Volume 5 Number 68 Mon. August 02, 2004    
 
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Palestinian leaders warn
West Bank on verge of unprecedented chaos
Palestinian leaders warned the West Bank was on the verge of unprecedented chaos, as thousands of demonstrators showed their support yesterday for militants who attacked the offices here of the security
 
Saudi FM says
Muslim troops would replace US-led forces in Iraq
Saudi Arabia's foreign minister said yesterday that any Muslim troops dispatched to Iraq would be sent to replace US-led multinational forces and not to supplement them as proposed by Washington.
 
'al-Qaeda threat can't deter Pak terror fight'
Gunmen kill 5 troops in Baluchistan
Pakistan vowed yesterday it would not be deterred by al-Qaeda threats of further attacks after the terror group claimed responsibility for an assassination attempt on prime minister-designate ShaukatAziz.
 
Tigers blame Lanka for war preparation
Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels have accused the government of gearing up for a fresh war following the failure of Norway's latest shuttle diplomacy to revive the island's moribund peace bid.
 
EU 'Big-3' fail to make progress in nuclear talks with Iran
Talks which Britain, France and Germany held with Iran last week on its nuclear programme produced "no substantial progress" in efforts to restrict the Islamic republic's activities, European diplomats
 
'China to smash independence bid of Taiwan'
China's defence minister has warned that the country's army has the will and the strength to "smash" any attempt by Taiwan to become independent, state media reported yesterday.
 
British spy chief asked experts to harden Iraqi WMD report
The new head of Britain's foreign intelligence service MI6 tried to persuade weapons inspectors in Iraq to harden up a report on their search for weapons of mass destruction (WMDs), a British newspaper
 
France ferries aid for Darfur refugees
France on Saturday flew a planeload of United Nations aid into eastern Chad where French soldiers prepared to deploy from their base in Abeche toward the border with Sudan's Darfur region.
 
17 injured in Prague explosion
Seventeen people were injured by an explosion just off Prague's central Wenceslas Square yesterday, the city's emergency services said.
 
Poland marks start of Warsaw uprising
Leaders from the United States, Britain and their wartime foe Germany converged on Warsaw yesterday to mark the start sixty years ago of a doomed Polish uprising against the Nazis in which the city was
 
Indian troops kill 10 rebels in Kashmir
Indian troops shot dead 10 Kashmiri rebels, including a commander, in separate clashes across Indian Kashmir, police said yesterday.
 

 
   
 
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