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U.S., Pakistan
question September 11 mastermind suspect |
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Islamabad -- The
suspected mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks was being interrogated by
U.S. and Pakistani agents on Sunday after what Washington called the
biggest catch so far in the war on terror. Pakistan said its agents
arrested Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, described by U.S. officials as one of al
Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden's "most senior and significant lieutenants,"
and two other al Qaeda suspects at a house in Rawalpindi early on
Saturday. |
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http://www.austin360.com/aas/news/ap/ap_story.html/Intl/AP.V9921.AP-Pakistan-Road-t.html |
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http://www.voanews.com/article.cfm?objectID=3293B58B-2F07-4C88-9B1054D6D84DC071 |
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http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-pakistan-road-to-arrest0302mar02,1,1122271.story |
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http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/-pakistan-arrests_x.htm |
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/AMar2.html |
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/AMar2.html |
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http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/news/news-pakistan-qaeda.html |
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http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB-search,00.html |
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http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-mar02,1,3534994.story |
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http://www.boston.com/dailynews/062/world/Hunt_for_captured_al_Qaida_fug:.shtml |
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http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apasia_story.asp?category=1104&slug=Pakistan%20Road%20to%20Arrest |
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http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0301khalid.html |
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http://www.activedayton.com/ddn/news/ap/ap_story.html/Intl/AP.V9921.AP-Pakistan-Road-t.html |
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http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/news/world/5301234.htm |
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http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/wire/sns-ap-pakistan-road-to-arrest0302mar02,0,3988414.story |
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http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/news/world/5301234.htm |
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Thousands in
Pakistan march against war |
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Karachi, Pakistan
-- Women in horse-drawn carriages and flag-waving backers of Pakistan's
religious coalition joined tens of thousands of others in a march through
the streets of the southern city of Karachi to protest a possible U.S.-led
war against Iraq. Police estimated that at least 100,000 people, some
chanting `America is the terrorist,' joined the march in what authorities
said was the largest demonstration against the war in a country that has
been an important ally in the U.S. war against
terrorism. |
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http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/international/AP-Iraq-War-Protests.html |
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/AMar2.html |
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http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-iraq-war-protests0302mar02,1,5169575.story |
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http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apasia_story.asp?category=1104&slug=Iraq%20War%20Protests |
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http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-pakistan3mar03,1,1483573.story |
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http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/wire/sns-ap-iraq-war-protests0302mar02,0,2275508.story |
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http://newsobserver.com/24hour/world/story/788487p-5641330c.html |
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http://www.pe.com/ap_news/International/Iraq_War_Protests_40118I.shtml |
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Thousands In
India Protest Possible US Attack On Iraq |
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Hyderabad, India
-- Nearly 10,000 antiwar protesters marched silently in this southern city
on Sunday opposing a possible U.S. attack on Iraq and expressing their
solidarity with the Iraqi people. "Drop Bush, not bombs," "No War," read
some of the placards and banners carried by the protesters, including
human rights activists, writers, journalists and local
politicians. |
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http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,BT_CO_20030302_000043,00.html |
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Bangladeshi
students protest possible war in Iraq |
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Dhaka -- Hundreds
of students on Sunday protested against a possible U.S.-led war on Iraq.
"Resist war, build peace," shouted more than 500 protesters at Dhaka
University campus. The protesters burned a straw effigy of U.S. President
George W. Bush before dispersing peacefully. |
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http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,BT_CO_20030302_000018,00.html |
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Officials:
9/11 arrest a blow to al-Qaida |
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Leaders of the
congressional intelligence committees said Sunday the capture of a top
al-Qaida operative is a major blow to the terror group and will give U.S.
officials the chance to learn about attacks that may have been planned.
Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, suspected mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks, is
"really a big fish," said Sen. Pat Roberts, chairman of the Senate
committee. "If there was one person that we wanted to get, it was this
man." |
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http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-pakistan-afghan-al-qaida0302mar02,1,6017856.story |
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/AMar2.html |
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http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/03/international/asia/03QAED.html |
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Lawmakers
predict further Qaeda arrests soon |
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Washington --
Lawmakers who oversee the U.S. intelligence community said on Sunday the
capture of a top al Qaeda leader in Pakistan was a huge break in the war
on terror and should produce further results soon. U.S. Rep. Porter Goss,
a Florida Republican who is chairman of the Select House Intelligence
Committee, said the arrest of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, a suspected
mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on America, would give U.S. law
enforcement agents "more focus and more clarity on exactly where to go and
what to look at." |
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http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,BT_CO_20030302_000498,00.html |
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http://www.voanews.com/article.cfm?objectID=C65CB2F1-3884-40BB-B75C91C61DE46E3B |
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/AMar2.html |
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http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/news/news-pakistan-qaeda-goss.html |
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http://www.azcentral.com/news/reuters/stories/POLITICS-PAKISTAN-QAEDA-GOSS-DC.shtml |
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Official : Key
al-Qaeda suspect still in Pakistan |
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Islamabad --
Pakistan's interior minister denied reports on Sunday that suspected Sept.
