UNESCO sends envoy to Kabul with statue plea
Paris-based UNESCO has led international condemnation this week of Taliban plans to obliterate art-work it considers un-Islamic, but its appeals for a reprieve for the antiquities have so far fallen on deaf ears.



Hacker seizes top secret US for missiles
An unidentified computer hacker has seized top secret US computer codes used for guiding missiles, satellites and spacecraft.



US to support WB, ADB loans for quake-hit
United States will support loans by World Bank and Asian Development Bank to India for the rehabilitation of quake-hit areas of Gujarat.



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