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Pak blast, 35 killed
MIL Oct 7, 2004 Author: Special Correspondent
A car bomb went off early Thursday during a celebration of Islamic militants in the central Pakistan city of Multan, killing at least 35 people and wounding dozens more, police and hospital sources said.
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Trial date of US soldier announced
MIL Oct 7, 2004 Author:
A former US soldier, Charles Jenkins, 64, accused of deceiving his own country for North Korea will face a court martial on 3 November.
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Mayhem rules at Gaza
MIL Oct 6, 2004 Author: MIL
Mayhem rules via explosions in Gaza for the seventh day Tuesday,as Israel retained attacks aimed at ending Palestinian rocket attacks on its key areas.
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‘Mysterious object not a balloon’
MIL Oct 6, 2004 Author: Special Correspondent
Scientists at ISRO have drowned themselves inside the photograph of a mysterious object, which one scientist saw while camping at Samudra Tapu glacier region near Chandratal on September 27 morning. The photograph was brought back by Dr Anil V Kulkarni, a marine and water resources scientist.
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CIA finds no proof in Saddam-Qaeda link
MIL Oct 6, 2004 Author: Junior Reporter
A new assessment by CIA finds no proof to the claim that Iraq's deposed leader Saddam Hussein offered safe haven to Abu Mussab Zarqawi, a Jordanian extremist linked to Al-Qaeda, before the war, a US official said.
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US scientists bag Nobel for medicine
MIL Oct 5, 2004 Author: MIL
Two US scientists, Richard Axel, 58, of Columbia University in New York, and Linda B. Buck, 57, of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle bagged the coveted Nobel Prize for medicine October 4 for revealing odor-sensing proteins in the nose and mapping how they communicated with the brain.
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Gaza peace deal initiated
MIL Oct 5, 2004 Author: MIL
Israel and the Palestinian Authority are trying hard for a deal to halt the army's Gaza offensive in return to put an end to militants firing rockets into the Jewish state, Israeli security sources say.
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US rules at Nobel Prize this year
MIL Oct 5, 2004 Author: MIL
It’s Americans all the way at Nobel prize this year. After bagging the prize for medicine by scientist duo Richard Axel and Linda B. Buck of US, David J. Gross, H. David Politzer and Frank Wilczeck the America trio won the 2004 Nobel Prize in physics on October 5 for discovering and exploring the force, binding particles inside an atomic nucleus.
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Twin blasts rock Baghdad, Twelve killed, 69 Injured.
MIL Oct 4, 2004 Author: Jaidev
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Two bombs exploded in central Baghdad, claiming at least seven lives and injuring 69 on Monday, Iraqi authorities said.
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Militants strike yet again at Guwahati
MIL Oct 4, 2004 Author: Jaidev
GUWAHATI, India - Suspected rebels opened fire with automatic weapons on villagers after waking them up from their sleep in northeastern India early Monday, killing six. The death toll has now risen to 63 from three days of violence in a region where many ethnic rebel groups are fighting for separate homelands.
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 | ULFA & Bodo militants attack for 2nd successive day
MIL Oct 3, 2004 Author: Special Correspondent
Guwahati: As ULFA militants joined Bodo militants and carried out a series of attacks for the second successive day. Death toll rises to 67! "MAXIMUM ALERT" had been sounded in the areas where the NDFB was active.
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Serial Blast in North-East. 48 killed on Gandhi Jayanti
MIL Oct 2, 2004 Author: Special correspondent
October 02: Serial bomb blast in the Northeast, five blast in Assam and two in Nagaland, and militant attack claimed 48 lives on Gandhi Jayanti. Bodo militants are prime suspects for the attack in Nagaland though security agencies are yet to ascertain the responsible group.
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Taj Celebrates 350th Birthday
MIL Sep 28, 2004 Author: Special Reporter
The Taj Mahal, India's most famous monument started its 350th anniversary celebration on Monday.
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A "significant step forward"
MIL Sep 25, 2004 Author: Special Correspondent
New York: After their meeting, both the leaders agreed to work together to restore “normalcy and cooperation” and seek peace in the issue of Kashmir.
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British hostage has been killed: website claims
MIL Sep 25, 2004 Author: Special Correspondent
A posting on an Islamic web site on Saturday claimed that an al-Qaeda-linked group has killed British hostage Kenneth Bigley. The claim could not be confirmed immediately.
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War against terrorism lacks “substance and credibility”: Prime Minister
MIL Sep 24, 2004 Author: Special Correspondent
United Nations: Prime Minister strongly criticized the world body for its selective approach on war on terrorism and called for a concerted and sustained war against terrorism. In his maiden address to the 59th UN General Assembly, he emphasized the need of strengthening the coalition against terrorism.
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What Manmohan Singh likely to say in his address to UNGA
MIL Sep 23, 2004 Author: Abdul Malik
New Delhi: When Prime Minister Manmohan Singh addresses to the United Nations General Asembly today, he will focus on economic reforms, terrorism and a permanent seat in Security Council for India. The focus will almost remain the same when he continues his interaction with world leaders on the sidelines of the 59th UN general assembly meeting.
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Bibi Jagir Kaur new SGPC chief
MIL Sep 23, 2004 Author: Our Reporter
Amritsar: Bibi Jagir Kaur, of the Badal-led Shiromani Akali Dal, was today elected unopposed the president of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Commitee (SGPC), amids boycott by the rivals, Panthic Morcha in the first meeting of the General House of the Sikh religious body held in Teja Singh Samundari Hall here.
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Haiti’s storm death could cross 2000 mark
MIL Sep 23, 2004 Author: Special Correspondent
Haiti: The death toll from flood has already taken 1,070 lives but it could cross 2000 mark according to government sources. Rescue workers recovered 1,013 bodies from the floodwaters, mud and collapsed homes in Haiti’s third largest city of Gonaives, 58 bodies have been recovered from other areas. 80 per cent of the city is still under water.
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Second US hostage killed
MIL Sep 22, 2004 Author: Special Correspondent
The second one of the three hostages kidnapped by a militant outfit has been executed, after a 24 hour deadline lapsed yesterday. A message posted on one of the militant’s site claimed the responsibility. "The sons of our nation have slit the throat of the second American hostage after the deadline passed [on Tuesday] and we will provide you with pictures soon," the message said.
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