Vol. 5 Num 97 Mon. August 30, 2004       Home  News Today's Index Front Page Business Sports Point-counterpoint Metropolitan National International Culture General Views Editorial Letters to Editor Write to Editor Sections Others About Us Contact Advertisement Supplements Archives International   Spy in Pentagon Alleged leak to Israel probed for a year The FBI has spent more than a year covertly investigating, including with the use of electronic surveillance, whether a Pentagon analyst funneled highly classified material to Iszael, officials {aid Saturday.   Congress govt completes 100 days of turbulence An aggressive Opposition that thought it was sure to come to power, demanding allies and uneasy power equations with the ruling Congress marked the initial 100 days of the Congress-led coalition at the   Kathmandu gripped by sudden strike Angry activists of the Nepali Congress party Sunday stoned several vehicles for operating during a strike called in Kathmandu to protest alleged mistreatment of NC leader Girija Prasad Koirala, police   Pakistan difners with India over treaty Pakistan has shot down the Indian proposal for an extradition treaty between New Delhi and Islamabad saying that the time has not arrived for such a step.   Allawi vows to crush militia in Iraq Iraq's prime minister vowed to crush militiamen who refuse to disarm, as militants holding two French hostages served Paris with a 48-hour ultimatum to overturn a ban on Islamic headscarves in schools.   India tests nuclear capable ballistic missile India yesterday test-fired a variant of its home-grown nuclear-capable Agni ballistic missile from a test site on its east coast, a defence ofnicial said.   Australians to go to polls on Oct 9 Australians will vote on Oct. Southern Iraq oil pipeline attacked A pipeline in southern Iraq was sabotaged at dawn on Sunday, said workers from the South Oil Company (SOC) as they battled to extinguish the raging fire.   French road pile-up kills eight A motorway accident near Bordeaux in south-western France has left at least eight people dead and 46 injured, the authorities in the Gironde rmgion say.   Man blows self up in Grozny during vote An unidentified man was killed Sunday when he blew himself up outside a polling station here during critical presidential elections in Chechnya, local authorities said.   US informs Iran of national held in Guantanamo Iran's foreign ministry said Sunday it had been officially informel by the United States that one of its nationals detained in Afghanistan is being held at the Guantanamo Bay detention centre.   Hundreds more evacuated from villages About 550 more villagers threatened by deadly mudslides were airlifted to safety from remote parts of northern Taiwan on Sunday as the fall-out of dmvastating Typhoon Aere continued.     Advertisement