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Toll up to 118 in Moscow theatre siege
MOSCOW, OCT. 27. A day of national mourning was declared in Russia on Monday for the victims of the 56-hour hostage drama in Moscow, as the toll from the tragedy continued to rise. The number of hostages who died in the aftermath of the ...
Musharraf promulgates 8 more ordinances
ISLAMABAD, OCT. 27. Even as political parties clamour for early summoning of the newly elected National Assembly, the Pakistan President, Pervez Musharraf, on Saturday night promulgated eight more ordinances that would impact efforts towards ...
Valium gas used in Moscow raid?
DENVER (COLORADO), OCT. 27.Military experts and toxicologists say Russian commandos probably pumped a gas containing Valium into a Moscow theatre to subtly disable and disorient heavily armed Chechen rebels prior to Saturday's dramatic assault. ...
U.S. claims progress on draft
DES MOINES (IOWA), OCT. 27.Whether economic issues have come to the fore or not in the last 10 days of the Congressional elections campaign, the Democrats must heave a small sigh of relief that Iraq is not a dominant theme. But that does not mean ...
Relocating high security zones in Sri Lanka crucial
COLOMBO, OCT. 27. The issue of relocating high security zones (HSZ) in the northeast, particularly in the northern Jaffna peninsula, is likely to figure during the second round of talks between the Sri Lankan Government and the Liberation Tigers ...
Tough fight in Iowa
DES MOINES (IOWA), OCT. 27. Even as the Republicans and the Democrats are on a temporary `hold' with the political campaigning in Minnesota due to the sudden and tragic death of Senator Paul Wellstone on Friday in an airplane crash, it seems to ...
Row over chief Rabbi's book
LONDON, OCT. 27. In a row reminiscent of the hate campaign against Salman Rushdie over Satanic Verses, Britain's chief Rabbi, Jonathan Sacks, has become the target of a bitter attack from hardline Jews for what they regard as his `heretic' views ...
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