Author: DXO
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Without Evidence, the Taliban Refuses to Turn Over bin Laden
By JOHN F. BURNS with CHRISTOPHER S. WREN ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Sept. 21 — The ruling Taliban of Afghanistan today further complicated the status of Osama bin Laden and rejected the ultimatum of the United States that he and his lieutenants be handed over to answer for their suspected role in last week’s terrorist attacks in…
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F.B.I.’s Inquiry in Cole Attack Nearing a Halt
By John F. Burns Tuesday, August 21, 2001 SANA, Yemen, Aug. 17 — More than 10 months after two Arabic- speaking suicide bombers attacked the destroyer Cole in Aden, killing 17 American sailors, an F.B.I. investigation has virtually ground to a halt because Yemen has refused repeated American requests to widen the inquiry to include…
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Arrests Shake Ancient Roots of Iran’s Jews
October 17, 1999 By JOHN F. BURNS TEHERAN, Iran — At the Yousuf Abad synagogue in Teheran, the packed congregation gathered for the Sabbath was approaching the end of Friday prayers. It was the moment one worshiper had been waiting for, when the rise of hundreds of fervent voices made him inaudible to all but…
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October 2, 1999 > Top Leader in Iran Tries to Calm Rage Of Its Hard-Liners
FOREIGN DESK Top Leader in Iran Tries to Calm Rage Of Its Hard-Liners By JOHN F. BURNS (NYT) 1345 wordsPublished: October 2, 1999 Iran’s supreme religious leader moved decisively today to head off a fresh confrontation with the country’s reformist President, instructing hard-line Muslim clerics and their loyalists among the police not to ”take matters…
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Growing Uncertainty in India About Nuclear Testing
By JOHN F. BURNS May 28, 1998 NEW DELHI, India — Only two weeks after India detonated the last of five underground nuclear tests to popular acclaim, the Hindu nationalists who lead the government ran into a storm of protest in Parliament Wednesday that reflected growing disquiet among Indians about the risks and costs of…