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A boy offers a pack of cigarettes to a passing
US Army convoy in the desert in southern Iraq after US troops crossed the Kuwait-Iraq border
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US
copter crash kills 12 soldiers
Washington, March 21
A US Marine helicopter crashed in
Kuwait today, killing the eight British and four American soldiers aboard,
military officials said. The cause of the crash was under investigation, the
officials said, adding that hostile fire had not been reported in the area.
Earlier, US officials had said 12 Britons and four Americans had died.
Anti-war
protests swell around world
Boston, March 21
Galvanised by the American attack on
Iraq, anti-war activists set off a barrage of street protests around the
world, clashing with riot police, chaining themselves together, blocking
traffic, walking out of classes and parading in mock chemical suits.
Hundreds were arrested from San Francisco to Washington, DC, yesterday.
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Govt
denotifies protected Ram Bagh
Paves way for Rs 5-crore Ranjit
Singh panorama
Amritsar, March 21
The Punjab Government has
de-notified part of historic Ram Bagh, the summer capital of Maharaja
Ranjit Singh, to pave the way for the construction of Rs 5 crore
panorama in memory of the Maharaja. In the notification, the 20-kanal
“protected” area has been rendered “unprotected”.
A model of Maharaja Ranjit Singh Panorama prepared by the National Council of Science Museum.
— Photo Rajiv Sharma
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US WAR
ON IRAQ HAS BEGUN
March 21, 2003
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Saddam
put on 48-hour notice
March 19, 2003
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War
clouds thicken; USA, UK shed diplomacy
March 18, 2003
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11 killed in attack on police post
March 17, 2003
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Excavation leads to mosque floor
March 16, 2003
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Gujarat
tense; 10 hurt in Muharram violence
March 15, 2003
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SC: poll reforms law
unconstitutional
March 14, 2003
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PM against war without UN
nod
March 13, 2003
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Jaswant
rolls back urea price hike
March 12, 2003
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5 more
join Punjab Ministry
March 11, 2003
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Kofi Annan for
changes in oil-for-food plan
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