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Saddam aide arrested
BAGHDAD, APRIL 19.The Iraqi leader, Saddam Hussein's Finance Minister was arrested and a top scientist turned himself in, U.S. officials said today, raising hopes of a breakthrough in the search for the toppled regime's wealth as well as any ...
Sanctions: U.N. Council agrees with U.S. stand but not the agenda
WASHINGTON, APRIL 19.The U.S. call for the lifting of the United Nations sanctions against Iraq is finding a responsive chord in New York; but Security Council members are also making it known that this is not going to happen on the Bush ...
Bush mourns American deaths
WASHINGTON, APRIL 19.The U.S. President, George W. Bush, mourned the loss of American lives in Iraq and has said that this year's holy season of Easter and Passover has `special meaning." The President talked about the Iraq war in the context ...
Fear over SARS stalks more countries
SINGAPORE, APRIL 19.A `crisis of fear' over the spread of SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) began to stalk several countries in Asia, even as the new disease claimed more lives today. In Hong Kong alone, 12 more deaths were reported by ...
Old wine in new bottle, yet we welcome it: Pak.
ISLAMABAD, APRIL 19. Pakistan is not enthused by the nuanced peace offer made by Prime Minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee, in Srinagar even though the Pakistan Foreign Minister, Khurshid Mehmud Kasuri, has announced that Islamabad would soon propose ...
Pak. Opposition threatens no-confidence motion
ISLAMABAD, APRIL 19. The political crisis in Pakistan following the standoff between the Government and the Opposition on the validity of the laws of the President, Pervez Musharraf, is deepening with no end in sight. The rigid postures of both ...
Chandrika to hold talks with Khaleda today
DHAKA, APRIL 19. The Sri Lankan President, Chandrika Kumaratunga, who arrived here today, is scheduled to hold talks with the Bangladesh Prime Minister, Khaleda Zia, tomorrow during which the entire gamut of bilateral relations between the two ...
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