The Hindu : Monday, December 15, 2003

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`U.K. mission in Islamabad bugged'
ISLAMABAD, DEC. 14. After weeks of protests over the silence of the British Government on the alleged bugging of its embassy in London, Pakistan finds itself in a piquant situation following reports that it spied on the British mission ...

PPP hits out at Minister for criticising Benazir
ISLAMABAD, DEC. 14.The Pakistan People's Party (PPP) has assailed the statement of the Information and Broadcasting Minister, Sheikh Rashid Ahmed, that the presence of the former Prime Minister, Benazir Bhutto, in Delhi at a seminar on South Asia ...

Japan seeks global cooperation on Iraq
SINGAPORE, DEC. 14.The Japanese Prime Minister, Junichiro Koizumi, has nominated special envoys to interact with the leaders of several key countries and the United Nations to "encourage [them] to strengthen international cooperation for the ...

Allies hail capture
LONDON, DEC. 14.The capture of the deposed Iraqi dictator, Saddam Hussein, was today hailed as a great day by staunch allies of America as well as world leaders opposed to the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, expressing the hope that it would bring ...

U.S. envoy's remark on Hong Kong irks China
SINGAPORE, DEC. 14.China has criticised the U.S. for the "irresponsible remarks" that the American Consul General, James R. Keith, made in Hong Kong on Dec. 11 about the territory's political future. "The issue of Hong Kong political ...

The rise and fall of Saddam Hussein
BAGHDAD, DEC. 14.1958 — Arrested for killing his brother-in-law, a communist, spends six months in prison. Oct. 7, 1959 — Part of the Ba'ath assassination team that ambushes Iraqi strongman, Gen. Abdel-Karim Kassem, in Baghdad, ...

Racism on the rise in U.K., says report
LONDON, DEC. 14. The image of a `cool' Britain at ease with its multiculturalism took some beating when a report from the National Centre for Social Research revealed that racism had risen despite efforts to promote equality. According to the ...