11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed had been handed over to the United
States and said he was still in Pakistan. President Pervez Musharraf's
spokesman Rashid Qureshi also said Mohammed was in Pakistan and was being
jointly interrogated by Pakistani and U.S. agents. |
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/AMar2.html |
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http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/la-fg-capture2mar02,1,4867169.story |
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Al-Qaida
suspect's arrest pleases Bush |
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President Bush
celebrated a major success in the fight against terrorism Saturday with
the arrest of the al-Qaida operative suspected of planning the Sept. 11
attacks. "That's fantastic!" the president said early Saturday when his
national security adviser, Condoleezza Rice, delivered the news of Khalid
Shaikh Mohammed's capture in Pakistan. |
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http://www.voanews.com/article.cfm?objectID=8EF91FBF-D759-4FE3-A80318E0518CE3BD |
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/AMar2.html |
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/AMar1.html |
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http://www.azcentral.com/news/reuters/stories/POLITICS-PAKISTAN-QAEDA-USA-DC.shtml |
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Sri Lanka
Prime Minister warns rebels |
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New Delhi -- Sri
Lanka's prime minister on Friday warned that Tamil Tigers will be `in
trouble' if they break their cease-fire with the government, and said the
nation had been about to disintegrate if the peace process had not
started. If Sri Lanka's separatist conflict `had reached a stage that if
we did not take the step that I took, the country would have
disintegrated,' Ranil Wickremesinghe said in a speech to Indian
businessmen and opinion leaders in New Delhi. |
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http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/international/AP-India-Sri-Lanka.html |
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India,
Pakistan Kashmir dispute flares |
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New Delhi --
Pakistan's president accused India on Sunday of blocking peace moves in
the disputed Kashmir region and fomenting trouble in the Pakistani
province of Sindh. India reacted quickly to President Gen. Pervez
Musharraf's comments, calling his stance `trite and hackneyed.' Musharraf
accused India of blocking peace in Kashmir and said it `has been done by
design.' |
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http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-india-pakistan0302mar02,1,6856240.story |
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http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/international/AP-India-Pakistan.html |
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http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apasia_story.asp?category=1104&slug=India%20Pakistan |
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http://www.startribune.com/stories/670/3728611.html |
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Riots follow
India-Pakistan cricket match |
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New Delhi --
Scores of persons were injured Saturday night in religious clashes between
Hindus and Muslims in India's western state of Gujarat after India
thrashed neighboring archival Pakistan in a World Cup Cricket match. Shops
and vehicles were burned as Hindus and Muslims clashed after the sporting
event ended. Police officials say that more than two dozen people were
rushed to hospitals across Ahmedabad city as violent mobs clashed with
sharp edged weapons. Additional troops were deployed in the city to guard
the strategic areas. Violence began minutes after hundreds of Indian
supporters began dancing on the streets when the Indian cricket team
outplayed archival Pakistanis in a World Cup cricket match in Centurion
Park, South Africa. |
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http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,BT_CO_20030301_000138,00.html |
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http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/r.htm |
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http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/sports/AP-Cricket-Violence.html |
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http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apasia_story.asp?category=1104&slug=India%20Cricket%20Violence |
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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2003/03/01/sports1814EST0589.DTL |
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Man arrested
in U.S. Consulate shooting |
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Karachi, Pakistan
-- A man arrested afterng fire and killing two Pakistani police
officers guarding the U.S. Consulate in this southern city had a note in
his pocket saying it was his duty as a Muslim to kill the protectors of
infidel Americans, officials said Saturday. The man, identified as
Zulfiqar Ali, 30, was brought to court Saturday and ordered remanded into
police custody on charges of murder, attempted murder and firing a weapon.
He faces the death penalty if convicted, police said. |
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http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB-search,00.html |
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http://www.voanews.com/article.cfm?objectID=5146F97C-DA62-49FA-9E2D351AC506C937 |
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http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/international/AP-Pakistan-Consulate-Shooting.html |
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http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apasia_story.asp?category=1104&slug=Pakistan%20Consulate%20Shooting |
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http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0228PakistanShooting28-ON.html |
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Pakistan
landmine kills one, injures seven |
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Multan, Pakistan
-- A Pakistani paramilitary soldier was killed Saturday and seven of his
colleagues were injured when their vehicle drove over a land mine in a
remote area in Punjab province, police said. Deputy Superintendent of
Police Naveed Ikram said the group was on a routine patrol near a crucial
gas pipeline, which was damaged in January during a clash between two
warring tribes. |
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http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/international/international-pakistan-landmine.html |
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Osama Bin
Laden may chose death to disguise |
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Singapore --
Bearded and of towering stature, the world's most wanted man is unlikely
to stoop to radical disguise to escape capture by the agents who netted
his operations chief, say some who have met Osama bin Laden. Bin Laden may
have to shift hiding places, but would prefer to die a martyr rather than
face arrest or shave his trademark luxuriant beard grown in keeping with
Islamic practice, Pakistani Afghan expert Rahimullah Yusufzai
said. |
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http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/international/international-pakistan-qaeda-binladen.html |
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http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB-search,00.html |
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http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/la-fg-qaeda2mar02,1,5211996.story |
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http://www.boston.com/dailynews/061/world/Bin_Laden_allies_Al_Qaida_will:.shtml |
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http://newsobserver.com/24hour/world/story/788547p-5642976c.html |
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Pakistani
President denies he's under pressure from US |
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New Delhi --
Pakistani leaders will lose their jobs if they deviate from the Kashmir
issue, President Gen. Pervez Musharraf said Sunday, but he dismissed views
that his crackdown against Islamic hard-liners was under U.S. pressure.
