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Naga leaders to meet PM in November
Bush has two-point lead over Kerry
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New citizenship law to benefit Indians
UN refuses to train judges for Saddam trial
Solving Kashmir issue vital, says C’wealth Gen Secy
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Pak PM to visit India on Nov 23
One dies in Kabul suicide attack
In Graphic: Russia
Ratifies Kyoto Protocol
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Naga leaders to meet PM in November
Bangkok, October 23 In a joint statement issued at the end of the two-day talks between the Centre’s interlocutor K Padmanabaiah and NSCN (IM) General Secretary T Muivah here, the Naga side said the Prime Minister’s invitation to the outfit’s leaders to visit India showed that the Indian Government was committed to finding an early and mutually satisfactory solution to the Naga issue. The two sides agreed that the Prime Minister’s invitation would give a further impetus to the peace talks. The NSCN (IM) leaders are scheduled to visit New Delhi in the last week of November. The statement also condemned the bomb blasts earlier this month in Dimapur, describing them as “barbaric and inhuman” killings of innocent civilians. It said the bombing was a “despicable act” which took place on October 2, the birth anniversary of the apostle of peace Mahatma Gandhi. NSCN (IM) Chairman Isak Swu and Mr Muivah had visited Delhi in January last year after a gap of over three decades to meet the Indian leadership, but this is the first time they have agreed to hold talks on the Naga issue in the Capital. Representatives of the Government and the NSCN (IM) have been meeting outside India since the two sides entered into a ceasefire accord in 1997. — PTI
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Bush has two-point lead over Kerry
Washington, October 23 Bush led Kerry 47-45 per cent in the latest three-day tracking poll, a statistical dead heat that was within the poll’s margin of error. Bush had an identical 47-45 per cent lead the previous day. About 6 per cent of likely voters were still undecided between the President and the Massachusetts Senator 10 days before November 2 election, and neither candidate had been able to break 50 per cent since the poll began on October 7. Zogby said Bush was performing slightly better this year in the states he won in 2000 — the so-called “red states” named for the colour used by television networks to identify them-than Kerry was in the states won by Gore. — Reuters
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New citizenship law to benefit Indians
Dubai, October 23 Expatriates of all nationalities, who have been living in the kingdom for over 10 years, are entitled to apply for Saudi citizenship and their travels abroad with re-entry visas will not disqualify them, a senior official said. More than one million expatriates would benefit from the amended naturalisation Law, official sources said. There are nearly 8.8 million expatriates, mostly Asians and Arabs, in the kingdom. The law would take at least four months to come into effect.
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UN refuses to train judges for Saddam trial
United Nations, October 23 “The Secretary-General (Kofi Annan) recently stated that the United Nations should not be directly involved in lending assistance to any court or tribunal that is empowered to impose death penalty,” UN associate spokesman Stephane Dujarric told the media yesterday. The world body also has no mandate to do so, the spokesman said. “We have no specific mandate for this,” he said, adding that the world body has “serious doubts” about capability of the Iraqi special tribunal to meet international standards. The New York Times said a weeklong training session for Iraqi judges and lawmakers was organised in London by American lawyers. — PTI
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Solving Kashmir issue vital, says C’wealth Gen Secy
Islamabad, October 23 “Resolution of core issue of Kashmir is necessary for durable peace and improvement of socio-economic conditions of the people in the region”, he said while addressing a function organised by the Institute of Regional Studies here. Mr McKinnon, who is on a two-day visit here, praised Pakistan’s role in carrying forward the dialogue process with India to resolve all issues. Lauding the joint statement issued after last month’s meeting between President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New York to take the dialogue process forward to resolve Kashmir and other issues, he hoped that both countries would reach a logical conclusion to resolve all outstanding issues. Mr McKinnon also appreciated Pakistan’s role in the war on terror and urged the international community to forge more efforts to adopt a comprehensive strategy to combat terrorism. — PTI
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Pak PM to visit India on Nov 23
Almaty, October 23 During the visit, Mr Aziz will also discuss matters of bilateral importance with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, External Affairs Minister K. Natwar Singh said here. He said Dr Manmohan Singh and Mr Aziz will again meet on the sidelines of the SAARC conference in Dhaka next January. The External Affairs Minister was here to attend the Ministerial-level Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA). The External Affairs Minister also said he would also be going to Islamabad in February to hold talks with his Pakistani counterpart Mr Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri. — UNI
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One dies in Kabul suicide attack
Kabul, October 23 The suicide bomber blew himself up in front of an international forces’ vehicle parked in Chicken Street, frequently visited by foreigners, Kabul police chief Gen Baba Jan said. — UNI
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Fertility drugs prevent breast cancer
FERTILITY treatment could help to prevent breast cancer in women, who have problems conceiving, according to new research published yesterday.
Infertile women who were given drugs to boost their chances of having a child had a 26 per cent reduced risk of the disease compared to infertile women who did not undergo treatment, researchers found. Findings from the study had also scotched fears that the strong doses of hormones in fertility drugs may increase the risk of breast cancer. Some pro-life groups had claimed that fertility treatments triggered the disease and should not be used to help women have children. The latest research was presented at the annual conference of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine in Philadelphia. Scientists from the University of Ottawa in Canada looked at almost 2,000 medical trials involving 20,000 women. They found no difference in breast cancer rates between infertile women who had received Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) treatment and women with no fertility problems. ART involves giving strong drugs containing hormones such as oestrogen in order to boost egg production and conception. Oestrogen is linked to the development of breast cancer. But infertile women who had been treated for their problems had a 26 per cent lower cancer rate than those who had not received ART. It is well known that having children reduces a woman’s risk of breast cancer, but this is the first study, which suggested that for infertile women, ART treatment might also help to lower the incidence. Scientists believed that other chemicals contained in the fertility drugs might be responsible for the reduction. The researchers said the results were “new and reassuring” and called for more studies into the effects of fertility treatment on breast cancer rates. A spokeswoman for the Charity Cancer Research said: “A transient increase in breast cancer risk in the first year after IVF has been previously reported by a large Australian study, although incidence in the longer follow-up period was no greater than expected. “These new results showing no link between IVF and breast cancer will provide reassurance to infertile women considering the treatment,” she added. — By arrangement with The Independent, London |
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