The Hindu : Monday, December 15, 2003

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Saddam captured
AMMAN, DEC.14. Eight months after the fall of Baghdad, American occupation forces have captured the former Iraqi President, Saddam Hussein, from a cellar in a farmhouse close to his hometown of Tikrit, the United States military command has ...

Family member gave information
TIKRIT, DEC. 14. Saddam Hussein was captured based on information from a member of a family ``close to him,'' Raymond Odierno, quoting media sources said today. Maj. Gen. Odierno, commander of the 4th Infantry Division that captured Mr. ...

Saddam Hussein will face justice, says Bush
WASHINGTON, DEC. 14.The United States President, George W. Bush, said today that Saddam Hussein's capture marks the end of "a dark and painful era" in Iraq but cautioned that it does not mean the end of violence. Mr. Bush said Saddam "will ...

`Coalition partners must not go on agitations'
CHENNAI, DEC. 14. In a veiled criticism of the DMK, the BJP president, M. Venkaiah Naidu, today said ``being in the (Central) Government and going on an agitation'' was not ``an ideal situation'' for coalition partners to be in. But a ``one-day ...

Dubey murder: CBI registers case
NEW DELHI, DEC. 14. The Central Bureau of Investigation today registered a case in connection with the murder of the IIT engineer, Satyendra Dubey. A special team is leaving for Gaya where Dubey was murdered, agency sources said. The case ...

Musharraf escapes bid on life
ISLAMABAD, DEC. 14. The Pakistan President, Pervez Musharraf, tonight escaped an assassination bid when a powerful bomb went off minutes after his highly guarded convoy crossed a bridge in Rawalpindi, near here. The Pakistan Defence Ministry ...

Panel on security meets
NEW DELHI, DEC. 14. A meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security, chaired by the Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, was held here tonight. The Deputy Prime Minister, L. K. Advani, the Defence Minister, George Fernandes, the External Affairs ...

Sena workers stabbed
AHMEDNAGAR, DEC. 14. Two Shiv Sena workers were stabbed triggering clashes between members of two communities during Ahmednagar Municipal Corporation elections today, police said. The trouble erupted when Balasaheb Dagadu Kasar and Ashok B. ...

Woman aide of don held
NEW DELHI, DEC. 14. The Special Cell of the Delhi Police has arrested a woman on Saturday on the charge of conniving with the Dubai-based don, Fazal-ur-Rehman, for extorting Rs. 50 lakhs from her employer, a South Delhi businessman. Incriminating ...

Dravid, Laxman lead fightback
ADELAIDE, DEC. 14. Rahul Dravid and V.V.S. Laxman joined forces to torment Australia yet again with a monumental 303-run partnership as India staged a fabulous fightback in the second cricket Test here today. After two days of Australian ...

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