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seeks $106m from India, 3 others New York, April 10 In a bid to fill its $ 3.4 billion budget gap, New York has begun legal proceedings against India, Mongolia, the Philippines and Turkey to recover $ 106 million which, it alleges, they owe it in property taxes. In a suit filed in Manhattan Supreme Court, the city alleges that India owes $ 16,376,702 in property taxes for the property it owns in prime midtown area near the United Nations since 1985.
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China, Russia block US move on N. Korea United Nations, April 10 North Korea’s withdrawal from the NPT takes effect today at the end of 90-day notice period.
After the closed-door council session on the eve of North Korea withdrawal from the NPT, its President Ambassador Adolfo Anuilar Zinser of Mexico said the council members “expressed their concern and the council will continue to follow developments on this matter.” Russian Ambassador Sergey Lavrov said the only way the problem could be solved was direct bilateral dialogue between Washington and Pyongyang. The multilateral forum should be in addition to that condemnation, he added. China’s Ambassador Wang Yingfan also stressed on the need to promote political dialogue. Secretary-General Kofi Annan emphasised that a format acceptable to both parties should be found to bring them on the negotiating table. US Ambassador John Negroponte, meanwhile, described the council’s concern as an “acceptable outcome” and assured North Korea that the USA was seeking a peaceful solution through diplomatic means. He hoped North Korea would not reject diplomatic efforts or take “further escalatory steps.”
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Palestinians vow tougher fight Gaza, April 10 Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi, senior political leader of Hamas, said he was shocked by the rapid US conquest of the Iraqi capital, but there would be no collapse of the 30-month-old Palestinian uprising. "Resistance will escalate and will become more violent," he told Reuters in Gaza City. Hamas has been the main group behind a wave of suicide bombings on Israelis since the start of the revolt for independence. However, it has not carried out any bombings since the US-led forces invaded Iraq three weeks ago, though militant leaders said the lull would not last. Palestinians who were grateful to Saddam for his financial and political support have been stunned by televised scenes of the US-led troops sweeping almost unopposed into Baghdad. Palestinian militant leaders blamed it on the indifference of Arab
states. JERUSALEM: Palestinian gunmen killed two Israeli soldiers when they infiltrated an army base in the West Bank’s Jordan Valley on Thursday. The Israeli army said the gunmen had cut through a fence surrounding the base and opened fire with assault rifles, killing two soldiers and wounding nine more in the pre-dawn attack. Troops killed one gunman on the spot and the second one in a chase. An anonymous caller to Reuters claimed responsibility for the attack in the name of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, an offshoot of the Palestinian Mr President Yasser Arafat’s Fatah faction. The caller said the gunmen were from the city of Nablus in the northern West Bank.
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No war plan against Syria, Iran: Powell Washington, April 10 “We believe that all of these nations — Syria, Iran, others — should realise that pursuing weapons of mass destruction, supporting terrorist activities, is not in their interest,” Mr Powell told The Los Angeles Times in an interview. “That doesn’t mean that war is coming to them, it just means that the world is changing,” he added. The conciliatory note came hours after Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld accused Syria of helping the remnants of the Iraqi Government of Saddam Hussein who, according to US officials, were fleeing Baghdad and trying to find refuge in the neighbouring nation. “We find it notably unhelpful,” Mr Rumsfeld said yesterday. Last month, Mr Rumsfeld charged that Damascus was secretly shipping night vision goggles and other military equipment to Iraq and that Iranian-backed Iraqi rebels had been seen crossing the border into Iraq. Mr Powell said the two countries had to realise there were “consequences to this kind of behavior.” “But it doesn’t mean that the only consequence the American President can think of is to reach in the tool box for the military,” said the Secretary of State. “We have many ways of dealing with the challenges that we face.”
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New York seeks $106m from India, 3 others New York, April 10 In a suit filed in Manhattan Supreme Court, the city alleges that India owes $ 16,376,702 in property taxes for the property it owns in prime midtown area near the United Nations since 1985. India had rebuilt a multi-storey building from which its mission to the United Nations operates. It also has residential apartments in which diplomats and officers of consulate stay. The property used for official purposes by foreign governments, is exempt from taxes but taxable when used for residential purposes for “not senior” staff.
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School fire kills 28 deaf children Moscow, April 10 Of the injured 17 children were in critical condition and Moscow has rushed a special plane with top medical specialists and relief supplies to Makhachkala, the capital of the southern Russian republic of Dagestan where the incident took place. According to a spokesman of the Emergency Situations and Disaster Management Ministry, all children were in eight to 14 years age group and were sleeping in dormitories when the fire broke out at about 2 am The blaze destroyed the two-storeyed building, he said adding the children, all deaf, did not hear as the fire broke out and many had to be woken up to be evacuated. Short-circuit is believed to be the cause of the fire which spread very fast due to a strong wind, media reports quoted rescuers, as saying. At a Cabinet meeting today, Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov ordered all ministries concerned to immediately start inspections of school buildings throughout Russia to avert such cases, mostly caused by poor maintenance. He also ordered the Finance Ministry to provide funds for ex-gratia payments to the affected families. The tragedy follows the deaths of 21 Russian children in a fire that destroyed a school in eastern Siberia on Monday.
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Pak denies entry to Indian buses Wagah, April 10 This was the third batch of 25 buses built by Ashok Leyland which was to leave this checkpost for Kabul through Pakistan. Earlier, Ashok Leyland on the orders of the Indian Government had sent 50 buses, in two batches through this checkpost, to Afghanistan this year. The buses were a part of the humanitarian aid that India had announced for the war-ravaged nation after the fall of the Taliban government following the US invasion to avenge the September 11 World Trade Centre terrorist strike.
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Woman linked to assassination of Serbian PM held Belgrade, April 10 "Ljiljana Buha, a member of the so-called Zemun gang, a criminal group accused of being behind the March 12 assassination, is a key witness in the investigation of the murder of Zoran Djindjic," a police statement said. Her husband, Ljubisa Buha (known as Cume), leader of another criminal group, is a protected witness in the probe into the assassination. The main suspect, Milorad Lukovic, is still in hiding.
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