Volume 5 Number 67 Sun. August 01, 2004    
 
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Move to stop rocket attacks
Israel allows army to act 'at will'
Israeli Defence Minister Shaul Mofaz has given "carte blanche" to the army to prevent Palestinian rocket attacks on Israeli territory from the Gaza Strip, Israeli military radio said yesterday.
 
Attempt on Pak PM-designate
al-Qaeda may be behind attack
Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda network may have been behind the failed attempt to assassinate the country's prime minister-designate, a senior Cabinet minister said yesterday, though investigators are still
 
India calls for common front against terror
The first ever BIMST-EC summit opened yesterday with India stressing the need to forge a common front against terrorism, gun-running and narcotics trafficking.
 
Naga rebels extend truce for a year
The Indian government and separatists from the northeastern state of Nagaland have extended a ceasefire for another year to allow further peace talks, they said in a joint statement yesterday.
 
'Italy priority target for extremists'
Italy and its people have become a prime target of Islamic extremists, who are trying to get a hold of chemical weapons, according to a report by Italian security services made available yesterday.
 
Delhi names envoy to talk release of hostages
India has named top diplomat Talmiz Ahmad as its special envoy to negotiate the release of three Indian truck drivers taken hostage by insurgents in Iraq on July 21, a minister said yesterday.
 
Nato members reach deal on Iraq mission
Nato countries agreed Friday to send an advance party of officers to Iraq to "get right to work" preparing to train that country's security forces, Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said.
 
Rebels kill 5 in Kashmir
Suspected Kashmiri rebels shot dead a Muslim couple and three former militants in Indian Kashmir after suspecting them of being police informers, police said yesterday.
 
9/11 panel urges Congress to reform spy agencies
US Senators promised swift consideration of proposals to revamp the nation's intelligence structure after leaders of the Sept.
 

 
   
 
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