Wednesday, March 3, 2004, Chandigarh, India
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Blasts in Iraqi mosques leave 140 dead

Karbala, March 2
At least 140 persons were killed today as Shia Muslims came under attack in coordinated attacks in the cities of Karbala and Baghdad, on the deadliest day in Iraq since the fall of Saddam Hussein.

World page: 44 killed in attack on Shia procession in Pakistan

Iraqis survey the site after an explosion inside the Immam Kadem mosque in Baghdad on Tuesday. 
— Reuters photo

Iraqis survey the site after an explosion inside the Immam Kadem mosque in Baghdad

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Advani’s yatra from March 10
Vajpayee to receive him at Amritsar
New Delhi, March 2
In an apparent move to counter Congress President Sonia Gandhi’s “roadshow” and sustain the party’s “feel good” campaign, Deputy Prime Minister L.K. Advani will embark on “Bharat Uday Yatra” (India Shining Rally), criss-crossing the country from March 10.
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Bangarappa to join BJP
Deputy Prime Minister L.K. Advani addresses a Press conference in New Delhi
Deputy Prime Minister L.K. Advani addresses a Press conference in New Delhi on Tuesday. — Tribune photo by Mukesh Aggarwal

CEC to visit J&K soon
New Delhi, March 2
The three-member poll panel headed by Chief Election Commissioner T.S. Krishna Murthy is slated to visit the strife-torn Jammu and Kashmir later this month to review the preparations for the Lok Sabha poll to be held in four phases.

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UP Congress to discuss campaign strategy today
New Delhi, March 2
With the Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati keeping the Congress on tenterhooks regarding alliance for the Lok Sabha poll, the party has decided to launch its election campaign in all 80 seats in Uttar Pradesh.

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Mir among 50 rounded up
A policeman tries to stop a mourner during an Ashoora procession Srinagar, March 2
At least five persons were injured and over 50 others rounded up when the police prevented mourners to take out Muharram procession in the central Lal Chowk area here today. 
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A policeman tries to stop a mourner during an Ashoora procession in Srinagar on Tuesday. 
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From left: Rahul Dravid, Irfan Pathan, Harbhajan Singh and Sourav Ganguly
From left: Rahul Dravid, Irfan Pathan, Harbhajan Singh and Sourav Ganguly

4 Indians on ICC blacklist
London, March 2
This is one statistics Indian cricketers would like to forget soon. As many as four of them feature in the ICC blacklist for violating the Code of Conduct since its introduction in April 2002, which is second behind South Africa who have the maximum players guilty at five.
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