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Putin vows to crush terrorism
MOSCOW, FEB. 6.Nearly 40 persons were killed and 122 were wounded by a bomb blast that ripped through a packed metro train in Moscow on Friday. The explosion tore through the second wagon of an underground train as it was approaching the ...

Outsourcing of jobs becomes a poll issue in U.S.
WASHINGTON, FEB. 6.Outsourcing of jobs, especially the hi-tech ones to such countries as India, Russia, China and Brazil is becoming a political hot potato in an election year in the United States as Democratic Presidential candidates seem to be ...

Khan issue: MMA strike fizzles out
ISLAMABAD, FEB. 6. The call for a nation-wide strike in support of the disgraced nuclear scientist, A.Q. Khan, by the religious parties has failed to evoke a good response in most parts of Pakistan. Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal, an alliance of six ...

Hope nuclear row does not recur: U.S.
WASHINGTON, FEB. 6. Even while going out of its way in not formally commenting on the nature and scope of the `investigation' in Pakistan into the nuclear issue involving the top scientist, A.Q. Khan, the Bush administration has asked Pakistan to ...

`No attempt on Sistani's life'
MANAMA, FEB. 6.The office of Iraq's top Shia spiritual leader, Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, has denied reports about an attempt to assassinate him in a shooting incident on Thursday. "I was on duty all day yesterday and we received no reports ...

India & World
GE to supply engines for Tejas
WASHINGTON, FEB. 6.General Electric Aircraft Engines (GEAE) has been awarded a $105 million contract by India's Aeronautical Development Agency for engines that will be used in the light combat aircraft, Tejas. According to a GEAE press release ...