"No leader of Pakistan can remain in power if he begins to do everything
with India - free trade, changing the economy ... he will be removed. Let
us understand the ground realities," Musharraf told the private Aaj Tak
channel. |
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http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,BT_CO_20030302_000036,00.html |
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http://www.boston.com/dailynews/061/world/India_Pakistan_criticize_each_:.shtml |
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Powell: US to
do all it can to start India-Pakistan talks |
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Islamabad -- U.S.
Secretary of State Colin Powell said Saturday the U.S. will "do everything
we can" to start dialogue between uneasy neighbors Pakistan and India over
the disputed region of Kashmir, the state news agency reported. "There is
need for a dialogue to take place between Pakistan and India on all of the
outstanding issues between the two nations, especially the issue of
Kashmir," Powell was quoted by state-run Associated Press of
Pakistan. |
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http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,BT_CO_20030301_000173,00.html |
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Ex-US
President Clinton urges India, Pakistan to resume
talks |
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New Delhi --
Former U.S. President Bill Clinton on Saturday urged India to resume
dialogue with Pakistan to settle the Kashmir dispute and said peace
efforts in Ireland could serve as a model for the nuclear rivals. "India
should have an accommodation with Pakistan," Clinton said in a speech
through satellite to a conference organized by an India media group in New
Delhi. |
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http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,BT_CO_20030301_000169,00.html |
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US, Bangladesh
sign science, tech cooperation accord |
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Dhaka -- The
United States and Bangladesh signed an agreement Saturday to promote
cooperation in science and technology and exchange research data on topics
such as the environment and disaster management, officials said. U.S.
Assistant Secretary of State Christina Rocca, who arrived Saturday in
Dhaka, signed the deal with Bangladesh's Science and Information
Technology Minister, Abdul Moin Khan. |
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http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,BT_CO_20030301_000151,00.html |
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Bomb blast
kills 1 officer at trade show in Bangladesh |
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Dhaka -- Four
bombs ripped through a crowded trade show in southwestern Bangladesh on
Saturday, killing a policeman and wounding four others, a news report
said. No one claimed responsibility for the bombings in Khulna city, 136
kilometers southwest of capital Dhaka. Police arrested four suspects after
the attack on the exhibition that displayed goods and services, United
News of Bangladesh said. |
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http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,BT_CO_20030301_000132,00.html |
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3 suspected
Al-Qaida members arrested in Pakistan |
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New York -- Three
people suspected of being members of the Al-Qaida terror network were
arrested Saturday near Islamabad, Pakistan, the Cable News Network
reported, citing government sources. One of the detainees is on the FBI's
"Most Wanted" list, CNN said. Police say the arrests came during a raid of
a hide-out near the capital, an Interior Ministry official said
Saturday. |
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http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,BT_CO_20030301_000105,00.html |
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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2003/03/01/international1043EST0531.DTL |
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India,
Uzbekistan discuss expanding defense ties |
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Tashkent,
Uzbekistan -- India's defense minister praised his country's close ties
with Uzbekistan and said Saturday the two countries support an independent
Afghanistan, free from foreign influence. "The Afghan territory under the
Taliban was used actively to perpetrate terrorist outrages against
Uzbekistan and India," George Fernandes said in a statement at the end of
a visit that included meetings Friday with President Islam Karimov and top
officials. |
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http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,BT_CO_20030301_000086,00.html |
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Pakistan
postpones South Asian community ministers meeting |
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Islamabad --
Pakistan has postponed a meeting of South Asian communication ministers
because rival India did not confirm it would attend, the Foreign Ministry
said Saturday. The meeting of communication ministers from the
seven-nation South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation was to be
held March 7-8 in Islamabad, Pakistan's capital. |
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http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,BT_CO_20030301_000093,00.html |
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Russia,
Pakistan foreign ministers discuss Iraq by phone |
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Islamabad --
Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov and Pakistani counterpart Khurshid
Kasuri spoke by telephone Saturday about the Iraq crisis, Pakistan's
foreign ministry said. In a 40-minute conversation, which also touched on
bilateral issues, the two men said Russia and Pakistan both want a
peaceful settlement of the Iraq crisis, the ministry said in a statement.
Pakistan and Russia are members of the 15-member U.N. Security
Council. |
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http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,BT_CO_20030301_000122,00.html |
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