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Pak to invite India again to attend SAARC summit
Kuala Lumpur: In a bid to revive the SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation) summit, Pakistan on February 21 said it would soon invite India again to attend the meet which could not be held in Islamabad in January this year.
'Blair, Bush issue 21 days ultimatum to Saddam'
London: British Prime Minister Tony Blair and American President George W Bush have "agreed" to give Iraqi President Saddam Hussein 21 days to disarm or face war, a media report said on February 21.
Threat to US citizens; Clinton cancels India trip
New York: Former US President Bill Clinton has cancelled his India tour scheduled for this month, due to "serious security concerns" caused by the situation in Iraq and terrorist threat to American citizens, sources said in New York.
US, UK woo Council members for new resolution
New York: The United States and Britain are now wooing non-permanent members of the 15-member Security Council to line up nine votes in favour of their planned new resolution finding Iraq in material breach of an early UN resolution on disarmament and then plan to dare Russia, France and China to veto it, diplomats said.
Iraq not fully co-operating, say UN inspectors
United Nations: Boosting the case being made by US and Britain for military action to disarm Iraq, senior United Nations officials have said Baghdad is still not providing answers to some of their basic questions.
'US to have more allies against Iraq than Gulf war'
Washington: Shrugging off protests against a war on Iraq, United States on February 21 expressed confidence that it will have even more allies for attacking Baghdad than it had during the 1991 Gulf war.
Iraqis close to freedom from oppression: Bush
Washington: ruling out any compromise short of a regime change in Iraq, US President George Bush has declared that the "day of freedom" was drawing near for the "oppressed" people of Iraq.
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