India Pakistan sanction war over border tensions
India and Pakistan exchange sanctions as border forces tense up after a deadly Parliament attack. Both sides order home half of each other’s embassy staff and ban overflights, with leaders signaling readiness to fight yet urging dialogue. global reaction includes the United States calling for diplomacy at a regional summit.
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New Delhi
India
Pakistan
Jaswant Singh
Pervez Musharraf
Washington
Bush
South Asia
Nepal
Philip Beeker
State Department
Parliament
Ing
Jammu-Kashmi
Bartle
Islamabad
Afghan mountain villages plead for emergency aid amid drought
In northern Afghanistan aid workers from the Red Cross and other groups met with tribal elders in Shulgara to coordinate relief for 300,000 to 400,000 families suffering from fighting and drought. The World Food Program faces access limits in the south, delaying aid to about 238,000 more.
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Hulgara
Afghanistan
Red Cross
Taliban
Northern Alliance
The
International Committee
Mazar-e-Sharif
Shulgara
Mohammad Omar
Keshendeh
Dehi
Dara-i-Suf
World Food Program
Kandak
Balkh
Gifts flood New York City with aid after 9 11 disaster
Boxes of grapefruit quilts and 17 tons of macaroni and cheese pour in from across the nation to aid rescue workers in New York City. Contributions include 3 firetrucks from Louisiana, 30,000 pounds of fruit, 229,320 servings of macaroni, and diverse goodwill from schools, youths, and groups nationwide.
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New York City
New York
Louisiana
Kansas
Florida
North Dakota
Texas
Yankee Stadium
Trade Center
U.S
Naples
Italy
California
Manhattan
Twin Towers
New Orleans Saints
Spirit of Louisiana
Louisiana Superdome
U.S. to Detain Taliban and Al-Qaida Detainees at Guantanamo
Defense Secretary Rumsfeld said the United States will hold Taliban and al-Qaida detainees at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba not as a tribunal site. About 45 prisoners are in U.S. custody, with others moved to Kandahar and the USS Peleliu, while the search for Osama bin Laden continues. He offered no firm location for bin Laden, stating he is in Afghanistan or elsewhere or dead.
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Washington
Donald H. Rumsfeld
U.S
al- Qaida
Cuba
Pentagon
Rumsfeld
Guantanamo Naval Base
United States
Osama bin Laden
al-Qaida
Afghanistan
bin Laden
U.S. Marine
Kandahar
John Walker Lindh
Arabian Sea
IMF Faces New Scrutiny After Argentina Crisis
Argentina’s collapse and the interim government’s default on about 50 billion dollars push IMF strategy toward revised rescue options. U.S. leadership and policy makers weigh crisis prevention, reforms upfront, and the risk of future bailouts. The Rodriguez Saa government’s debt halt and peso devaluation signals broader financial turmoil in South America.
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Ashington
Argentina
International Monetary Fund
IMF
United States
South America
Allan H. Meltzer
World Bank
Adolfo Rodriguez Saa
Buenos Aires
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