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December 31
DIASPORA
Dozen Indians in British queen's honours list
Mark Tully, former BBC correspondent, and actor Ben Kingsley, who played the title role in the Oscar-winning `Gandhi', were among those who received a knighthood.
AMERICA'S WAR
Osama alive, Pakistan likely hideout: US
'The latest intelligence we have indicates that the high probabilities are that bin Laden is still alive', Chairman of the Senate intelligence committee Senator Bob Graham said.
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December 30
TOP STORIES
Action taken against terrorist groups: Pak
This is the first time that Pakistan has acknowledged that it has taken action against terrorist groups based on its territory based on accusations from India.
Opposition supports steps against Pakistan
The government will send delegations around the world to mobilise opinion in favour of India in its fight against Pakistan-backed terrorism.
Pakistan puts Jaish chief in jail
Maulana Masood Azhar was shifted from his native Bahawalpur town to a prison in Sargodha range, a news agency reported.
US to cooperate with India fighting terror
In a telephone call to Prime Minister Vajpayee, President Bush 'reiterated his outrage' over the attack on Parliament.
Musharraf okays strategy to 'counter' Indian attack
Anti-aircraft guns have been deployed, F-16 fighter jets started taking up positions and leave of doctors suspended under a defence strategy approved by the Pakistan president.
Pak freezes accounts of 2 nuke- scientists
Sultan Bashiruddin Mehmood and Abdul Majid are suspected of having links with Saudi renegade Osama bin Laden.
Pakistan to acquire Chinese F-7 fighters
The upgradation is taking place just before the Pakistan Air Force retires the fleet of 1960's-era F-6 air-defence fighters on March 23 next.
Infant dies after taking polio drops in Orissa
Sources said barely 24 hours after consuming the drops, a baby died and 3 others fell ill in Singiti village of Mato panchayat near Chandbali.
December 29
AMERICA'S WAR
Osama in Bajaur, Omar in Gilgit: Report
Captured Al Qaeda members have reportedly told their interrogators that Laden was being given shelter by Sufi Mohammed, chief of tribal extremist outfit Tariq-e-Nifaz Shariat Mohammadi.
Bush vows to capture Osama 'dead or alive'
The US president said he could count on Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf's help in nabbing the Saudi renegade if he escapes to Pakistan.
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December 28
AMERICA'S WAR
Afghanistan wants US to stop bombing
An Afghan defence ministry spokesman said that the US should not bomb Afghanistan at will without the approval of local commanders.
Sept 11 strikes cost US $1 trillion: Osama
The IMF's most recent report on the world economic climate -- published in mid-December -- pegged the loss to the US economy at around 0.25 per cent of US gross domestic product or 25.5 billion dollars.
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December 27
TOP REPORTS
Laden hails September 11 attackers
In the latest video tape aired by Qatar's Al Jazeera TV, he called upon Muslims to weaken the US economy, the reason for its military might, with more terror attacks.
Osama tape terrorist propaganda: White House
Saudi renegade Osama bin Laden in a tape aired by the Qatar based Al Jazeera channel accused the West of 'loathing' Islam.
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December 26
India to abrogate Indus Waters Treaty
This was among the steps planned to force Pakistan further to crack down on terrorists. The others: slashing the high commission's strength in Delhi, withdrawing MFN status and stopping PIA overflights.
US declares LeT, JeT as terrorist groups
US Secretary of State Colin Powell said that the two groups conducted numerous terrorist attacks in India as well as in Pakistan and 'destroyed' relations between the two countries.
BUSINESS
IBP, VSNL, ITDC & HCI divestment by Jan
The government also decided to sell a 51 per cent stake in profit-making Shipping Corporation of India with a cap of 25 per cent for foreign investment.
Army day parade cancelled
The tension along the Indo-Pak border may have an impact on the Republic Day celebrations too.
Heavy movement of battalions from UP
Large number of civilian trucks and special trains have also been pressed into service to reach the soldiers to their marked destination along the north-western and northern frontiers.
India's missile system in position: Fernandes
The defence minister said the army's training exercises will be held as scheduled in Rajasthan and Punjab in the first half of January.
25 Pak soldiers killed in retaliatory action
Eighteen Pakistani bunkers were also destroyed in the retaliatory action by Indian troops along the Line of Control in Jammu-Poonch sector in the past two days.
Despite raids, Ghazi Baba eludes dragnet
On Friday, a Delhi police team had taken Mohammed Afzal, one of the key co-conspirators involved in the terrorist attack on parliament, to Jammu and Kashmir to identify the places, which he had visited in the last nine months prior to the attack.
AMERICA'S WAR
US marines in Afghanistan on high alert
Some 2,000 US marines are in Afghanistan as part of the campaign to hunt down Saudi-born militant leader Osama bin Laden and members of his Al Qaeda network.
Hillary Clinton reaches out to Sikhs
Some Sikhs fell victim to hate crimes in the mistaken belief that they have some affiliation with the Al Qaeda terrorist network and the Taliban, whose members also sport beards and turbans.
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BUSINESS
Sinha says soft rate policy to continue
India's stubbornly high fiscal deficit widened to 5.2 per cent of gross domestic product in 2000-01 (April-March) due to lower than-expected tax revenues.
MOVIES
The Lagaan team's winning streak continues
A commentary of the Britannia-Lagaan cricket match.
K3G still reigns
Box office results this week.
GUIDE TO THE
NET
Top sportsmen
Ten outstanding players of 2001.
US, Britain hunt for terror ships
American and British intelligence services are hunting the world for at least 20 ships thought to make up a terrorist fleet linked to the Al Qaeda group.
Claims of first human
embryo premature?
A Massachusetts biotechnology company's claim was disbelieved by many leading scientists as the research failed to achieve its goals on several counts.
COLUMNS
The limits of power
'Sabre-rattling rhetoric may be suitable for public consumption and for winning an election, but it cannot be a substitute for cold appraisal and a sensible appreciation of the situation,' warns Admiral (retd) J G Nadkarni.
Two very different wars
'After the latest attack on the heart and soul of Indian democracy, it will be extremely difficult for India not to respond. It may not be an eye for an eye, but with key state elections around the corner, India cannot be seen to be turning the other cheek,' says Maj Gen (retd) Ashok K Mehta.
Spirit of the game: Handle with care
Daniel Laidlaw reflects on the Michael Vaughan 'handling the ball' incident.
December 25
New security measures at US airports
The AA incident has shaken security officials because the fact that a person could board a commercial jetliner with explosives on his body demonstrated vulnerability in aviation security.
'No info about Osama being in Kashmir'
US coalition spokesman Kenton Keith repeated Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf 's theory that the terrorist mastermind may have died in the US air strikes on Afghanistan's Tora Bora mountains.
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