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1. A Trojan horse virus to stalk cancer cells

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PARIS: Doctors reported that a virus can stealthily invade cancer cells and cause them to commit suicide, yet leave healthy cells unharmed.

2. China backs Pak position

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BEIJING: China expressed support for Pakistan yesterday and said it was weighing sending aid to its long-time ally to help it cope with Afghan refugees fleeing their homes in fear of possible US attacks, state media said.

Monday, 01 October 2001 | 197 hits | Print | PDF | E-mail

3. Putin on diplomacy blitz

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MOSCOW: The global fight against terrorism will loom large at this week’s EU-Russia summit following airliner attacks in the United States, a crisis some experts say could speed up Russia’s integration with the West.

Monday, 01 October 2001 | 200 hits | Print | PDF | E-mail

4. Japan puts curbs on cattle feed

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TOKYO: The Japanese government will prohibit the domestic distribution of recycled cattle feed made of cow parts, which is suspected of causing Asia’s first case of mad cow disease, officials said yesterday.

Monday, 01 October 2001 | 201 hits | Print | PDF | E-mail

5. Policing of Indian Ocean intensified

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MOMBASA: American and French naval vessels have intensified patrols in the Indian Ocean off the East African coast as part of the global war against terrorism, Kenyan navy sources said here Sunday.

Monday, 01 October 2001 | 218 hits | Print | PDF | E-mail

6. Terror reprisal boon for Chirac

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PARIS: With presidential elections in France just seven months away, the incumbent Jacques Chirac is enjoying a powerful burst of support, largely thanks to an international crisis that has left his rival — Prime Minister Lionel Jospin —...

7. Don’t mix terrorism with Islamic interests~ Megawati warns US

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JAKARTA: With anti-American sentiment on the rise in the world’s most populous Muslim country, the Indonesian government yesterday warned the United States against acting unilaterally in its war against terrorism.

Monday, 01 October 2001 | 187 hits | Print | PDF | E-mail

8. Pope goes on ‘credibility’ drive

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VATICAN CITY: Pope John Paul II yesterday told a synod of 4,500 Catholic bishops here that they should take the path of poverty if they wanted to gain credibility with their congregations.

Monday, 01 October 2001 | 193 hits | Print | PDF | E-mail

9. Koreas in ‘rail diplomacy’

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SEOUL: South Korea yesterday reopened a train station near its border with North Korea as the two Koreas prepare to reconnect a cross-border rail line that was severed half a century ago.

Monday, 01 October 2001 | 199 hits | Print | PDF | E-mail

10. China~ Germany pledge to fight global terrorism

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BEIJING: German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji pledged agreement on the need both to fight terrorism and to step up trade as they met in Beijing yesterday.

Thursday, 01 November 2001 | 207 hits | Print | PDF | E-mail

11. Experts urge Putin and Bush to de-alert missiles

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MOSCOW: Arms experts from the prestigious Russian Academy of Sciences urged Russia and the United States yesterday to take their nuclear missiles off hair-trigger alert to reduce the risk of accidental nuclear war.

Thursday, 01 November 2001 | 202 hits | Print | PDF | E-mail

12. ‘One China’ principle threatens Taiwan

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BEIJING: China yesterday brought new fire to Taiwan’s ongoing election campaign by restating Beijing’s pledge to take the island by force if its leaders move closer toward declaring independence.

Thursday, 01 November 2001 | 193 hits | Print | PDF | E-mail

13. Scientists report revolutionary anthrax disinfectant

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VIENNA: An Austrian medical specialist said yesterday that he and his colleagues discovered a substance that can destroy anthrax within seconds and could revolutionise the fight against bio-terrorism.

Thursday, 01 November 2001 | 202 hits | Print | PDF | E-mail

14. American adoptions boon for unwanted kids

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HONG KONG: Rose, a Chinese baby just 10 months old, sits and fidgets in the lap of her new American mother as they wait for the start of the long flight to the United States and a new life together.

Thursday, 01 November 2001 | 203 hits | Print | PDF | E-mail

15. Notorious guerrila captured in Chechnya

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MOSCOW: Russia said yesterday it had captured an Arab guerrilla in Chechnya who was a lieutenant to the most prominent Arab commander in the rebel region.

16. Princess enters hospital to give birth

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TOKYO: Japanese Crown Princess Masako yesterday entered hospital to give birth to a possible, and long-awaited, heir to the world’s oldest monarchy, Japanese media reported.

17. No arms sops for US: Russian official

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MOSCOW: A senior member of the Russian military ruled out yesterday any basic concessions by Moscow to the United States on strategic arms, Interfax news agency said.

18. Italian network was recruiting for Bin Laden~ say police

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ROME: The head of Italy’s anti-terrorist police said yesterday that his unit had smashed an important European network of the Al Qaeda terrorist organisation which was recruiting foot soldiers for Osama bin Laden.

19. Swiss go to ballot box tomorrow to vote on scrapping army

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GENEVA: The Swiss will decide tomorrow whether to scrap their army when they go to the polls to vote on a raft of referendum issues which also include setting up a voluntary peace corps and imposing a 20-per cent capital gains tax.

20. Russia~ Georgia to probe air raids

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MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin and Georgia’s Eduard Shevardnadze aired stark differences in public yesterday over air raids in Georgia, but agreed to set up a joint commission to look into the incident.

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