Vol. 5 Num 131 Mon. October 04, 2004    
 
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Gaza raid to go on as long as necessary: Sharon
Death toll tops 60
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said yesterday the army would operate to halt Palestinian rocket attacks on Israeli communities ahead of a scheduled withdrawal from the Gaza Strip next year.
 
Kerry pulls ahead of Bush in new poll
Democrat challenger John Kerry has pulled ahead of President Bush in a poll published by Newsweek magazine showing Thursday's television debate erased the lead Bush had enjoyed for the last month.
 
US warplanes keep on pounding Fallujah
8 customs officers found dead, 2 Westerners slain
Two people were killed and 10 woundedafter US warplanes bombed a building on the outskirts of the rebel-held Iraqi town of Fallujah yesterday, medics said.
 
'India can deal with Musharraf'
According to senior officials, the reason the Indian government has veered round to the view that the Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf is someone it "can do business with" is because the recent
 
Iran refuses to surrender nuclear fuel technology
Iran asserted yesterday that i| has already acquired the sensitive technology to produce its own nuclear fuel and said it would be "irrational" to agree to surrender such a capability in exchange forsupplies
 
Lanka's latest peace bid suffers stillbirth
Sri Lanka's latest bid to revive the peace process with Tigez rebels has suffered a stillbirth with the country's main opposition calling for a boycott of the new initiative, political sources said yesterday.
 
Nobel prize season kicks off today
The 2004 Nobel Prize season opens today with the announcement of the prize for Medicine, kicking off a series of coveted awards culminating in the prestigious honours for Literature and for Peace.
 
US spy drone crashes in Pakistan
An unmanned US surveillance plane crashed yesterday near the southern Pakistani air base of Jacobabad that is used by US forces operating in neiohbouring Afghanistan, police said.
 
14 people killed in Thai fireworks factory blast
At least 14 people have been killed and two injured in an explosion at a fireworks factory at Thailand's ancient capital Ayuthaya, officials said yesterday.
 

 
   
 
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