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Blast at refinery in New York, one killed
NEW YORK, FEB. 21. An explosion rocked an oil storage facility at the edge of Staten Island, a New York City borough, on Friday, killing one worker and sending black smoke and flames hundreds of feet into the air. Authorities said there were no ...
U.S. planes conduct searches again
MANAMA (BAHRAIN), FEB. 21.Faced with mounting military pressure on its borders, Iraq, for the second time in a week has allowed a U.S. surveillance plane to scan for banned weapons. The U-2 spy plane flew for six hours and twenty minutes over ...
`Endless delay' not an option: Bush
WASHINGTON, FEB. 21.In a move that does not make good news for the regime in Iraq, the top weapons inspector, Hans Blix, will demand the destruction of the Al Samooud 2 Missiles and the components for the production of the missile motors, it is ...
Pak. `no' to joint nuke command with U.S.
ISLAMABAD, FEB. 21. Pakistan has ruled out the possibility of a joint command of its nuclear assets with the United States. The Pakistan Foreign Minister, Khurshid Mahmood Kasuri, told presspersons in Karachi on Thursday, hours before he flew ...
Second resolution may not set deadline
LONDON, FEB. 21.A second U.N. resolution being drafted by Britain and America as a precursor to an attack on Iraq would not explicitly mention the use of force or set a deadline for Baghdad but emphasise its continued lack of cooperation with the ...
60 die in U.S. nightclub fire
West Warwick (Rhode Island): A Rhode Island nightclub burst into flames during a pyrotechnics display at a rock concert, killing at least 60 people and injuring more than 150 as mobs of concert-goers frantically rushed to escape the raging fire. ...
Pak. asks India not to `exploit' NAM on terror issue
KUALA LUMPUR, FEB. 21. Pakistan today sought to stop India on its anti-terror campaign trail during the preparatory meetings of the Non-Aligned Movement's 13th summit here. While the "in camera" deliberations on the need for a brave new vision of ...
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