith and it could be correct to some extent, though the man, who claimed the responsibility, was wrong.
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Dollar has fallen, Asians are more affected
MIL Dec 4, 2004 Author: Special Correspondent
Washington – There is a strong feeling among certain countries that dollar has slumped this fall as a result most investors are worried. Mr. Masatsugu Asakawa, the top official at the Finance Ministry in Tokyo, who manages the Govt. securities of the United States all over world, is equally disturbed because he holds the stock of $720 billion.
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| 1389. |
Toxic leakage in Bhopal was not accidental?
MIL Dec 3, 2004 Author: Spcial Correspondent
The ill-fated Bhopal plant was owned and operated by Union Carbide India, Limited (UCIL). It was an Indian company in which Union Carbide Corporation held just over half the stock. There were also other stockholders and Indian financial institutions and private investors in India. The plant was designed, built, and managed by UCIL using Indian consultants and workers.
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Bush mends fences with Canada to abridge differences
MIL Dec 1, 2004 Author: Special Correspondent
Ottawa - George W Bush, US President, is on his first official visit to Canada with a view to mending fences with his neighbor. He faced anti-US President protesters, who scuffled with police outside parliament in Ottawa.
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Japan and South Korea launch free trade alliance with ASEAN
MIL Nov 30, 2004 Author: Special Correspondent
Tokyo - Japan and South Korea initiated a move of forming a free trade alliance with Asean on Tuesday; China has completed a similar deal. Japan’s Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and South Korea’s President Roh Moo-hyun made separate agreements with the 10-nation Association of South-East Asian nations to start talks early next year.
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No Ban on limited Research Activities of Iran-IRNA
MIL Nov 28, 2004 Author: Editorial
The negotiators in Vienna had worked out a consensus formula, under which Iran could turn off the 20 centrifuges but they shall be put them under a camera surveillance rather than under seal by the I.A.E.A. Iran's Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi said on Saturday.
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170 persons trapped and died in China Mines
MIL Nov 28, 2004 Author: Special Correspondent
Beijing - When a gas explosion at 7:10 a.m.occurred on Sunday it left about 170 Chinese miners trapped thousands of feet underground.
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Ukraine's presidential crisis deepens
MIL Nov 27, 2004 Author: Special Correspondent
Ukraine's president and the two personalities who claim to be his legitimate successor held a joint meeting on Friday with top European envoys to seek an end to the Presidential crisis.
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Tehran decides to freeze all its nuclear program
MIL Nov 27, 2004 Author: Special Correspondent
Iran finally decided and greed to freeze all its nuclear program on Friday and dropped its insistence that its 20 uranium enrichment activities should be exempted from a deal with the International Atomic Energy Agency. IAEA cameras instead of being sealed would monitor the centrifuges, which are crucial to the enrichment process, which Iran has agreed.
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U.S. wants EU to go harsh on Iran
MIL Nov 25, 2004 Author: Special Correspondent
VIENNA - The United States is likely to press the EU to get hard with Iran at a meeting of the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog today, urging strong action by the UN Security Council
if Iran resumes any type of uranium enrichment work.
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Kashmir Issue warrants autonomy or redrawing of boundary mutually
MIL Nov 22, 2004 Author: Editorial
New Delhi - India’s Prime Minister, reverted to the standard Indian position of J& K being an ‘integral part of India’ during his recent Kashmir-visit. Since the world never expected of him just to repeat the old standard slogan of Kashmir being Integral part of India, President Musharaff, Hurriyat and other Kashmiri leaders were disturbed. International Reported also re-acted in its editorial since Manmohan Singh’s statement was damaging and dragged one step backward in Indo-Pak peace talks.
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Flexibility absolutely essential to help solve Kashmir problem
MIL Nov 20, 2004 Author: Speicial Correspondent
Srinagar - Claiming that Pakistan as well as the Hurriyat Conference have shown flexibility in their known stand on Kashmir, hardline faction of the separatist amalgam today asked India to give a matching response to resolve the issue.
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 | Manmohan Singh’ strategy on Kashmir lacks political wisdom, may bring India closer to war
Editorial Nov 19, 2004 Author: RB
New Delhi - Manmohan Singh’s statement straight away rejecting President Musharraf’s proposal on Kashmir that no re-drawing of borders and further division of J&K would be allowed has not only jeopardized the whole exercise of Indo-Pak relationship and may eventually bring India closer to war.
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Attempt to assassinate Prime Minister Manmohan Singh thwarted
MIL Nov 17, 2004 Author: Special Correspondent
Srinagar – There was a definite plan from a section of some militant group to assassinate Manmohan Singh, India’s Prime Minister, who was to visit Jammu and Kashmir hours after. Before the rebels, who had come over there most probably to assassinate the Prime Minister, were surrounded in the building by the security forces where they were hiding and planning to assassinate the Prime Minister.
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