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Israel ready for US attack on Iraq
Limited N-war may kill 6 lakh Indians Indo-Israel deal on Tavor 21 guns ‘The Hours’, ‘Chicago’ carry Golden Globes
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| Powell disagrees with Bush on varsity method Washington, January 20 Secretary of State Colin Powell said he disagreed with President George W. Bush’s position on an affirmative action case before the Supreme Court challenging the consideration of race in admitting black and other minority applicants to colleges. Pak raises J&K, Gujarat issues at UN meeting Maoists free 80 students
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Israel ready for US attack on Iraq Jerusalem, January 20 Briefing ministers on Israel’s preparations for the war yesterday, Mr Mofaz said the defence establishment was finalising preparations in the air force and the home front, putting emergency economy mechanisms in place, completing the deployment of Arrow and Patriot missiles and moving ahead with vaccinations against small pox for “first-contact’’ teams. The Israeli establishment had earlier decided to innoculate the first contact teams instead of the whole populace, meaning those who would first come into contact with any biological or chemical weapons used by Iraq against Israel as a possible diversionary tactic. Mr Mofaz said defence experts were against a mass vaccination. The cabinet approved the vaccination of 15,000 persons in rescue forces and other first-contact teams. The defence minister had expanded the programme to 20,000. He said up to 50,000 would be finally vaccinated. Prime Minister Ariel Sharon offered to be vaccinated stepping into Mr George Bush’s shoes to set a personal example. Mr Mofaz also reportedly said by the end of January, brochures would be delivered to every household with instructions on what to do in case of an Iraqi attack. He reiterated that 2003 would not see a repeat of 1991, when Israel absorbed missiles almost every night for nearly six weeks without responding.
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Limited N-war may kill 6 lakh Indians New York, January 20 The scenario has been compiled by centre’s President Bruce G. Blair on the presumption that Pakistan would first drop a Hiroshima-size bomb on Indian troops along the border, leading to a situation where both countries would drop nuclear bombs on each other. The simulation came up with a huge figure of the dead, though it presumed a level of decision-making and intelligence that simply was not there, Mr Blair was quoted in an article published in The New York Times as saying. The use of nuclear bombs could also lift taboo on their use, encourage other countries to develop such arms, the article said. After the USA, Russia, the UK, France and China acquired the bomb and Israel “covered” programme by not acknowledging it, Iraq, Iran and North Korea were singled out as threat. “But it was only with the multiple nuclear tests conducted by India and Pakistan in 1998 that the notion of a new nuclear threat struck home. And now North Korea has intensified the concern,” the article says.
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Indo-Israel deal on Tavor 21 guns Jerusalem, January 20 Indian defence officials signed the agreement with Israel Military Industries (IMI), reports Ha’aretz. The Tavor will replace the Romanian gun that India bought in the 1990s. It was developed during the 1990s in the IMI’s Magen factory and has a proven edge over the American M-4. According to Janes Defence Weekly, the agreement was signed in October last year during the visit of Indian defence officials to Israel.
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‘The Hours’, ‘Chicago’ carry Golden Globes
Los Angeles, January 20 Jack Nicholson won his sixth Golden Globe for best dramatic actor as a retired and lonely insurance actuary wondering whether his life was wasted in "About Schmidt," and Nicole Kidman claimed her third Golden Globe for best actress playing suicidal British writer Virginia Woolfe as she sits down to pen her classic novel, "Mrs Dalloway." To play the part, Kidman wore a prosthetic nose that gave even her most ardent fans a hard time recognizing the Australia-raised beauty. Accepting his award onstage, a joking Nicholson took note of the difference in Kidman who had just introduced him: "Doesn’t Nicole look lovely with her own nose," he said. As for his own award, Nicholson said, "I don’t know whether to be happy or ashamed because I thought we made a comedy." Richard Gere, who plays a slick lawyer tap dancing around a jury to help Renee Zellweger’s character beat a murder rap, won the trophy for best actor in a musical or comedy and Zellweger took the honor for best actress in a musical or comedy. In television awards, cop show "The Shield" won the Golden Globe award for best drama, Beverly Hills satire "Curb Your Enthusiasm" was favorite comedy and "The Gathering Storm," a drama of Winston Churchill’s wartime leadership, was named best TV movie or mini-series.
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Powell disagrees with Bush on varsity method Washington, January 20 Mr Powell, one of the two black members of Mr Bush’s Cabinet, said he supported methods the University of Michigan used to bolster minority enrolments in its undergraduate and law school programmes. The policies offered points to minority applicants and set goals for minority admissions.
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Pak raises J&K, Gujarat issues at UN meeting
United Nations, January 20 Mr Khurshid Mhmud Kasuri said “the struggle against India’s occupation is a just, legitimate and noble struggle.” He said the international community cannot “ignore the phenomenon of state terrorism as a tool of foreign occupation and defiance of UN resolutions.” He said equating “freedom struggle” with terrorism was “unjust and unacceptable.” “The Kashmir dispute can and should be resolved through dialogue between Pakistan and India in accordance with UN resolutions and wishes of the people of Kashmir,” Mr Kasuri said. Mr Kasuri said terrorism perpetuated by individuals and groups results in killing or maiming of innocents and must be “equally and identically condemned”. Pakistan has taken over as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council. PTI
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Maoists free 80 students Kathmandu, January 20 The students, kidnapped from a secondary school in Salyan district, were released by the Maoists yesterday, a senior education official of the district was quoted as saying by The Kathmandu Post. The rebels gave the students three days intensive military training at the Ratmata area of the district before setting them free.
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